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We had a pretty good go in Marathon last week. It's never easy picking dates to book these trips and unfortunately the forecast didn't look good for us this year. We decided to get beat up on the first day in 6 foot seas as it wasn't going to get any better. We managed 4 dolphin and 2 blackfin that day. Serious conditions, short period swell, whitecaps and spray everywhere. We took a beating. It felt good to produce something. Striking out would have added insult to injury. Then we got shut down for 5 days with 7-11 foot seas and 30 knot winds. Crazy, constant, steady winds where the palm trees looked frozen sideways. Gulfside was a wreck also. We gave it a go in the cuts for some small snapper and sharks, but it was mostly a drinking trip at that point. We managed to "survive" a Coast Guard boarding at some point. But we finally got our redemption on the last day when conditions lightened up a bit. Solid action all afternoon on dolphin and blackfin. Lost one dolphin to a shark, one on the gaff ("what an idiot"), and a huge bull on a line break, but we more than filled the box. That last tuna was a fatty. Great ending to a tough trip.

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We had a pretty good go in Marathon last week. It's never easy picking dates to book these trips and unfortunately the forecast didn't look good for us this year. We decided to get beat up on the first day in 6 foot seas as it wasn't going to get any better. We managed 4 dolphin and 2 blackfin that day. Serious conditions, short period swell, whitecaps and spray everywhere. We took a beating. It felt good to produce something. Striking out would have added insult to injury. Then we got shut down for 5 days with 7-11 foot seas and 30 knot winds. Crazy, constant, steady winds where the palm trees looked frozen sideways. Gulfside was a wreck also. We gave it a go in the cuts for some small snapper and sharks, but it was mostly a drinking trip at that point. We managed to "survive" a Coast Guard boarding at some point. But we finally got our redemption on the last day when conditions lightened up a bit. Solid action all afternoon on dolphin and blackfin. Lost one dolphin to a shark, one on the gaff ("what an idiot"), and a huge bull on a line break, but we more than filled the box. That last tuna was a fatty. Great ending to a tough trip.

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Nice Marathan trip, the weather has really sucked so far this year. Way to go roughing out a couple of days and get some meat in the box.
 

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Been bass fishing every Sunday. Last Sunday, I threw in my fluke and had an immediate top water splash - a big one. Upon setting the hook, I could tell immediately that this wasn't an average fish. She jumped, and I'm pretty damn sure she was my personal best - somewhere between 7 and 9 pounds. I was giddy. She jumped again and threw my hook. I reeled in a mangled fluke and a deflated attitude.

Caught a 4.89 a short time later but it was still a disappointment after losing the big one.
 

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I should add that I was wearing a chest mounted GoPro, but of course on that particular cast it was turned off. :rolleyes:

Would have been nice to see that fish jumping, as well as the loud expletive that bellowed out of me a few seconds later. :lol:
 

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Went to the spot this morning. For the fun of it, wore my GoPro on a chest mount, expecting to capture my first 10-pound bass. Fail. Still had fun, but nothing spectacular. Best fish was the last one in the video, around 2.5, maybe 3 pounds.



Then you threw him back and missed the lake? :headslap:
 

Concrete Helmet

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Hadn't been out to the pit in a while so I took the Wife and Son yesterday. We got over 20 including a 6#, 7# and 8#. Got them all between 11AM and about 3.30PM. Not bad for a few hours while relaxing on a pontoon boat .
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Caught these Sunday at Sisters Creeks which is essentially the intercoastal and tributaries near the mouth of the St. Johns River. My tackle was a little light for the 28" red. After he spins me around to the right at about the 23 second mark you can see him splash off my right shoulder. Then he proceeds to rip off about 30-40 yards of line while i'm trying to tighten my drag. You can see his wake when he does this and you can see him splashing back and forth off in the distance. Then the mug runs straight at me and I'm reeling in line as fast as possible. Great Fun! Catching a good redfish is always an adventure.


Great job. Enjoyed the show.

Here's a memorable day off Miami Beach

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oxrageous

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Nice, did you break the law for the number of Mahi taken? You may want to take down that pic.
 

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Hadn't been out to the pit in a while so I took the Wife and Son yesterday. We got over 20 including a 6#, 7# and 8#. Got them all between 11AM and about 3.30PM. Not bad for a few hours while relaxing on a pontoon boat .
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Did you actually weigh those bass or are you estimating the weights?
 

Gator-Don

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Nice, did you break the law for the number of Mahi taken? You may want to take down that pic.
I don't think so. I had four licensed people on board. In the Atlantic the limit is 10 per licensed fisherman.

This is my 90 year old mom. She caught four:shark:

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Did you actually weigh those bass or are you estimating the weights?
I'm uncannily accurate with guesstimating fish weights and usually underestimate by about 1/4 to 1/2# compared to a Boga Grip I used to keep on my flats boat. BUT if you are questioning the size/weights then consider for reference I'm 6'3" 250#.....The fish my son was holding was a solid 4.5, he's 5'2" and 140#.
 

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