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Finally Fishing!
Got the boat out Saturday for a real fishing trip, not just a test ride for a different propeller.
Got into a variety of sharks over several hours. A Lesser Atlantic hammerhead about 15 lbs. A shortfin Mako about 18-20 lbs. 2 small Lemon sharks 5-7 lbs each. And one small shark of uncertain lineage under 2 lbs. All were released. Drifting in 18-20 ft about 15 miles offshore in the Gulf using bottom lines and floating toplines out, with whole sardines on Kingfish rigs on the top, and grouper rigs with stingers baited with with whole small squid. And frozen shrimp on 8lb spinning single rigs jigged off the bottom. The Mako hit the topside bait on 30 lb. test, jumped several times, and put on quite a show. Everything else was taken off the bottom. The 8lb shrimp rig brought in the tiny shark. Coming in, we got hit by a very nasty thunderstorm, lightning everywhere, rainfall of over 3" an hour, and easterly winds of 25 mph, and gusting higher. Everyone but my son and I went into the cabin. The two of us got soaked. So did the camera
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Common Sense is learning from your mistakes. Wisdom is learning from the other guy's mistakes. Fr. Frank says: Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat! Currently without a SeaCraft (2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks '73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury |
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