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Schoolie Monster I can vouch for the Jacks being pound for pound the toughest ever caught! I was down in Southwest Florida last week and hooked up with several jacks in the 8-10 pound range on my Flyrod from Shore. Very fun!!! Those things are like Piranhas when they get into a feeding frenzy. I threw a nice Rhody Flatwing fly to the first one but lost him at the jetty so from then on seing that they weren't too fussy I threw Chartruse Bonito Bunny flies at them since the are easy ties. Jacks were the highlight of my trip for the most part but I did manage several Ladyfish which put on spectacular jumping show once hooked. Two on the fly and ond on a lightweight spin tackle. A guy mentioned to me that it used to be you would go fishing and if all you caught was a Jack then you would tell people you caught nothing but not anymore. People have reconized the fact they have a value in catching fun if nothing else. Although I did meet a guy on the jetty at Doctor's Pass that eats them.
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