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Mr. Sandman · 08-30-2007, 04:16 PM

What a trip. Got back last night.

Lots and lots of:
Wahoo
Longfin
Yellowin
Dolphin
and dropped a fish of a lifetime after and hour and half battle.
No swordfish
One marlin followed a daisy chain for a while but moved off.

Lots of weed out there you had to put in your time to find them but when you did it was unreal. I never saw offshore action like that for such an extended period of time. I mean we were getting fish on every single pass on this one small area, sometimes doubling up all day long. It was really a great trip. It was kind of rough the first day as well, was better the second day but still not great. It was the first time I ever did an overnighter out there. It makes it great for the early morning bite. Lots of stories to come out of this trip!! And I learned a lot too.

The wahoo are amazing fish. We straighted several 9/0 owner hooks that were rigged with ballyhoo. One bit the hook off clean off cutting thru 400# test leader material without even snapping the outrigger clip! IMO the best part of the trip was watching the explosions on the lures...unreal!! sometimes the fish would come clean out of the water and hit the lure on the way back in. Other times it looked like a warship firing a warhead, the multiple explosions on the spread was just amazing and it was every pass... we had non stop action all day.
Most fish were released, we brought home 2 yellows, 2 longfin, a wahoo and a dolphin...plenty for my family and friends. My wife said when I went to bed my right arm went into spasm and started shaking like a tuna. I don't know how many fish I reeled in. I was spent buy the end of they day. It was an awesome trip that I will not soon forget. That big fish that I pulled the hook on after an extened fight that dumped 700 yards of 80# braid off of an 80 wide tiagra put the hurt on me bad We had to chase it down...I got it within 200' of the boat ( straight down) and the fish just parked itself and I could not budge it. I don't know what happend I wish I could have seen it....maybe next time.

08-30-2007, 04:16 PM	#8
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	What a trip. Got back last night. Lots and lots of: Wahoo Longfin Yellowin Dolphin and dropped a fish of a lifetime after and hour and half battle. No swordfish One marlin followed a daisy chain for a while but moved off. Lots of weed out there you had to put in your time to find them but when you did it was unreal. I never saw offshore action like that for such an extended period of time. I mean we were getting fish on every single pass on this one small area, sometimes doubling up all day long. It was really a great trip. It was kind of rough the first day as well, was better the second day but still not great. It was the first time I ever did an overnighter out there. It makes it great for the early morning bite. Lots of stories to come out of this trip!! And I learned a lot too. The wahoo are amazing fish. We straighted several 9/0 owner hooks that were rigged with ballyhoo. One bit the hook off clean off cutting thru 400# test leader material without even snapping the outrigger clip! IMO the best part of the trip was watching the explosions on the lures...unreal!! sometimes the fish would come clean out of the water and hit the lure on the way back in. Other times it looked like a warship firing a warhead, the multiple explosions on the spread was just amazing and it was every pass... we had non stop action all day. Most fish were released, we brought home 2 yellows, 2 longfin, a wahoo and a dolphin...plenty for my family and friends. My wife said when I went to bed my right arm went into spasm and started shaking like a tuna. I don't know how many fish I reeled in. I was spent buy the end of they day. It was an awesome trip that I will not soon forget. That big fish that I pulled the hook on after an extened fight that dumped 700 yards of 80# braid off of an 80 wide tiagra put the hurt on me bad We had to chase it down...I got it within 200' of the boat ( straight down) and the fish just parked itself and I could not budge it. I don't know what happend I wish I could have seen it....maybe next time. Last edited by Mr. Sandman; 08-30-2007 at 04:25 PM..