Got back from Tortola and St.john this weekend. Awesome trip. Didnt fish as much as I wanted to but got in enough to feel satisified. We stayed on Beef Island in tortola at the surfsong resort for 3 days, before heading to St.John, and Jost. Beautiful flat walking distance from the resort. Thanks to RIROCKHOUND for the 7' albright and i paired it with a VS150. hit it the first morning and hooked up to some baracuda and some small snapper. I stalked some tailing bonefish but couldnt hook up. My main target was bones this trip. Talk about frustrating fishing. @nd day we went to Long Bay beach with another couple. I brought the rod/reel just in case. As we were laying on beach I see waves of bait surfacing and a couple big breaks. I grab my rod threw on a SP minnow and ran 100yrds to the action. Tossed out the plug and immediatley was on to nice fish. Ran for about 50yrds and broke me off. Maybe a big Cuda or Jack. The blood was pumping though. Managed some small snapper but nothing that was pulling drag. 3rd day hit the flat again, tied on a small 3/4 oz white spro bucktail. saw a tailing bone and spooked him on the first cast. Little later after some more blind asting, tossed the jig into a little deeper water from a bar i was on and Bang! Nice 50-60 yrd run and i had to tighten the drag a little. Nice 2 big runs after that and I landed my first Bonefish. awesome fight for a fish that maybe weighed 8lbs. It was a healthy specimen. Chalk that off the bucketlist. Didnt fish after that. Spent the rest of the trip at the Bomba, foxys, soggy dollar, every other bar the VI's. Great trip.
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