Busy Day/pic added

CATCH 22 · Post by **CATCH 22** » June 9th, 2007, 5:37 pm

Headed out of sheilds at 5:45 Sat. Morn. for some offshore fun. Got out to the birdrack and headed east lookin ta chum up some bait, waste of time. Could only manage 4 in 1/2 hr so we were of to deeper water. Started off with trollin some stretch 15s in 25', red/white & fire tiger. Got to hit the takle store soon after losing 8 to whatever with out one fish ta show for it

Quickly decided that wasnt gonna work so I punched in some numbers S.E. of 24 for some bottom action. My son and Buddy Rodney proceede to catch one short Gag after another,I couldnt buy a nibble. managed 10-12 grunts for cut bait but no keeper grouper. Pulled up to try different numbers about 10:00. Once again I couldnt get a bite while Rodney hooked in to a nice Red Groupa on cut bait, then Clint,His first keeper red,while I'm still skunked

I decided to try something different so I cast of the port as far as I could, Rock Bass

then another. Pulled up and moved over there, wise choice

Proceeded to wear my poor arm out with one fish after another for the next 3 hrs while the other 2 had slim pickins. After all the ribbing I got in the AM it was good ta give em a little pay back with a strong finish tripling their catch

Tally
20 Gags/3 keppers
5 red groupas/ kept 3
to many grunts
7 rock bass
1 shark
remoras,remoras,remoras I only caught 1

My camera is down so we stopped of at Jerry's for some Pics, will post after he E-mails them to me.

Happy Boy with his reds

Post by **birddog** » June 9th, 2007, 5:57 pm

Good trip, Catch.

Post by **mjsigns** » June 9th, 2007, 6:07 pm

Way to stick with it !

Post by **Ron Wilson** » June 9th, 2007, 8:20 pm

Nice

CATCH 22 · Post by **CATCH 22** » June 9th, 2007, 8:41 pm

Completly forgot to mention Clint caught a short AJ while trolling in 25' with stretch 15 which seemed rather weird to me. Has any one ever had this happen before? It was over live bottom, no wrecks around.

Post by **Chalk** » June 9th, 2007, 8:43 pm

Good day on the pond

Post by **rocket** » June 10th, 2007, 11:13 am

Nice catch

Team Bad Company · Post by **Team Bad Company** » June 12th, 2007, 2:41 pm

CATCH 22 wrote:Completly forgot to mention Clint caught a short AJ while trolling in 25' with stretch 15 which seemed rather weird to me. Has any one ever had this happen before? It was over live bottom, no wrecks around.

Yes, AJs will hang out in areas of high relief. We catch them fairly often while kingfishing over good ledges (to the point where we have to leave or fish dead bait). The winning AJ in last year's BBSC came from Desoto Canyon, no wrecks. Kind of like the AJs that come off the humps from Tavenier to Marathon. You also could have trolled past a wreck that you might have not known was there.

Post by **Tom Keels** » June 12th, 2007, 5:30 pm

I wish I had a dollar for each of the short AJ's I have seen over live bottom in less than 30'. They are there nearly all year.

Post by **birddog** » June 12th, 2007, 6:01 pm

great pic.

Post by **snatch-n-reel** » June 12th, 2007, 6:54 pm

Good day on the big pond nice pic and report

CATCH 22 · Post by **CATCH 22** » June 12th, 2007, 7:18 pm

Tom Keels wrote:I wish I had a dollar for each of the short AJ's I have seen over live bottom in less than 30'. They are there nearly all year.

Thanks for the intel Tom, something only a diver would know. Do you see any keepers in that kind of structure?