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Took Friday off and headed off shore at daylight, met some 2 footers at the beginning and they soon grew to 3-4 footers! Since I was close to a close in spot, I decided to troll on over to it before going back in. About half a mile from my spot the FF LIT UP :-D and about 5 seconds later I thought that I had hung the structure...... but it pulled back when I started reeling in :smt004 28 incher in the box, troll back over and ZZZZZZZING then quite, check the rig and the hook is bent! Fix it and troll back over again, BAM, another 28 incher goes in the box :-D troll over it some more, get the hook bent twice more, change out hooks on the stretch and try again, the pole gives a slight bend, then goes slack, cut off clean and my favorite stretch is gone :smt010 Put out the other pole with a Green tiger-stripe on it and BAM, the drag is going and I got a fight on my hands. After about ten or fifteen minutes of "now I see you, now I don't", I had my first keeper Cobia in the boat at just over 33 inches "he looked a lot bigger or I wouldn't have gaffed him" :wink: Did I mention that all this happened in about 45 minutes :o After the Cobia the bite shut down and wasted another 3 hours trolling before heading in around lunch.
Sorry pic of the fish "I shoulda checked the pic before cleaning them" :hammer:
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Aligator point in the distance, after it had calmed down a bit :smt011
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Saturday the wife and I went out of Bottoms, not much water and not much action! I managed 3 17 inch Trout and the wife got skunked "didn't take a pic of them :smt012

Sunday "today" I went to the river at day light, stayed an hour and just had to go back to the offshore "no wind blowing" :-D put in at Mashes and met them 1 to 2's again, slogged my way on out anyhow :smt011 by the time I got out there the seas where back up to 3 to 4's with an occasional 5 or better :hammer: trolled about 30 minutes before letting my self preservation kick in and headed home, no Grouper "saw a bunch on the finder" but did get a 29 inch King :smt004
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Man, I'm tired again just typing all of that :beer: :beer:
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Post by sundown »

We saw some of them "threes" and "fours" and "occasional" fives yesterday !
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Post by GC »

I love it!!! Not an offshore...not an inshore...but an all around FISHING post!
Good job Evans! :thumbup: :beer: Sounds like a good weekend to me! :beer:
5 footers in the "REDNECK"!!! :o That's hardcore! :D
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great weekend, Wevans. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by Chalk »

I'm glad you don't have a big boat, there wouldn't be any grouper outside of Dog Island.... :wink: :lol:

WTG wevans.... :thumbup: :thumbup:
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:thumbup:
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You're crazy! :o But, I'm glad to hear your report. It's time for me to get out there. :thumbup:
What was I supposed to do today?
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Post by RodBow »

wev, It's pretty bad when you don't put your wife on fish and keep all the spots secret... that's tight.
use your opportunities ...

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:thumbup: :thumbup: Dadgum. Them's some fish! :-D
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Nice fish for sure, but dang your boat in those conditions :o
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Post by wevans »

The wife said she's gonna put "MY BOAT CAN HANDLE IT" on my tombstone :o But the 1 to 2 foot chop was more of a PITA than the 3 to 5 foot rollers :-D
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Hardcore for sure. :thumbup:
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Post by Sir reel »

Glad you made it back....both times :o I'll bet that was some rodeo handling rods/fish/G3/3-4ft rollers..... by your self..... man I gota go now I've scared myself :smt107
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Post by Fighting Conch »

Big waves and big fish! Fantastic job.

After hearing about the boating fatality I kept my life jacket on most of yesterday while cruising out around the rock garden.
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I don't post much...sort of in fits and spurts. However, I have to say that you are my hero on this site. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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