Keaton Beach Offshore 18 Feb 03
Posted: February 21st, 2003, 10:11 am
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I should have posted this earlier, but here it goes. Report from Fossils Guy and my trip.
Neither Chug or I could sleep. He arrived at about 2 AM and I got there at 4:30. We waited until 6:45 and headed out with the 15 knot winds at our backs. The seas were pretty rough (up to 5 footers) and I had to work at not spewing the contents of my stomach into the Gulf.
Chug navigated to some numbers that he had converted from Loran and we started trolling. Within 2 minutes, I was puilling in a nice 24 incher that hit Chug's 30 Loud. We got a couple good strikes and a fat little red then went bottom fishing.
Chug decided to move the anchor up a few feet while I was soaking an LY head. I joked about my new trolling technique and got hit hard. After a few drag screams and getting him off the bottom a couple dozen feet, I lost him. Turns out the hook that either BigE or I had tied had come united!
We decided to stay put. Chug was pulling the anchor up a little when he got whacked. he dropped the line and wrestled in a nice 10# Gag. There was a brief panic when the fish came up because he was barely hooked and my gaffing skills suck. We got him though. Chug then used another of MY squirrel fish and caught another 9.5#er. We moved again and I landed another nice gag.
Totals were 4 keepers, 9 shorts, a binch of nice grunts and black fish, a big Pogie and ONE INCORRECTLY TIED HOOK!
We fished in 55 feet most of the day. The most striking thing about the fish is that 3 of the keepers hooked hit moving baits.
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Nyangh!
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I should have posted this earlier, but here it goes. Report from Fossils Guy and my trip.
Neither Chug or I could sleep. He arrived at about 2 AM and I got there at 4:30. We waited until 6:45 and headed out with the 15 knot winds at our backs. The seas were pretty rough (up to 5 footers) and I had to work at not spewing the contents of my stomach into the Gulf.
Chug navigated to some numbers that he had converted from Loran and we started trolling. Within 2 minutes, I was puilling in a nice 24 incher that hit Chug's 30 Loud. We got a couple good strikes and a fat little red then went bottom fishing.
Chug decided to move the anchor up a few feet while I was soaking an LY head. I joked about my new trolling technique and got hit hard. After a few drag screams and getting him off the bottom a couple dozen feet, I lost him. Turns out the hook that either BigE or I had tied had come united!
We decided to stay put. Chug was pulling the anchor up a little when he got whacked. he dropped the line and wrestled in a nice 10# Gag. There was a brief panic when the fish came up because he was barely hooked and my gaffing skills suck. We got him though. Chug then used another of MY squirrel fish and caught another 9.5#er. We moved again and I landed another nice gag.
Totals were 4 keepers, 9 shorts, a binch of nice grunts and black fish, a big Pogie and ONE INCORRECTLY TIED HOOK!
We fished in 55 feet most of the day. The most striking thing about the fish is that 3 of the keepers hooked hit moving baits.
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Nyangh!
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