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Departed Shell Island aboard the Running Bare about 7:30 and headed for a spot in 46 feet. Water was a little choppier than expected so we slowed down to keep from beating the boat. Trolled stretch 30's and a Stretch 25 Loud the last 2 miles to the spot. We got no hits the first time across the spot but coming back over the 25 loud got hit by a 21 3/4" Gag. As Jim reeled in the line with the chartruese stretch 30 it got hit by a 23" red.

Lines back out and the 25 loud gets hit again by a 22" gag. These fish were very aggressive coming up to hit a 25 in 46 feet. No more hits on the 30's but 2 more shorts on the 25 louds.

We decedied to drift over the bottom where we were getting hits and immediately we are into fish. I put my rod in the rod holder to grab a sandwich. I sat down, took a bite and I looked a my rod tip that was quickly trying to touch the water. I throw my sandwich grab the rod and the tug of war begins. After some drag pulling runs on a locked down 3/0 the fish come to the top. Huge gag of at least 30" and very fat.

After a few breakoffs and the turning of the tide, the bite pretty much stopped. We moved to a couple of spots in 30 feet with good shows of fish but no keepers.

Ran in on seas of less than 2 feet and fish were cleaned and back at the house at 5:30.

Great fun day on the water. I captured some of the action on my video camera, but only enough to make me wish I would have recorded more. The video came out great and I really want to record an entire trip one day. but it's just so hard when the fish are calling!:lol:

Final Tally-

6 gags to 31"
1 Red 23"
5 Rock Bass to 15"
1 big grunt

Good job, Tom. Were you in the general vicinity of where we were last time?

Bones,

No we were SE of 24 about 7 miles.

Tom-

Sounds like a good day,, saw the pix...nice! Were they taken as a still shot from the new video cam??
Also, didn't know that Manns made an S25 Loud, thought it was only available in the 30's. The only place I could find a LOUD back in September was at Crum's in Panacea.

Know where I could find a 25 Loud...I seem to get more strikes on the 25 than the 30.

Sorry for all the questions, but if you could please.....

The pics were taken with my digital still camera a Kodak DC215.

I have had my S25 loud since when Capt. Ken was selling them on his website last year. I know I saw the S30 Loud at West Marine but I think I saw the S25 Loud there as well.

Thanks!

Captain Ken has all the cool stuff or makes it himself

Is the color of the 25 loud the same as the 30 Loud (i.e. chartruese/orange)?

Yep.

Tom:
It sure was a great day out there!!! Capt K and I had our dive charter that day and enjoyed listening to those stories of fish being caught between 'Runningbare' and 'Kailover'!! j/k
Well we had 4 divers and ended up with 19 hog snapper and 3 groupers.