specslayer

woke up at around 530 and when i went out to get the boat ready i had the same thing happen as recess THE BOAT WAS COVERED IN ICE. we got out through the pass around 7 and was met with a sheet of glass. we ran about 40mins and finally got to the "mass". put out two tuna witches and a stretch 30. after about 5 mins of trolling the 6/0 with the stretch goes off and something BIG errupts 50yards behind the boat then it turns and i see BARS and yell WAHOOOO. after a quick 5 min battle and two or three short runs at the boat my dad says hes not insanely confident gaffing this huge fish, so i say grab him by the tailand he reaches down and grabs him so i put the rod down and help him and finally i have MY FIRST WAHOO in the boat.





so we go back to trolling and dont get anything and switch to bottom fishing for football mingos but cant find any, only little porgies and small mingo. a couple hours later we go back to trolling and saw a 6-ft hammerhead go swimming by which was pretty cool. so after around a hr we finally get a hit and bring our first mahi mahi aboard, it wasnt huge but its a start.



after we get him in the box my dad says whats that?? its a fin sticking about 2 or 3 feet out of the water and he says mola mola!!! so we go over by it and try to get some video, we got some but not too impressive

back to trolling and dont get anything but we see something floating off in the distance, as we get closer it looks like a turtle and it is. it was a really big kemps ridley, it must have been sick because we got pretty close and got some pretty good pics (no it wasnt holding anything)



after that we ran to another spot and got some nice amberjack and this very rare red snapper





we got back to shoreline just before dark.

we've upgraded from a five gallon bucket and a cutting board to a wheelbarrel and a sheet of plywood.





what we could do on mingo and yesterdays flounder

reelfinatical

That's a beautiful pic of the Hooter you're holding up! Congrats on ur first one!! Looks like you all had a pretty nice day!

recess

That is Great that you went a catchin:bowdown. Nice hoo, just think theres alot more for you and your dad to catch. Thanks for your report and pictures. TEAM RECESS

Private Pilot

Thats awesome man! Good Job!clapclap

Captain Woody Woods

i cannot stress how bad this COULD have ended for your dad. stick him next time. pretty nice trip right there. nice shot of the hooter before the colors fade





i dont think so. you can usually get pretty close before they'll dive down. especially if they're just being lethargic on the surface. good job checking it out though...you can frequently find cobes, mahi, etc. on a good turtle like that

tailfisher

congrats on the hooter, they are great on the grill.

frydaddy

Nice hoo, jacks too. Looks like braided on your penn, do you have any trouble casting after it gets wet? Thinking about spooling one or two up with it and would like your feed back. Grats again on the fish.

specslayer

yea we respooled our 4/0 and put what was left on the spinning. no it does fine for bottom fishing and casting big plugs but you cant cast no super spook on it

pogypumper

Nice pics!

Mike aka FishWerks

Great report and pics!:clap