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Ruby Red Lip
 
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Decided to head out by myself this morning to try for some Kings. Left the dock at 6am and lines in by 7am. I trolled the bouys for a while with no luck. I had one spinning rod with 18 pound mono tied to a king duster with 2 feet wire leader, white/silver skirt and a frozen cig. The other rod was a trolling rod with 20 pound line, same set up but a green/gold skirt. Since I had no luck trolling the bouys I loaded up on some live bait and headed over to three barges. Just before I got there I noticed something tearing up the surface. The splashes were too big to be just bait fish so I put the lines back in and trolled a bit. No more than 5 minutes later the spinning rod went off. I haven't heard line scream like that in a long time. I managed to reel in the other line while holding onto the freight train I had on the spinning rod. I tightened down on the drag as much as I could. All I could do was pray that my knots held up, and the line for that matter. I did 3 laps around my 19 foot Cape Horn, even had the rod tip in the water when it went under the boat a few times and the line held. The gods were certainly on my side today. I also saw a 6 foot bull shark swim around my boat, again I was just praying it didn't hit the fish I was pulling in. After about a 20 minute fight I finally got it to the boat. The net I had was of no use due to the size of the fish. So I grabbed the Boga which maxs out at 30 pounds. I could barely get the boga around the bottom lip and once I heaved it into the boat, the Boga maxed out right away, so clearly heavier than 30 pounds. I am guessing around 40. I was jumping for joy once I got him revived and released to fight another day. I am still jumping for joy from that fight, I am sure I will go to sleep with a huge grin on my face tonight 
Fish On!
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Trigger
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Congrats. Those big jacks are a blast. This time of year you can find the big schools cruising the beach.
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Snapper
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Nice catch! Atleast you had 20lb line with a stout rod to catch yours. About a week or two ago, I got a 30lb'er on 10lb with a little inshore rod! Took an hour and a half to bring him in.
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Ruby Red Lip
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30lbs on 10lb line is great and must have been a blast. And to think, I was about to grab my 11 weight fly rod before I put my dusters back in the water. Next time I may try the fly, still getting used to it though and fishing alone it can be tough controlling the boat and casting. I hope those Jacks stick around for a while
Fish On!
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Snapper
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| Good job on the jack crevalle. Get one of those drift anchors if you want to fool around by yourself playing with the flyrod. Just cleat it off on one of the back cleats and it will orient the boat where you can cast off the bow with the wind at your back. The raised deck on the Horn makes a great casting platform.
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Ruby Red Lip
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Awesome job !!!!
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Trigger
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nice jack
"here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women"
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