I was unable to fish Fri or Sat due to the passing of my grandfather so I had to settle for sloppy seconds or thirds and I knew the full moon was not gonna help.
The plan was to get out there, get the limit and go. I brought along my brother in law and his friend, both first time kayak fisherman with no offshore fishing experience. So I was in my PA and they fished out of my cobra tandem.
Decided to fish a close in spot off Navarre beach just over a mile out and 58' deep. Surf was pretty flat and saw a school of spanish sardines first thing. The visibility was way less out there than last weekend. Was only able to catch 3 baits before a 4' barracuda chased the school off.
So off we went with 3 live baits and a bag of old spanish mackerel.
Get to the spot and after teaching them a few things I give them each a live bait. First drop is a swing and a miss, second drop score a legal snapper :thumbup:. There was not near as many fish on that spot as there was last weekend.
They decided to settle with legal, I wanted size. So after releasing several legal ones I got what I was looking for! We got the first 5 fish in less than an hr but number 6 took a while due to a shark invasion. After several shark releases and several snapper heads I was able to get #6 in the yak and it was the biggest of the day:thumbup:
Saw a big turtle on the way in but it was only holding bait. Just as we were about to hit the surf a huge school of 100+ jacks come through in the15-25 lb range but no bait or lures rigged. I was too hot to deal with them anyway!
It was a great day to be on the water and can't wait for the wind to stop blowing so I can do my part and help control the snapper population.
Needless to say they are hooked and ready for the next trip!
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The plan was to get out there, get the limit and go. I brought along my brother in law and his friend, both first time kayak fisherman with no offshore fishing experience. So I was in my PA and they fished out of my cobra tandem.
Decided to fish a close in spot off Navarre beach just over a mile out and 58' deep. Surf was pretty flat and saw a school of spanish sardines first thing. The visibility was way less out there than last weekend. Was only able to catch 3 baits before a 4' barracuda chased the school off.
So off we went with 3 live baits and a bag of old spanish mackerel.
Get to the spot and after teaching them a few things I give them each a live bait. First drop is a swing and a miss, second drop score a legal snapper :thumbup:. There was not near as many fish on that spot as there was last weekend.
They decided to settle with legal, I wanted size. So after releasing several legal ones I got what I was looking for! We got the first 5 fish in less than an hr but number 6 took a while due to a shark invasion. After several shark releases and several snapper heads I was able to get #6 in the yak and it was the biggest of the day:thumbup:
Saw a big turtle on the way in but it was only holding bait. Just as we were about to hit the surf a huge school of 100+ jacks come through in the15-25 lb range but no bait or lures rigged. I was too hot to deal with them anyway!
It was a great day to be on the water and can't wait for the wind to stop blowing so I can do my part and help control the snapper population.
Needless to say they are hooked and ready for the next trip!
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