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3 man limit of snapper from the kayak Sun. 6-3-2012

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#1 · (Edited)
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:censored:.
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:censored:. 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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#7 ·
Well I guess I need to see about getting a kayak,but I have to put a motor on it,I aint paddlin nothing.Yep I'm lazy,I'm to sorry to pull start my 18hp Evinrude,I had to have one with a starter.
How stable are those things? My 14' jon boat is 5' wide and it isnt stable nuff fer me.I want one 6-7' wide,but finding one like that is hard.
Where should I look for one at?And how wide can you get one?
 
#15 ·
Dang man, I did find some small stuff off of the pier but I fished it hard with no snapper to show for it, just some black sea bass and small triggers. I typically zig zag from the beach out to two and half to three miles and zig zag back.

A buddy of mine did find some awesome structure with over ten ft of relief in sixty five feet of water last week but he didnt save it right on his new GPS. As soon as it calms down a bit we will use his saved track and hopefully go back over it and save it.

I NEED to find some bottom to snapper fish before the season is over.

Are you finding stuff that is most likely man made or are you seeing any live bottom?
 
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