Helluva_Engineer Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 So I'd gone on a bit of a technology fast since last Saturday following the GT football game, but I feel compelled to post this report. This morning my buddy and I decided to head out of SLI for some bottom fishing on one of the party boats. Fished a few spots between 50-70 ft of water. I caught my first genuine red snapper (darn the short season) and a vermilion snapper. My buddy got a shark as his "trophy" fish. Between the two of us we caught 34 nice sized sea bass and an assortment of grunts and other trash fish. After the depressing football, I decided to go fishing on the beach. I was using a Mirrolure 19MR or 20 MR in a mullet-like pattern. Fish were feeding on a really quick retrieve and I was essentially using it as a topwater. They would shortstrike the 'normal' retrieve. I caught 28 relatively small jacks and 5 lady fish. I was seeing signs of snook and couldn't get the lure through all the jacks. I got surprised by a tarpon blowing up my lure going airborne on the strike right in the surf. After a relatively quick fight, I land my first tarpon.Unfortunately with all the shark around and trying to do this all in the surf by myself, no help from the couple that was walking on the beach, I failed to retrieve my lure from this fishes mouth as my leader broke when I lost my hold on the tarpon's mouth. :/ So my day's tally 1 Genuine Red Snapper (Personal First) 1 Vermilion Snapper 18 Sea Bass 28 Jacks 5 Ladyfish 1 Tarpon (Personal First) How's that for a day's work? Quote
Helluva_Engineer Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 Follow up question: What should be my next "species to catch"? I have the following saltwater species to my history (all since I moved down here last May): Dolphin Sailfish BFT Bonito Cobia Banded rudderfish Snapper (Red, Lane, Vermilion, Mutton) Grouper (Red) Sea bass Trigger Snook Tarpon Jack Ladyfish Bluefish Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted September 30, 2012 Super User Posted September 30, 2012 You had quite a day. I'd say you need to add a 50 pound black grouper to your long, respectable list. Perhaps hit th river for some ligt tackle species such as redfish and trout. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted September 30, 2012 Super User Posted September 30, 2012 I was offshore yesterday morning, west wind and I considered our catch as being skunked, 1 small grouper and grunt, my partner had a few file fish. I had beach day like that at Juno this past Wed. lots of action but who counts......lol. I love the mr20. Target goal.............try a Cuberra Snapper, get very large and really fight hard. Offshore and wrecks, nothing in the water beats an Amberjack, not to be confused with Lesser Amberjack or Banded Rudderfish. Quote
NEjitterbugger Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Thats a fantastic day, If I were you I would go for bonito next. If you troll for dolphin with some type of jigged skirt with any dead baitfish rigged on the hook then you will probably hook into bonito if your in the right spot. I don't know much about deep sea fishing more of an inshore person myself, but we were succesfull with that rig I think like 1 mile off maybe 2.?.. Bonito aren't huge but they a very appealing to the eye and fight like crazy! Again congrats on an excellent fishing day! Quote
Helluva_Engineer Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 ...who counts......lol. Those of us who hadn't caught a darned thing in a few weeks Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted October 1, 2012 Super User Posted October 1, 2012 Those of us who hadn't caught a darned thing in a few weeks HAHA........that's SW fishing....BTW I do own a scale, it's buried under some rubble in the the trunk of my car, haven 't seen it years. Quote
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