I Was Betting Against Landing This One

[SirSnookalot]

A school of Jacks were busting, looked like a tsunami smashing against a sea wall.  First cast with no strike, then I cast under a dock with my 8' rod, and bam fish on.  The drag was just singing, didn't think the fish would ever slow down, finally it did.  Standing on a sea wall with boat ramp beside me I was hoping my line would hold, a tumble backwards would have been quite a drop.  Luckily I had respooled yesterday and wanted to try out 20# stealth braid, pretty nice stuff.  Quite a battle and I wasn't sure I was going to land it, the jack was swimming near a cement pylon, eased up on the drag and let it swim away from the obstruction.  Gaining ground on the fish I walk gingerly back down the side of the boat ramp, back on solid ground I pull it up the boat ramp, I had no net.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Awesome!!

[flyfisher]

That is awesome!!!  I caugth a jack once on a charter boat down there near sarasota and it was a blast.

 

If i ever make it down to Florida i will be stalking you and your beach fishing exploits

[5dollarsplash]

^{Great looking fish!  Sounds like it gave you a workout while you were landing it as well.} 

[Jigfishn10]

Sweet fish and great story. Congrats SirSnook

[SirSnookalot]

After my nap, haha, yeh I take one everyday I went out caught this peacock.................it's tough being retired and living in Florida.

[Jigfishn10]

You're on fire today!

[MarksHooked]

So cool!

[OkeechobeeAngler]

Nice jack. Caught a couple of small ones about a week ago. Love catching them.

[BassinLou]

That's so cool Snook. Jack's are really fun when you come across them. Nice pea too!!

[SirSnookalot]

I wasn't on fire yesterday, I was skunked in saltwater and no peas.  I was at a place, they allow me to fish there and there peas there for sure.  One of the workers showed me a pic he caught of a 15# clown knifefish he caught there recently, they usually only hit live bait, caught his on an xrap.  That was the most awesome catch I've seen in years, my jaw dropped.

[Bassintheweeds]

Nice Jack they are easily my favorite saltwater fish to catch.

[SirSnookalot]

There isn't much I've come across like a jack, except a permit, amberjack and trevally( haven't caught one) but they are in the jack family too.  I've caught 30 pounders that needed to be chased down in a boat and it still took 30 minutes or more to land them.  Is it any wonder why I spend so much time hunting these kind of fish?

[EvanT123]

Two nice fish and a nap can't beat that. Nice.