Super User SirSnookalot Posted January 22, 2012 Super User Posted January 22, 2012 Went offshore yesterday morning, weather conditions were perfect with a about 10mph east wind and 2-4' chop, but it was pretty much of a dud day. After several hours I finally get hit on a sardine and my rod instantly bent in half and line was reeling out. I tightened my lever drag just a little bit from my normal weak strike position and thought right away it was a pretty good sized shark, I could not turn the crank on the reel. Not wanting an hour plus battle I moved the lever up a bit and let it break the line, had it been another species I would have attempted to land the fish. I fell in love with a lure that I hadn't used much before. While we were out I was doing some trolling on light rig, 25 lb inshore rod with a Soron 60 reel, 30# braid using a sling jig, some call it a freestyle about 1.5 oz, get slammed reel hard and pull in a nice king about 15#. Later on I did some casting with the same outfit and was quite happy with it, caught some blue runners, maybe next time a king. Quote
florida strain Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Thats whats awsome about saltwater , you never know exatcly what you will be catchin. Glad this winter is not as cold to kill the lady fish and snook like a few years ago. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted January 22, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 22, 2012 Thats whats awsome about saltwater , you never know exatcly what you will be catchin. Glad this winter is not as cold to kill the lady fish and snook like a few years ago. Last year i was catching snook in the winter, this year I'm not......go figure, lol. I'm spending more time than usual bass fishing because saltwater inshore has been so poor in my area. I do know they are killing them up at Sebastion. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted January 23, 2012 Super User Posted January 23, 2012 Not to hijack your thread, but have you ever caught a seabass? are there any other names for a seabass. My brother went out of Palm beach two days ago and caught 2 seabass about 12-13 inches long. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted January 23, 2012 Author Super User Posted January 23, 2012 Yes, we caught lots of them last year in about 80' over a reef off singer island, about the same size. Guys I was with were using squid and chicken rigs. You can hi-jack my thread any time you wish...........no problemo ! Quote
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