After getting blown off the water on Friday I decided to wait Sat. morning 'til after 9 to see if the water settled a bit. Looked all right until we started out to a reef 13 miles out and the wind came up. We fought the incoming waves for almost an hour to get to my spot and dropped two baited scampi. I used a frozen skip jack that I later found out to be from Stuart's trip, and Willy Cozine used a large sierra. Immediately Willy got hit and almost as quick I had a big one on also. The fight was on and Iwas glad I had a 400 lb leader to pull mine out of the rocks. Up came a 65-75 pounder after a short fight and Willy had a twin gulf grouper,that was 4-5 lbs heavier than mine boated.
The big ones are all over the close reefs right now and I'm looking forward to next weekend.
I think some of us Safe Marine guys need to get together and get a scale so we can get some true weight on the monsters we've been bringing in.
The big ones are all over the close reefs right now and I'm looking forward to next weekend.
I think some of us Safe Marine guys need to get together and get a scale so we can get some true weight on the monsters we've been bringing in.