30 Lb'er Today

I took Colby Borland’s Dad, Gary Borland (Pure Fishing) fishing this morning. We were sitting all over fish in three different places. We chummed, drummed, and power reeled, with little reward.

We ended up catching 5 quality fish, e.g. >than 21". We released one over 10 lb’s, but Gary caught his personal best with a 30.5 lb’er.

What a great way to christen my new boat with a 30+:smiley::smiley:

Our fish came in the big pool, between 57’ and 81’. the big fish and the 10 lb’er were on a 57’ hump. We had excellent bait from David Clyburn, we just did not buy enough (2 dozen). After the 30 lb’er and 10 lb’er, we had two baits left:frowning_face:

If you just wanted catching, you could probably catch a 20 fish limit of 16" to 18" fish, in about 30 minutes in 25 to 30 feet of water. We were fishing for Quality, not Quantity!

Nice!


2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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I heard rumors that it’s a very nice boat. Must be a lucky boat too! Way to go Rick.

Nice fish rick…the shear number of 20-30# fish I have seen this summer is crazy. And let’s not talk about the number of teens…it’s Def good days on murray. Let’s hope this trend continues with no kill…

“All fisherman lie. And if they say otherwise, then they’re lying”

“Sea~N~Stripes”
21’ Hewes Craft Custom
140 Suzuki

Congratz…nice fish!

'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
DF90 Suzuki

Nice fish and a great boat!!!

2014 Tidewater 2200 Carolina Bay

Nice fish!

Carolina Skiff 218 DLV
140 Suzuki

Way to go Rick that is a great Murray fish for the summer but your used to quality catches . Congrats.

TOM GITTO
Team Keepn It Reel
Is this really happening, they were here yesterday.
20ft Sea Hunt cc Blue T Top

Nice fish I didn’t know they were that big in Murray

Are you guys chumming with frozen cut herring?


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s

I just actually read the post, so missed the “new boat” part. Got a pic?

'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
DF90 Suzuki

Sure is a good looking boat .

TOM GITTO
Team Keepn It Reel
Is this really happening, they were here yesterday.
20ft Sea Hunt cc Blue T Top

Very nice fish. Thanks for the report and pic.

quote:
Originally posted by FLORIDA_BOY2

Are you guys chumming with frozen cut herring?


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s


We were chumming with herring that had died on the hook. We cut it into 1" chunks.

Rick K
Tidewater 2200 Carolina Bay Boat
Yamaha 250 4 Stroke

Thanks. How about when you first set up? We generally chum the same way or if we have excessive bait and days ending we use the live ones cut up same way. I am dying reading reports and not going!


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s

Thanks. How about when you first set up? We generally chum the same way or if we have excessive bait and days ending we use the live ones cut up same way. I am dying reading reports and not going!


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s

quote:
Originally posted by FLORIDA_BOY2

Thanks. How about when you first set up? We generally chum the same way or if we have excessive bait and days ending we use the live ones cut up same way. I am dying reading reports and not going!


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s


We only bought 2 dozen baits, so we did not chum until some of them died. We did not need many to get the fish fired up, the first two times we chummed with only 3 herring.

Rick K
Tidewater 2200 Carolina Bay Boat
Yamaha 250 4 Stroke

I have a Simrad Evo 12 with custom chip for Lake Murray that has all the humps and road beds installed on it. I’m just not really sure where to start. I would most likely put in at the dam or Jakes. I’m going to get out there soon.


Mike Martinez

2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s

That’s the way to break in a new boat in style! Congratulations to both you guys! I know that was thrilling.

Xpress HB-22
175 Yammy Jammer

quote:
Originally posted by striperskiff

I just actually read the post, so missed the “new boat” part. Got a pic?

'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
DF90 Suzuki


Here it is

Still a “work in progress”, but I am getting close.

Rick K
Tidewater 2200 Carolina Bay Boat
Yamaha 250 4 Stroke