Gut Wrench 6-21-8 report..our biggest bull yet

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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we left at 4:38 am,a little late but we understood,greeng13 had to finish his work at home and was running behind,
as were heading out thru the jetties,i see alot of returning boats,that ain’t a good sign,as we get to the entrance the swells are big and confused(nice)…i am watching a line of storms that pushed thru that stretched from the SWB to the CH60 moving southeast,but it ****ed the ocean all up,could not even think about going south,so tried straight,yeah right that didn’t work so then headed towards the SW Banks area,this is going to take for ever(15-16 mph is all i can do)and this is the "good"direction…

the farther we get the better it gets,still can not get any speed,swells aren’t as big but just a sloppy mess,after watching us burn fuel like a sob i decide to hit the 41004 bouy,maybe we could do some repairs since it was down yesterday morning,well the bouy is still there and all the little wheels were just spinning away so why it wasn’t working i don’t know…

plan C is now in affect,drop lines and yes we got what i knew we would right away…CUDA!!! no problem at least we are trolling slowly towards the ledge(outcrop)

next a really small dolphin(but today was a kill it all day as we have pics to prove it)we pick our way thru somemore cudas,slingers etc,then i find a weed line,perfect its heading off shore and south,finally a break.still very rough and no sign of it letting up,trolling along and Jesus(aka greeng13)says something about a 9 am bite,yeah right…

all of the sudden the way back clip snaps with a BANG,and the line starts screaming off the Avet 50,madness insues,we start trying to clear lines and get ready to land this sucker,bam another hit,can’t remember if it was a long or short but its a decent fish too,we fight this fish to the boat first since he didn’t take as much line,nice bull somewhere in the 20’s,now back to the other fish,we are down to the braid backing which is over 400/500 yards of mono(congrats Mr Knotz,you braid to mono connection held) ,the angler Ritch

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Nice job on the dolphin on a nasty day.I rode on the Gutwrench with Eyeball to look for his boat and she handles well in 3ft seas.

“Women should be obscene and not heard.”

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bob - i saw the pics. that was a major league fish

congratz

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Good going on your big fish day. That fish was like the seas were today, BIG.

www.CLevelCharters.com
Captain Allison Fickling Jr.

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Nice job. And nice report.

23 Sea Hunt “My Last Boat V”

If you can’t stand behind our soldiers, try standing in front of them.

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Lone Ranger,

What kind of baot were you in, in that weather?

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great report congrats on the bull nice fish

Big Ron
196 CC Sea Pro
150 Verado

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Did you catch any of the fish on the circle hook rigs?

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Captain Allison Fickling Jr.

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I would like to see the pics. What other site the one I am thinking of seems not to be doing a thing unless there is something going on that I don’t know about most likley.

Nice report seems to have been an interesting day.

Hey next time wave at me with all your fingers.

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quote:
Originally posted by Seafox23

Lone Ranger,

What kind of baot were you in, in that weather?

268 Key West

Freshwater is for drinking.

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Good job Bob…Nothing turns you back.

reelly…

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Nice pics and congrats*

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quote:
Originally posted by seahunt202

I would like to see the pics. What other site the one I am thinking of seems not to be doing a thing unless there is something going on that I don’t know about most likley.

Nice report seems to have been an interesting day.

Hey next time wave at me with all your fingers.

Yeah, point us to the pictures.

The first step in a 12 step program is admitting you have a problem . . .

. . . Then I’m on the road to recovery!

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It was not as bad out there as lone ranger was saying:

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quote:
Originally posted by C-Level

Did you catch any of the fish on the circle hook rigs?

www.CLevelCharters.com
Captain Allison Fickling Jr.

Nothing on the circle hooks. they ate only one or two lures all day and nothing else.

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Excellent!

The first step in a 12 step program is admitting you have a problem . . .

. . . Then I’m on the road to recovery!

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Originally posted by z71offshore
quote:
Originally posted by C-Level

Did you catch any of the fish on the circle hook rigs?

www.CLevelCharters.com
Captain Allison Fickling Jr.

Nothing on the circle hooks. they ate only one or two lures all day and nothing else.

Capt A,we will keep trying the circles,we don’t give up that easy…

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Originally posted by fish-n-kid
quote:
Originally posted by Seafox23

Lone Ranger,

What kind of baot were you in, in that weather?

268 Key West

Freshwater is for drinking.

Don’t get any ideas,it takes tons of dedication of time and money to even attempt to use this boat like i do…i don’t wake up on friday and decide to go on sat,i start planning the sunday prior…i have no other hobby’s,this is what i live for…

this is not your normal 268…and its For Sale if your interested?

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So what is the deal on the weather cause the bottom 2 pics look like glass???:question: If it was like that I am pissed for not going!:question:

REPUBLICAN
Because not everyone can be on welfare

All Rise - 31 Contender Fish Around with a pair of 250 Yamahas

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quote:
Originally posted by Scoutin 4 Goodies

So what is the deal on the weather cause the bottom 2 pics look like glass???:question: If it was like that I am pissed for not going!:question:

REPUBLICAN
Because not everyone can be on welfare

All Rise - 31 Contender Fish Around with a pair of 250 Yamahas

it only took 3 hrs for someone to ask…

i think z71 is in the sauce early tonight…