Jabez 6-12, 6-13, and 6-16

6-12: Wnet way down south and put lines in around 250 feet on the 650 line. Made it down to the middle 700’s and out to 450 feet. Fished the blue/ green color edge and a few small weedlines. Dolphin fishing was great. Caught about 40. Most of them were small and wwe released alot. had a few cut offs and missed a sail fish.

6-13: Wanted to try somethign different this morning and went up to the G T Hole. Got an early start but didnt get any bites until after the sun came up. Fishing was great for AJ’s and bonitas. Unfortunately the other fish werenty biting so great. We caught 3 dolphin, 2 BFT’s, a sailfish, and a kingfish.

6-16: Went a little north tis morning and put line in on the 200 line just inshore of the ledge. Made it to the ledge and trolled there for a while. the fish were makring pretty good but I didnt get very many bites. A really small dolphin (10 inches) released and some AJ’s. Had a nice bite that opened up a big hole under the long rigger and began to peel line off the reel. Ha dto clear lines and persue the lunker. After just over an hour and about a mile of backing down we finally saw it for the first time. It was a Manta Ray with a wing span wider then the beam of the boat. Was a first for me. Water was awful green and hard to see in. Pushed further out and caught a sailfish in about 270 feet. Missed a second one as well. Fished out to about 450 foot and did some deep dropping. Caught 3 nice snowies, a bonits and some AJ’s. Back to trolling and got 3 more dolphin and a wahoo. Nice day on the water. Here is a shot of the sailfish and the manta ray. Hard to see into the green water but two white things are his horns and you can see the outline of his body.

can’t say that I’ve ever seen one of them, but it may be beyond lunker range and into magnum.
Sound like fun. Pretty water. Reminds me of lake moultrie.
WD

wow cap ben. i think that one would have won the trident. you are always on the lunkers.

thanks for putting us on the meat the other day.


BRAINSTORM

Good fishing Ben. Nice work on the Manta Ray.

Brent
31 Contender “Merritt-Time”

Mmmmmm…Manta Tacos.

Haven’t had those in 10 years probably.