We had a pretty decent first day trolling for the year at the Blackjack Monday. Water was like a lake, hence the AJ’s steadily picking on our baits in the spread. My buddy Greg got his first marlin of his lifetime. I was proud to have been the leaderman for him. Fish were caught on my handtied seawitches with flash, and Ilanders.
Wanna kill fish, then let’s go!
Congrats to Greg on his first marlin. ■■■■ that water looks nice. Good job on the season opener. What was the water temp if you dont mind sharing?
Nice!
congrats! how far out were yall?
steady 72-73 degrees all day long, sst shot showed a nice back current with a hard temp break but it eluded us all day. we would mark pods of amberjacks suspended at 170 feet and they would rise and hit the baits constantly. Tiring of this eventually, We stopped to jig AJ’s for a few hours and had swarms of a hundred AJ’s under the boat. This allowed us to hook up on jigs with the jacks as soon as we dropped almost.
Wanna kill fish, then let’s go!
What state did you fish out of??
Paul
Nice pix Brian, looks like some pretty water.
Jeff
Congrats on the first marlin!
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Originally posted by duckcommander I know my quads would never fit in those pants without a whole lot of lubrication.
Kind of looks like a hatchet
Sounds like a good trip.
FWIW, I’d delete that second pic of the marlin if I were you…you’ll find out why shortly.
“Never argue with an idiot…he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.”
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Originally posted by muledriverKind of looks like a hatchet
I was thinking the same thing.
Nice job on the marlin and pretty nice hoo too.
Still waiting for the location of those dock feeders on LKN.
Just a reminder, It is illegal to remove a billfish from the water to take pictures unless you are harvesting it. I could care less, but I recieved calls last year from law enforcement from some photos we had taken. They are cracking down so I thought I’d give you a heads up.
And its a white. The only distinguishable diff in whites and hatchets is the distance from the anus to the anal fin.
Micahel Mattson
www.billfishin.net
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Speaking of hand tied SEAWITCHES…wheres mine. You were gonna send them a month ago!!
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Originally posted by LOWCOUNTRY SPORTFISHINGJust a reminder, It is illegal to remove a billfish from the water to take pictures unless you are harvesting it. I could care less, but I recieved calls last year from law enforcement from some photos we had taken. They are cracking down so I thought I’d give you a heads up.
I would love to hear the details on this and what DNR said to you if you have the time… PM or post here.
Thanks.
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Originally posted by duckcommander I know my quads would never fit in those pants without a whole lot of lubrication.
I heard it was ok to break the law if it is your first one…
Polly Wanna…
congrats on the white. nice fish
good work always nice to catch em on a lure u tied yourself
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Well, when they jump in the boat, you have to pick them up to throw them back out.
Wanna kill fish, then let’s go!