I wanna see a picture of this 52 lb snowy
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Originally posted by skinneejquote:My thoughts exactly... What kind of gear are you using on the drop? It sounds like it would be fun to try, but it's hard for me to justify spending $1K on an electric setup to run 70 miles for 1 fish.
Originally posted by Toucheit’s just a full commitment to run out 70 miles, drop a 3-5lb bait and wait.
No need for a $1k electric set up. I fished up to 1000’ with that Daiwa Sealine 910H. I upgraded the handle and drag and it was ready to roll. Many folks will use a rock cod handle on a reel like that to winch them up.
Nice fish guys.
Catch a lot of snowies Sublime? The base of their dorsal spines all have sacs that expand with gasses as they decompress. You can see one in the picture of the smaller snowy, 5th spine from the right. Don’t hyperventilate with all of that sighing.
Awesome fish Rap and FishnBarrels.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
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“Touche”
250 HPDIs
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Originally posted by Touchequote:
Originally posted by RapchizzleI have never deep dropped in SC but have done my fair share in the Keys. It’s interesting to see how different fish vary throughout their range. Obviously this is a large one for SC as it’s up for the state record. I have caught a few that were in the 50 lb range in the Keys and the IGFA world record is 70 lbs 7 oz that was caught out of Virginia. I wonder why the fish in SC, which is in between FL and VA, are smaller? What is the average size of Snowies that are being caught in SC?
Congrats to the Jabez guys, those are some tasty fish.
If I’m dropping squid/ballyhoo pieces I generally average 8-15lb fish but I am also bringing up 3-5 fish on each drop. When we actually target large snowies with big baits and bigger hooks we pull some really nice fish up. The fish are there, it’s just a full commitment to run out 70 miles, drop a 3-5lb bait and wait.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
31’ Contender
“Touche”
250 HPDIs
I count 11 dorsal spine’s… That is a Warsaw
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PROUD YANKEE
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“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Beat me to it. I was thinking that looked like a Warsaw too.
No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.
Warsaws have 10 dorsal spines.
This is a snowy. It had the exact number of spines as the little 8lber that came up with it, the record snowy at the top and the smaller snowy I posted earlier in this post. Snowy’s also have two spines in front of the anal fin, warsaws only have 1. Teh jaw closed on that fish runs straight back almost inline with the lateral line, warsaws are almost perpendicular to the lat line.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
31’ Contender
“Touche”
250 HPDIs
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Originally posted by ToucheWarsaws have 10 dorsal spines.
This is a snowy. It had the exact number of spines as the little 8lber that came up with it, the record snowy at the top and the smaller snowy I posted earlier in this post. Snowy’s also have two spines in front of the anal fin, warsaws only have 1. Teh jaw closed on that fish runs straight back almost inline with the lateral line, warsaws are almost perpendicular to the lat line.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
31’ Contender
“Touche”
250 HPDIs
You are correct! I don’t know how the hell I screwed that one up
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
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Originally posted by ToucheCatch a lot of snowies Sublime? The base of their dorsal spines all have sacs that expand with gasses as they decompress. You can see one in the picture of the smaller snowy, 5th spine from the right. Don’t hyperventilate with all of that sighing.
Awesome fish Rap and FishnBarrels.
Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
31’ Contender
“Touche”
250 HPDIs
The point I was making is that snowies don’t have natural air sacs on their fins. Every cavity expands when you bring a fish up from depth, including those around the fins. What purpose would airs sacs have for a fish that lives on the bottom?
You just can’t seem to accept the fact that all the snowies you release at those depths die. All of them.
Like I said, I’m not judging you, just pointing out you’re wasting your time going through the motions of venting dead fish.
And yes, I’ve killed many a snowy.
How does one know where the last spine is and the start of the next fin?
The easy identifier on Warsaw’s is the second dorsal spine. It is the longest spine. The first spine is very small , then the second is long and the rest of the spines are shorter than the 2nd. When I commercial fished we called them “big uglies” because of the bulldog face
The NOAA D Bags just need to let us keep 2 per man. These GD closures are ridiculous. We threw back some stud ARS last week.