Got up at 5 and saw that it was still blowin at the buoy, decided to leave a little later and cleared dynamite hole around 8. Ran the 500 line and met up with 23 sail on a bait spot in 70’. He was already putting Gags in the box. We caught a few shorts and headed to a spot in 85’ …never left the area. We ended up with a limit of extinct, overfished, non existent, can’t seem to find them, SAFMC says they don’t exist, mysterious RED SNAPPER! Picked at the C-Bass and a few triggers. On the ride back, ran back over the bait spot in 68’ and put a nice Gag in the box (a personal best for Jeff). I hooked up with 3 large sharks today, all were Sandbars and were over 100 lbs each. I won’t mention any bote names, but when someone is anchored on “your spot”…GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!! I will never pull up within 100 yds of an anchored bote and begin to fish, just piss poor etiquette. big ocean and lots of spots still out there.
EDIT I forgot to tell the tale of “patient Mike” OLD Mike gets rocked up on 2 occasions, I am thinking he has caught mother earth. I would have tried 2 or 3 times and then wrap the line around a glove and pull it out or break it off. Not ol Patience…He finessed these fish for 15 minutes or better, little slack here, tug here…you get the picture.In the mean time we are still fishing and complaining about him wasting time…Well he gets the last laugh with a pair of respectable extinct, overfished, none left, only have strong year class fish, Go pound sand where the sun don’t shine SAFMC, AMERICAN, GENUWIIIIIIIIINE, RED SNAPPERS.
100 yards on the bottom is like miles on the surface. Some spots that would be a completly different rockpile. Just saying…if they were dialed in and coming to fish there it’s one thing, if it was a complete cornhole it’s another.
What’s with all the cornholers? A bote came right to me yesterday, and I just cranked up and left with the anchor in tow. Moved 2 miles, and I look up and the same bote is coming again! Stopped within 100yds again. I disagree with anyone who says 100yds is like miles on the surface. Reefs and structure are completely dif than fish moving constantly on the surface. A bottom spot will always, always, always hold fish— until it is fished out. I don’t personally fish them out, but I am if some else is doing the same thing as me. Find your own and leave me alone! It’s best for everyone. Not to mention it’s highly annoying to be cornholed and followed around.
Really…All you gotta do is slow down, mark the spot, and come back another day…hahaha.
Christ, it wasn’t a secret spot, it was live bottom on the 500 line! Hell it may have even been a maps unique #. We had our share of drive bys, but don’t run up next to someone and drop the hook, unless you are fishing together. Me and Ricky Bobby were working the same spots all day.
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