After a busy summer of tournaments and charters I finally got the opportunity to fish deep outa MI yesterday on the Cattitude without a charter on board for the first time since May!Left at 5:30 had them in around 7:30 and started trolling south and offshore towards the GTH. Picked up a slinger on the troll and ran into rip with a bamboo tree on it in about 800ft. Spent the next 30 minutes conducting a dolphin massacre, we kept the limit and released 12 more to fight another day and then continued offshore. Saw 3 sails and a white one free jump out there but they weren’t interested. Came back inshore to do some deep dropping for snowys and caught 2 keeper scamps. All in all a great day on the ocean with great friends. Headedd back to Pirate’s Cove tomorrow to stay through the tournament hopefully the white bite will say consistent up there.
Nice report! Any pics?
A full 60 fish limit or was it fewer people on board? Either way, sounds like an exciting 30 minutes. Congrats!
It was a 50 fish limit with 5 people released 12 more and left them biting. Picts to come
Makin sure they’re dead first from now on
Buddy
Makin sure they’re dead first from now on
Buddy
What is that big red one in the middle? I know it’s not a red snapper and I have seen them diving in 100’+. Never knew what they were called or if they were worth shooting.
14’ Pamlico 140 Angler w/ rudder
Kayak, SCUBA, or both.
nice spread…glad to see a good day of trolling
its the fastest that get paid, and the fastest that get laid.
have any better photos? looks like you caught a bunch of pompano dolphin.
BRAINSTORM
That is a Short Bigeye snapper
haha and i think that could have been a state record too
Bigeye Toro !! very good to eat
nice catch
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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”
quote:And a BIG one at that. They are usually about 1/3rd that size.
Originally posted by sellsfishBigeye Toro !! very good to eat
Thanks ya’ll…Brainstorm they all bailers with a couple borderline gaffers, and yea thats a torro we caught one a few years back a little on the inshore side but caught him deep dropping and he was much larger than the other one.
Makin sure they’re dead first from now on
Buddy
i wasn’t talking about the size of the peanuts, but rather the species. take a look at these photos. several of yours might be pompanos, particularly the fish on the bottom row, 3rd from the far left. hard to tell without a better photo.
What are the regs on big eye torro?
14’ Pamlico 140 Angler w/ rudder
Kayak, SCUBA, or both.
Good job. I went all the way to the OBX for nothin but pnutts. Will try it out next week. Great day for August Buddy.
nice haul, whatever they are.happiness is a full freezer.
22’ Mckee Craft
No size or bag limit on short bigeye’s. Like Sells says, these fish are tasty.