Ran out to the GT, fishing by 7.30. Put out all wire and some big wahoo rigs. Double hook up on cudas right off the bat.
20 minutes later the left long explodes and screams for a long run. Thinking its the daymaker but nope, after a 30 min fight a 150lb hammerhead surfaces.
No action for about 2 hours so i put out two dinks on circle hooks on the flats looking for a sail. Not long after a sail comes in hits the right bait, missed him on the drop back. Fish comes back in on left flat, eats, we drop back, fish on. A pacific size sail starts tailwalking and in the process crossed over our right short and long riggers. While in the process of clearing it the fish spits the hook. Our fault for not getting lines cleared fast enough. Bummed because we all agreed it was the biggest sail we had ever seen off CHS.
No action for another hour or two so we switched a few baits to mono after hearing some folks say they were not getting bits on wire. Sure enough we see 2 wahoo streak through and cut both of them off over the next 20 minutes.
Then another sail comes in full speed on the left flat in a suicide attempt crushes the bait and somehow bird-nests the reel, with the clicker on and drag set just above freespool. Still trying to figure that out.
Then finally we had one more huge knockdown on the way back, rod explodes, and then the fish is gone a few seconds later. Decided to head home around 1 on a beautiful ocean.
3 stinky cudas
hammerhead
0-2 on sails
0-3 on wahoo
0 for mystery fish
Catching is fun but but you don’t learn much when they are jumping in the boat. IMO, you get more credit posting this report than 9 dead wahoo and an illegal shot of sailfish lapdance.
I like a beatdown every now and then. No shame in that.
Catching is fun but but you don’t learn much when they are jumping in the boat. IMO, you get more credit posting this report than 9 dead wahoo and an illegal shot of sailfish lapdance.
I like a beatdown every now and then. No shame in that.
Ran out to the GT, fishing by 7.30. Put out all wire and some big wahoo rigs. Double hook up on cudas right off the bat.
20 minutes later the left long explodes and screams for a long run. Thinking its the daymaker but nope, after a 30 min fight a 150lb hammerhead surfaces.
No action for about 2 hours so i put out two dinks on circle hooks on the flats looking for a sail. Not long after a sail comes in hits the right bait, missed him on the drop back. Fish comes back in on left flat, eats, we drop back, fish on. A pacific size sail starts tailwalking and in the process crossed over our right short and long riggers. While in the process of clearing it the fish spits the hook. Our fault for not getting lines cleared fast enough. Bummed because we all agreed it was the biggest sail we had ever seen off CHS.
No action for another hour or two so we switched a few baits to mono after hearing some folks say they were not getting bits on wire. Sure enough we see 2 wahoo streak through and cut both of them off over the next 20 minutes.
Then another sail comes in full speed on the left flat in a suicide attempt crushes the bait and somehow bird-nests the reel, with the clicker on and drag set just above freespool. Still trying to figure that out.
Then finally we had one more huge knockdown on the way back, rod explodes, and then the fish is gone a few seconds later. Decided to head home around 1 on a beautiful ocean.
3 stinky cudas
hammerhead
0-2 on sails
0-3 on wahoo
0 for mystery fish
some bruised egos but we still had a great time.
Feel your pain. Part of fishing, and the next time will be sweeter thanks to this one.
