Sept 4th Jigging

Well if you have been reading my posts you can see that I get a lot of jigging trips and everyone seems to love the strong and aggressive Amberjack. Well here we go again with a crew from NC and VA, back to the Gulfstream for the chance to break the 100 pound mark. Todays weather could not have been better, slow drifts and great looking water conditions lead to a group of sore arms and tired backs. I will let the pics do most of the report, but the jacks were big and thick, we also had some Red Grouper, blackfin tuna, and False Albacore. Enjoy the pics, Tackle used BX-400N, BX500N, SR-20, SR-30.

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Aug 26th mixed gulfstream

Again headed out to the gulfstream for a mix of trolling, jigging and bottom fishing. This crew has done this many time with me and make my job very easy. We started jigging in 300 feet of water and got destroyed by some huge Amberjacks, One of the first fish was a 58 inch monster that would be one of three in the high 50 inch range. Those fish are very close to the 100 pound mark this time of year.





The action continued with Jacks and small Blackfin tuna until lunch when we decided to troll for one of the wahoo that have been biting off the jigs thougout the day. Not long on the troll the blackfins cover up the spread and with the spread back out the first wahoo came calling. With a nice 40 pound hoo in the box and some blackfins we move in for some bottomfishing, well that report is short since the current was running about 4knots and the wind gave us a cross swell that kept us from being able to anchor, so that made the decision to go home easy. Tackle used again BX-400N, BX-500N, SR-20, SR-30 for jigging and BX2-30 for trolling.












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Aug 20th bottom fishing

Had a quick trip twenty miles offshore for a great client that didn't have much time stopped on a couple of ledges before we found fish that need a meal. Once we were on a productive spot the action was fast Gag Grouper, White Grunts, and Red Porgies made quick work of the live menhaden we were dropping. In a half day we limited out on Gags, grunts, and Porgies, and had the boat back at 1pm. Got to love when things are easy for a change. Pretty much only used BX-400N reels for the bottom I did have a SR-12 twinspin out as a live line but no stikes on top today.

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Aug 17th Bottom fishing

Well the bottom bite has been red hot and this day was no exception. Limited out on Red Porgies, Vermillion Snapper, Gag Grouper and had a great mix of White Grunts, Trigger fish, king mackerels and Joltheads. Had to release six big American Red Snappers because the season is closed and released a few Amberjacks that came to play. Caught most fish on bait but did a little jigging and had a few nice Trigger fish on the jigs. Tackle used, BX-500n, and BX-500 for the bottom fishing and light lined live baits on top for the kings with a pair of SR-12 spinning reels.

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July 23-24th gulfstream jigging

Had a mixed group from MISS, PA, and AL, who all travelled to enjoy jigging for a mixed bag. Fishing in water from 250 feet to 400 feet deep and using long jigs up to 12 oz we targeted large amberjacks. Well to say they were there would be an understatement, the guys caught fish after fish drop after drop. If you had a fish miss just keep working it and another would pile on it and if a fish pulled off you would get hit by one of the followers. The day was great with nice weather and beautiful water. After two days of fishing we had totaled more that 100 jacks and a few bottom fish and a couple of mahi. Tackle used mostly were BX-400, BX-400N, BX-500N and SR-20 and SR-30 reels loaded with 80lb braid. This type of fishing puts huge strain on the gears and the drags and no failers or issues, these things are really earning there place in the rod rack.

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June 8th gulfstream

Had a great group that wanted a mixed trip of trolling and jigging so away we went. The day started great with mixed mahi from little slingers to nice gaffers. We had a few small blackfin tuna mixed in and worked on the troll until a little after lunch before having to run from three water spouts that would not go away.

After moving to a little deeper water we put the jigs to work and the crew had action right way with very respectable amberjacks including one fish in the mid 50 inch range.

We also had one really nice red grouper on a jig before leaving for the day. And as always keeping a watchful eye while riding home we came upon a big floating patch of sargassso weed and decided to check it out.

well 30 minutes of bailing slinger mahi got us close to a 40 fish limit before we attracted the attention of a barracuda that wanted a bite. After all was said and done we had a great day. We used BX2-30 reels loaded with braid and mono topshots for trolling, BX-400N and SR-20 reels for jigging.

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