Happy New Years everyone! Let's see some more sharks this year.
Ally and I got an invite to go out for an end of year species hunting trip. We fished depths ranging from 60 ft to 410 ft using sabikis, jigs, and shark rigs. Added +3 to my list, and Ally added +6, so it was a very successful day.
Coney +1
Scrawled filefish
Grey triggerfish
Blackline tilefish +1
Rough triggerfish +1
Smooth puffer
Sand tilefish
Yellowhead wrasse
Ally caught a bunch that I still need: longspine squirrelfish, queen triggerfish, butter hamlet, and princess parrotfish.
We had one take on the shark rig, but it dropped the bait before I tightened the drag. A month or two ago we had a 411 lb barrel swivel explode on a big fish (probably a goliath grouper), so now I'm using 660 lb ball bearing swivels. The coated wire and mono are both 200 lb. I have some 880 lb swivels as well but haven't added them to any rigs.
Can't wait to get out there again!