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Boat Fishing => Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports => : Latimeria October 15, 2023, 08:06:37 AM
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I got a call from Tombo to fish the islands, but I really just wanted to get my boat out and do a stressless trip. I invited Sasquatch and was happy to see he could make it this since he couldn't make the last few invites.
Morning came and I was on my way when I get a text "f@ck, woke up for my alarm. Hit snooze and now it's 6:00". I had to check who was sending me this since Squatch is always early, but he said kind of whooped it up the night before so "Downtown Norm" was a little woozy.
Water was glassy and I needed to enter in some reef points by the lobster buoys. Unfortunately, there weren't many lobster buoys out there? Weird...
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We stopped here and there on our way to LJ and got some bass along with other critters.
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We couldn't see the eclipse but knew it was happening. Finally the clouds kind of rolled in and at least I caught a good glimpse of it before it was gone.
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We tried my BSB spot and Squatch racked up the -2 Lizard fish, putting him the hole early.... ;D
I was trying out some new rigs I put together and they were mostly catching stuff I wasn't expecting.
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Fishing was pretty slow at first, and as the wind was picking up, we opted for a move.
Squatch tied up a cheater rig, while I kept switching up some of the irons I recently put together. I had a slow go at it while Squatch was acquiring the "Stupid Steve" moniker.
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I got the first whitefish on board, so was claiming victory, but Steve used his cheater rig to get a few himself.
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We actually caught quite a few sheepshead (at least 6 or 7 between us) but we sent everything back. I wasn't in any mood to clean fish and still had some in the freezer.
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As you can see, that NW wind picked up to 20knots and got a bit nasty out there.
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I switched up to a new iron and that was the trick I needed to close the deficit. Little jig did great on the "Skrillafish".
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We were taking water over the bow, so it was time to go. It was a lot of boat clean up when I got back and then I get a text saying Tombo whooped them! Ugh... That is one fishy dude...
It must be nice to have a boat with a pointy end and high gunnels. lol
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We got an assorted 3-4 dozen bottom denizens and saw no sign of gamefish. Water was poop brown in spots and dirty green at best, so I was happy to get what we got and to put a few waypoints on the screen.
Thanks for reading!
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Solid trip! I also noticed a surprising lack of lobster buoys in my zone, I'm mostly okay with the lack of obstructions though.
Tombo killed it wow. Nice mahi slay and yellowfin to boot.
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Really glad I could make it this time. Even if I was a little late. Thankfully I have a good track record.
Even with the lizard fish at -1 I feel like I did pretty well.
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I feel like I did pretty well.
You took 2 of the 3 categories, so I would say that. It felt good to just catch again instead of hunting for that one bite.
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I’ll take most and biggest all day long. Almost never happens.
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Maybe the cost of fuel is keeping the Lobster guys home ::) Looks like you had fun despite the chop 8)
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It must be nice to have a boat with a pointy end and high gunnels. lol!
I can relate
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Steve you won, Tom comes up with so many different categories just so he can win.
He can't stand to lose and will stoop lower than the gutter to insure a win.