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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: P.S.S.K.R.S.K.L.M.N.O.P.

« on: April 28, 2019, 10:10:39 AM »

Nice work again Mike! Love the Title , UA shirt made me LOL

I'll be on the sand tonight round 6ish. hopefully get a bait in b4 dark

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: RSK (22APR2019)

« on: April 22, 2019, 04:57:14 PM »

Nice work Mike! Congrats the the 7's. I told you you could only catch one though  sorry I couldn't make it out last night, 2 long nights on minimal sleep and a gluttonous easter feast got to me    kinda hard to believe my gut feeling on Friday lead to 9 grinners 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: It was a good weekend

« on: April 22, 2019, 10:11:47 AM »

Nice work Dre! Congrats on an awesome weekend!

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / 4/20/19 Soupfin Slayage

« on: April 21, 2019, 07:28:20 PM »

After such a killer sesh on Friday i had to, as some old dude on here likes to say, strike while the iron was Hot! After chuckin some axes down in PB for my buddy's b-day, I headed to meet Steven at the RSK few mins before I was about to leave PB he sends me this!

Soup on the sand!

 

So I'm flying up the 5. Get parked and geared up. As im walking to the spot and Steven and I exchange hellos he gets bit! Nice initial run, he gets it turned and fights it for a few mins in the wash. From the size of the fins, it looked like a nice leopard. Until its at my feet and I reach down to a spotless fat lil 50" soup. We cut her loose real quick as she was leakin pretty good from being hooked in the roof of the mouth. But I can attest that he caught it. So hes got 2 soups on the sand and i havent even got a bait in yet! So I hurry up and tie a fresh rig on! I Cut off a chunk of the Bonita my buddy Jason was ever so gracious to let me take the rest of! Man good friends are so hard to come by Launch it out past the tiny breakers and light up an offering, it is 4/20 anyway we dont even get 3/4 of the way thru the spliff when I see my rod start to go bendo, and the baitrunner starts screaming! Hell to the yeah I'm ON! Instant jump upon hook set! God I love this $#!t!!! She tail walks 3 times 60yds out, man that never gets old! Nerve racking, adrenaline pumping, heart thumping, pure, primal, JOY! This thing was piiiiiiiiissed! Made 3 hard runs, Steven tried to video me fighting it but I told him how superstitious I am about anything being filmed or photo'd before it's landed. After what seemed like 10mins but was probably 4 tops lol I finally managed to time the shore pound jus right and beached the beast and Steven grabbed the biggest male soup I've ever seen!


71" male Soupie





Sent him back, after the pics, so he could get back to his harem of soupettes. Let my adrenaline go down a lil and chopped of another chunk of the magical Bonita. Chucked it out and set the rod in the holder. Well I was stoked, ive never caught a shark two nights in a row! Bout 25mins later Steven was dealin with some kelp that got sucked off the beach south of us and pushed up into the wash. I was giving him a hand and as soon as we got it free, I glanced over at my rod and noticed it jump a lil and ran over to check it out. Just as I got to it it bounced hard and went a lil slack, then went full bendo! I wasn't totally surprised lol but i was still kinda in disbelief. I set into it and it was on and jumpin in the hazy moon lit surf! We did the dance back and forth south then north and after a tense battle in tge turbulent skinny water we got a glance of a beautiful FAT MAMA Soupie! Holy $#!t shes thiiiiiiiiccck brah! She's workin her way under stevens line and we maneuver her around it and use the wash to beach her, shes Rollin and thrashing in my leader when all of a sudden it snaps! NOOOOO! SHES OFF STEVEN! He grabs the leader and I grab her tail for the tag team save! WOOOOOOW that was close bro! Thank you soooooooo much! The hook litterally fell out once she hit hard pack!


Beautiful 74" PHAT MAMA





So I was pretty much done since it was almost time for Steven's wifey to pick him up. But i had one last chunk of Bonita and I told him to chuck it out til she got there. He got slammed within 10mins, but it didnt stick. He added a chunk of fresh Mack to it and sent the smorgasborg back out. Well it didnt take long for it to get bit! And he sealed the deal This time! Serious head shakes and tail slap. Biggin! She was jus hunkering down for a bit. Then turned it up and started takin line with brute force. Seven? I think so. Seems lethargic like a seven. Then she decided to go ape$#!t and started acting soupish. Sure enough after a few back and forths in the skinny two dorsal fins emerged and I tailed his 3rd soup of the night!


70" Thick Female Soupie





As we sent her back Steven's wifey was calling him from the lot and we made our exit.

Another Killer night in the books!

Rastafar-gone B)<==*~~~

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: 4/19/19 Good Friday Trifecta

« on: April 21, 2019, 10:46:19 AM »

Thanks for dakine words guys!

Great Friday Rasta!, a great night indeed!

The Surf Shark Slam!!!!!

Last night wasnt too shabby... Rept to come. some ones not last on the list anymore... 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / 4/19/19 Good Friday Trifecta

« on: April 20, 2019, 05:45:46 AM »

Holy $#!t its been a minute. Wow I'm still pretty amped as I write this! Just had probably the most epic night of sharkin I've ever had! Hit up sk on weds and it was a vegans dream, all the salad you could handle. Decided to give it a day to clear up and started makin plans for Friday night 4/19. Mike was busy so I hit up my buddy Jason and he joined me lil after 9. He went off shore on Thurs and they caught some big Bonita that i told him to bring for bait. 1st couple soaks b4 he showed up I got a ton of eel grass. I was kinda bummed out since my last few surf seshs have been either skunks or super weedy. But I kept at it. Soaked a few Mack chunks and switched to bonita when Jason showed up. 1st cast, 10mins in, with the sushi grade bait and i get a screamer! Holy $#!t bro that was quick. He cleared his line outta the agua and it was on! Definite sharky fight, tell tale herky jerky pulls and tail slaps on the line! After a few hard runs its in the rough shore break and I get a glimpse of it. Soup? Its hard to see with the white wash and foggy misty surf air. This fish is pissed and wont give up, had to time a wave just right to get the tail grab after a quick rod hand off.

Big Fat fired up Female Leo






My buddy's stoked he's only soaked bait with me once b4 and This is the 1st Leo over 2' hes seen in the wild lol

We recast and I can feel it's about to go off real quick so i stay close to the rod. Jason gets bit and reels in a sh!t skate he snagged on his 8/0. As hes unhooking it and tossing it back my rod loads up! Are you serious bro! Yep! She big brah? Yepp! Oh $#!t she jus jumped you see that? Holy phuİk what is that?!?! Sooooooup! No way bro! Yeah buddy! She jumped 4-5 times! So awesome in the full moon light! She ran and pulled like she's done this b4! After she wore herself out a bit I got her close and she ripped back out as I was about to hand the rod off and go for a tail grab. After a few more lil runs she was tired enough to hand the rod off and tail the beast!

69" female soupie




 I was beyond stoked I have never caught a Leo and soup in the same night. I was pretty much content with the 2 shark night. I told Jason I wasn't gonna rebait, tide was flipped and started goin out, I said you wanna soak one more b4 we gotta go? He said bro you gotta make one more cast. I jokingly said aight, one more shot for a seven gill! So I chopped off the biggest chunk of Bonita I'd used all night and sent it out to the breakers. 5mins in Jason gets his 1st real bite but it missed the hook. As hes winding his rig in my line goes slack, I thought he had snagged my line but then it goes tight and starts to pull some drag, I grab the rod and feel a steady pull. It's definitely a fish! Holy $#!t I'm on bro! No way dude! Yeah feels like a bat! Then all hell broke loose and this fish storms the beach! Pulling parallel and I run south to catch up but never do.... Wtf?!?!? It's in the wash bout 30yds south of me.  Then goes str8 west and then parallel north. Feels like a bat bro it keeps hunkering down and pulls at will. This goes on for several minutes, it keeps peelin line and flipping around with the shore break. After 5 or 6 mins and atleast 100yds of north - south battling its close. I start to get it into the skinny water and I don't see wing flaps. Wtf?!?!? HOLY $#!T!!! what is it bro? All of a sudden I see spots, my eyes are tryin to focus through the fog, mist, and sweat. No phuİkin waaaaay! SEVENGILL!!!!!!! I'm freaking the phuck out! It's Rollin in the rub leader, thrashing like a pissed off gator, and makes one more run through the shore pound b4 I hand the rod off and drag his big ass outta the wash! Pretty sure they heard me WOOOOOOOOOOOW in TJ I was so stoked. A couple walked up as Jason ran to grab my dehooker and couldn't believe the dinosaur that I was wrestling on the sand! Dude that's huuge! Jason came running back we got him dehooked, photos and sent him back. Needless to say I called it after that as it was pushing midnight and didn't wanna get a parkin ticket and I was wore out, being up for 21+ hrs. Man that's what you call the best good Friday I've ever had!


90' big boy 7!






Rastafar-gone B)<==*~~~

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Needed Longcast Joe

« on: January 12, 2019, 09:37:46 AM »

Congrats Verne! You've been putting the time in and its paying off! Hopefully after the rains this weekend and next week theres still a lil sand left down here and the grinners start to show up soon!

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: New Year same results 1/1-1/4-1/10/19

« on: January 12, 2019, 08:54:56 AM »

Happy Birthday Josh

Thabks Verne! Getting old sucks 😉

Nice Josh!
Maybe you should try a new pose for 2019? 

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / New Year same results 1/1-1/4-1/10/19

« on: January 11, 2019, 09:13:56 AM »

New Year same grind. Surfs been damn near unfishable when I've had the time to go. Hit the bay on the 1st to break in the new license. Pops and I took my cousin out for his post bday sesh. Bass bit thru the tide swing. Put over 90 in the boat. I easily put 45 in myself. And the 1st booty of the 2019.





My birthday was last Thurs. so I took Friday the 4th off since it was my Bros last day of Xmas break. Started out slow since we launched around slack tide. 45mins after the tide started goin out we started the slayage. Put over 100 in the boat between us almost an even split. My bro might have got a half dozen more than I did. But I put the booty twins in the boat so all was good!

Bday bootys the best!




#2





Took my buddy and his wifey out after I got off at lunch yesterday and we were in the water round noon. They were stoked to not have to rock hop and actually catch more than a few fish. Told em we'd have to weed thru 80-100 spottys to find a hali or two. No bull$#it, 3rd cast I get that familiar chomp chomp dead weight. Thats not a bass...1st fish of the day hali lol.

20"er cpr'd





We caught 20 spottys or so between us 1st drift. Reset lil further south. No bull$#it 1st cast on the new drift. Soon as it hit the bottom I saw my line jump and instantly flipped the bail and cranked down on dead weight. Thats her bro! No f@ckin way! Yep! Hali-berry.

23"





I boat flipped her since I wasn't quite sure she was legal in the agua. Check the mark on the boat and I asked my buddy if he wanted her. He said is she worth killin? I said she'd feed 2 or 3 and they were kinda unsure on if it was worth it and we sent her back to get bigger. I jokingly said I'll get a bigger one b4 we're done we kept on the drift and caught a dozen bass between us and my buddy got a 15" flapjack hali right b4 we had to reset. We Made a few more drifts for 30 more bass and we set up on what would be our last drift round 345. Started out a lil slow with only a few fish between us until we got bout 1/3 of the way thru the drift and we started gettin more fish to commit. After the 3rd double hook up I make a long cast with the wind and half way back to the boat I get crushed. Hard head shakes. Drag rip dead weight. Ok that's her bro! Seriously!?!? Yep! He grabs his lippers and I told him nah get the gaff! Really she that big? Shes big brah! I've never done this b4! You're gonna learn today! She wasn't wanting to show herself for a few mins. Then that Brown blob started getting more definition and you could definitely tell she was very legal! Made a few runs around the front of the ranger and I guided her right to him and he sunk the gaff perfectly! He actually spined her and she was half paralyzed lol damn I'm a good teacher lol


29.75" booty #3




Caught a few more bass and called it a day. Even though it was a lil slow we still managed 60+ bass and 2 legal and 2 short halis. Not a bad start to the year so far.

Rastafar-gone B-)<==*~~

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Homing in on the Halibut (12/29)

« on: December 31, 2018, 07:18:32 AM »

Nice numbers, you're a terrible poacher x)


Lil bro got his new pb on Sat

33"

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Happy Hali-Days 12/24 & 12/27/18

« on: December 29, 2018, 12:52:29 PM »

Not leaving many flatties for Tom! Bay slay!!

Tom only eats rockfish

Not leaving many flatties for Tom! Bay slay!!

He's not poaching my spot for sure. LOL

I tried but those paper mouth Vina were camera shy by the campground

Killer session and a great blow by blow read................thanks for sharing Josh

Thanks Verne! I was actually sitting at the dmv when I wrote it !

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Happy Hali-Days 12/24 & 12/27/18

« on: December 28, 2018, 10:19:26 AM »

Took pop's out for a Fish-mas Eve sesh, huge tide swing in the a.m. got on the agua round 1030 as the tide started goin out, we got onto a steady bite jus south of the bridge but there was a ton of debris floating in that area so I opted to move further south to find cleaner agua. Stopped at toms vina spot and got a few bass to the boat b4 I got slammed by the right kine. Had her barely hooked on the underspin and as soon as I went to slide her in the net, she made the head shake that set her free fail # 1.

Made a move to see if I could get pops on some more fish. I was outfishing him 17-2 but he did farm half a dozen fish and missed twice as many bites. I told him he needed to work the lure back to boat cuz his drag behind the boat technique wasn't effective with the speed we were getting dragged by the current. He proceeds to make a cast same direction as I did and gets crushed half way back to the boat. Shoulda kept my mouth shut :/ yep its her pops, grab the gaff and after a few trips round the boat I stick her!


Solid 31" booty!




He was stoked and I couldn't help but feel like he stole my fish lol  but seriously I was stoked to put my pops on another big fish! Half hour later we were making our second drift across the zone picking off bass b4 i get crushed. crank down feel heavy dead weight, head shakes. thats her pops, she's big! she's pissed, makes a solid 1st run and starts to come up a bit and I get my 1st few cranks on her, feel more big head shakes and she starts to take some more line, and sticks back to the bottom and pulls before I get a chance to get another crank on her I feel that sickening tug that ends the battle. Bit off clean. Fail # 2. I burned some trees and tried to let my stomach settle a bit and get my head right. We were getting blown around the zone by the wind and the tide fighting each other so I opted to head south a bit and see if I could get anothet good bite. Caught another 30 bass between us b4 I called it a day with bout 70 bass between us and my pop's hali.

12/27/18
Took my cousin out for his bday yesterday and my bro tagged along. High tide at noon so we hit the water lil b4 11. Wind was blowing like crazy, white caps from the kays to nasco. 1st cast I get a chunky grump. Then no one gets anything for almost 10mins, I put 4 more in the boat in the next 4 casts. Then my bro finally gets one and my cuz follows it up shortly after. We made a few more drifts across the zone b4 my cousin gets a good bite. Wasnt sticking to the bottom butbhad crazy head shakes coming up through the water column. Saw a long silver flash, Vina? Wait wtf, Cuda? Yep, pretty decent snot stick for the south bay lol




My bro brought out his panfish rod to make the dinks fun and see how a grumpy felt on 6lb line. He had way too much fun with the spottys and even hooked a flap jack.




My cousin says oh we're in the hali zone? Yeah this whole area is the hali zone lol. Hes using some old 17lb mono on his revo and isnt getting nearly as many bites as i am, and asks if he can use my back up smoke combo. I jokingly tell him he can catch one fish on it. No bull$#it 1st cast he makes he flips the bail over as his underspin hit the bottom and says, why won't it reel? I look at him like wtf did you do to my ish? And the rods loaded up! Son of a bitch! He got bit on the drop! and its the bite you wanna get! Head shakes, drag ripping! Hali-berry! I cant believe what this mofo jus did. I grab the gaff and he plays her out and gets her boat side. Shes legal cuz, get her back up and I'll stick her. She makes one last run and he gets her right where I want her and I stick her right in the belly. My cousins 1st legal! Lucky mofo barely had her hooked too, underspin fell out as soon as the line went slack and she hit the deck. Hes tryin to get a pic from my bro, I'm kinda butt sore he jus caught the 1st legal on my back up set up lol. I make a cast while they're takin pics and I couldn't make this $hit up,  3 cranks in my underspin stops mid crank! Instant Head shake, dead weight, drag rip! That's her! No f*ck@n way! Yep! Put the bitch in the live well this $#its BIG bro! No way! yes mofo get that gaff out and get ready! She's big big! They're both flabbergasted, how the hell did you hook up that quick?!?! She makes a few circles round the boat. B4 we all see her, damn cuz that's a door mat! She's a good one! My bro has the gaff, hes never gaffed a fish b4, my cousins still shaking adrenaline dumpin, hes only gaffed one hali for me b4 and it was a $#it show lol! My bro makes the mistake of tryin to pull towards the boat instead of str8 up so she shoots back down aftet the 1st failed attempt. I coax her back up and coach him through it and he sinks the hook right in the middle of her belly! Holy $#it that was the most hectic 10mins I've probably ever had on my boat, well besides the Leopard - hali back to back few weeks back lmao!

We made another couple drifts and each caught another short hali and another dozen or so bass a piece before we headed for the ramp. 2 legal halis, Easily 90+ spots, 1 sandy, a Cuda, and 2 macks not bad for a 3hr sesh.







Rastafar-gone
B-)<==*~~

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Epic Firsts Back to Back 12/15 & 12/16/18

« on: December 18, 2018, 08:02:59 AM »

Looks like everything digs the under spin.

Yeah they definitely get bit B)

Only thing better than fishing with family is.............catching fish with family.  Thanks for sharing Josh

Thanks verne! I love fishin with my pops, didnt get to do much with him as a kid so it's nice to make up for lost time now. I was beyond stoked to see my bro finally get his 1st big hali! Hes earned it hes been grinding it out almost every week and it was awesome to see his hard work pay off!

You've been pounding that spot pretty good there Rasta!  I might have to stalk that area here soon!  LOL
That was so you a few weeks ago when Roger, Dave and I saw you.  \m/

"That spot"... south bays a big body of agua... I dont catch everything where the pics takin, I fish from the bridge to J st. From fiddlers to nasco... I love how people assume they know exactly where I'm at all the time 😂🤣😏

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Epic Firsts Back to Back 12/15 & 12/16/18

« on: December 17, 2018, 08:38:37 AM »

Took last weekend off from fishing to take care of some side work and do some Xmas shopping. Pops and I hit the bay on Saturday round 11, no real tidal movement from 10-230 but we put a hurtin on the grumpy bass.



 I out fished my pops easily we ended the day with about 75 bass. I put over 50 on the boat, but pops managed to put his 1st corBina in the the boat on an underspin! Jus b4 we were bout ready to go, I got a Hali that was right at 22" so I let her go B) not a bad sesh by any means and we were off the water by 330.







My Lil bro got himself an early Xmas gift he wanted to try out, Abu Revo Sx inshore. So after they got outta church, I had the boat hooked up and ready to roll, we only had til bout 445 to be off the water, had to get to my grammas bday dinner by 6. so we headed to where we caught the majority of the bigger bass the day b4 and proceeded to slay some grumpy bass for the 2nd half of the 1st drift and most of the 2nd drift after I figured out where they were.
Right as we were about to reset for the 3rd drift I got slammed and lay into a decent sized fish that ran str8 for the surface and jumped! Tripped me out since it was too far to get an ID, til I got it to the boat and I realize it's a Lil vina! I boat flipped and tried the major league fishing line catch b4 it hits the deck lol she wasn't hooked well enough to make that happen and flopped on the deck so I tossed her back quick to avoid further stress on her fragile lil self. It was 330 and we figured we had time for one long or two shorter drifts. there was almost no wind so we opted for a shorter drift and I used the trolling motor to make my own slow steady line for where we wanted to end up. My brother and I started putting doubles of grumpies in every few casts and I started talking $#!t to my pops in the back of the boat cuz he couldn't get anything to stick for a good 3/4 of the drift. Bad idea lol not even 5 mins later I jus hear his lil quantum accurist's drag zzzzzziiiiiinnngging and that lil 6'7 medium spinning rod was BENT! -WTF you got Ole man? Bonefish? It's big son! I'm thinking it's a bat ray. It's ripping line and it looks like wing flaps but it's hard to tell with his bass rod doubled over like it's never been b4. He starts to gain some line and she's moving up in he water column. And it seems to flip like a small bat as you get it pointed up off the bottom and makes a directional change. We start Goin around in around circle with it with the trolling motor, still haven't gotten a look at it when it comes up after 5 spins of the boat. Oh My God! Look at that Son! Holy $#!t pops it's a Big ass Leopard! Definitely not what I was expecting him to pull up on an underspin of all things, thought maybe he snagged it, nope fair hooked as could be! Right in the corner of the upper lip. She made a few more runs after she saw the boat the 1st time. I'm trying to stay calm, my dad and brother are freaking out, neither have seen one in the wild lol, I've never hooked or landed one from a boat, its about to get interesting real quick, told pops to stay calm loosen his drag and wear her out more. Had my bro get everything off the front deck and hold him to get back. I knew I only had one shot at grabbing her and had to make it happen or I'd never hear the end of it! I had my pops guide her up along the side of the boat and as soon as she was within reach I knelt down went for the tail grab! She went ape $hit and tried to gator roll outta my hand b4 she hit the deck. Luckily I'm a bit stronger than your average deck hand B) she made it over the bow onto the deck and my pops 12lb P-line proceeds to snap instantly! I grabbed her again and tossed her gently onto the floor of the drivers seat lol my bro and dad were shocked at how easy I made it look X) she was still pretty green so I played fish model for my pops' 1st Leo!



She wanted that blade bait! Good Ole new penny swimmer!




After the release I burned some tree and recouped after the stressfulness and my adrenaline rush came down a bit, they were like what do you do after something like that. I said there's after legal halibut waiting to get caught still and we got bout 30mins of prime fishing time to do it! 1st cast I get slammed and reel in a chunky grump. Which seemed like a dink after having a 35+lb leopard in the boat lol. My bro makes his 1st cast and gets slammed few cranks in, I look over and his 13 envy rod is bendo! Good one? YEAH! it's HEAVY BRO! I see serious head shake. THIS AIN'T NO BASS BRO! Ok keep her head off the bottom, she's pullin him around a bit, you feel flat hard pulls and shakes? YEAH! that's her bro. I'm trying to keep him calm, he's saying his prayers, asking for any help he can get, I'm coaching him through it gaff in hand, she stays down for a few mins, he's $#!ttin bricks, I see her finally, no sign of the underspin, she inhaled it, she's doing the slow circle of death to the surface. Keep her head in the water, next rotation I'm gonna stick her, don't reel up any more jus pick the rod tip up til she's in the boat. Last half circle and I sink the gaff right in her stomach!


My Bros 1st legal Hali! 31" beauty






Well I knew I probably wasn't gonna top that so I told me they got me merry early Xmas to the both of em and we headed for the dock. Not a terrible way to end a weekend.

Rastafar-gone B-)<==*~~


 

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Afternoon Flattys 12/1 & 12/2/18

« on: December 05, 2018, 04:53:13 PM »

The Curmudgeon is already a vet for legals.  \m/  \m/

My bad lemme know if you want me to put the 2ND legal hali in your boat 😆😝🎣🍑🐟