Wednesday, August 6, 2014

8/6 - 1st Croaka's, 2nd Redbass, 3rd Blacktips

Let me start off by dragging this video into the report from the archival vault of :  Capt Dave's You Tube Channel                                       


THIS IS ""L.T."" - light tackle. Most of my customers are on the "charter L.T.", when pursuing BIG 100 pound ++ Blacktip Sharks, behind the shrimp boats.

In this video, I was Jetty drifting....not even behind a shrimp boat. Jus' drifting off the end of the south jetty rocks.

MORAL:  If you think what you did was hard, there's always HARDER. Which equates to LIGHTER tackle. Now, I ain't talking "lighter in weight". I hope when I talk tackle, that's not what people think. I'm sure novices do. But what I'm talking is  "lighter" as in smaller reel, whippy rod, less line, less line strength, and less line capacity.

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Because today Bruce hung a few big boys and the first one gave him a "LT" fit !!!!!!!!!!


























Then it was his step-son's turn.....






















In no way do I believe in "sitting down", because I'm all about "stand-up and take it!!!!. Sitting is what accountants and kids do. Not Me!  Have ya ever seen me sitting when going toe to toe with a monster anything? And ya never will, either. But hey, not everyone is ME.   (hahahahahaha)




















































Prior, I had my crew which consisted of three kids and one adult catching bait....CROAKERS, to keep live for Sharkin'. Live Croak's make goooooooooood Sharkin baits.

As what many times happens when dropping down small cut pieces of dead shrimp, we catch a BIG Redbass.  Yes, Elephants eat peanuts too, is the ole saying.....

















































Of course I love it, because I know it's gonna happen. Especially when I see the boat near us catch one too.....except they didn't know how to release it and it floated around "belly up" for a few hours.
Don't know why people won't release these big Reds right. Must be a dumb-ass redneck thang, I guess.



NEXT UP:  One "solo" Bass fisherman from Tennessee on Friday. This ought to be FUN.
                              Saturday, just two guys out for FUN.
                              Then, Mike & Phil some regulars on Sunday.

So NO, I don't have this weekend open. Should have thought about fishing before Friday night at 7pm.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

8/2 - Rough waters, EAST Flow

Yes, East flow means everything was coming from the East, or at least the S.E. The breeze, and the seas.  Had the Darling Crew aboard today and started out at the beach tossing the net for Pogies.
Had a plan to fish them on the bottom and not worry about the sharks. If they bit us off, I'd just deal with it.

First fish, a 20 pound Redbass. Second fish a healthy Bonnethead Shark, third fish.......SPOOLING Mike!  Yep, he hooked something that hit the surface twice, frothed  and then took off EASTWARD, as the line on my Shimano Triton 200's drag smoked off 200 yards.

We still had it!  So I pulled the anchor, and gave chase. Right up to the South Jetties green buoy where it wrapped around the buoy chain and finally popped Mike off.

WOW, and we never saw it. Had no idea if it was a huge shark that ate a "cut" piece of Pogie. And how it didn't bite thru the 50 pound Mono leader?

Was it a Shark?  Was it a Tarpon that tried to jump in the super current and didn't get airborne?
Who knows. But exciting is a calm word to describe the mayhem in the 4 foot rolling seas south of the south jetty.

-Due west winds...NOT GOOD
-Due east winds....NOT GOOD

We had neither. Just huge "SLOP-CHOPPY" seas. Of course NO ONE, but the JETTYWOLF could ever anchor in.  Other's tried, other's left out to never come back.

But it was good current. But the bites faded fast after re-anchoring up after the chase.

No video, and just one 20 pound Redfish photo today kids......
























Tried all over the around the jetties for action. Only found a few small Whiting the rest of the day.

Same "Flow" is coming on Sunday too. Have to find a different plan.    

Friday, August 1, 2014

7/31 - TAKE YOUR GAL, FISHING!



Mayport Jetties.......
















Live Pogies and 3 gallons of dead ones in the "GOT CHUM" chum chopper on the JETTYWOLF.
Brought in the Redbass. Along with some serious "ass handers" that'll eat what ever ya got.

Wanted a super Blacktip Shark on the "HDT" - heavy duty tackle. But only had 2 hook-ups. One behind the shrimp boats.

















And one on the inside of the North Jetty. The rest went for the "L.T." - Light tackle, and of course we couldn't do much about it when they ate the bait.

It was H-O-T at 9:30am even though the National Weather Service said we set a new record LOW at 68 at sunrise, versus the average temp of 74.  Whooooopeeee!
We never felt it.


A SIMPLE, HEADS UP:
DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST SECOND TO RESERVE YOUR DAY.
DO IT WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME!  BEFORE YOU EVEN LEAVE YOUR HOUSE TO COME TO
J-VILLE. PLANNING IS A BIG PART OF FISHING LIFE.
I HAVE EMAIL & A WEBSITE. YOU'RE ON MY DAILY REPORTS BLOG PAGE RIGHT NOW.
LIKE PUTTING ON SUN SCREEN..."DO IT AT HOME, NOT WHEN IT'S TIME TO FISH."