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HBrack
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Am I the only idiot who loves fighting big jack crevalle? The April/May jack run near the jetties is one of my favorite times of year here.

Took two of my buddies out for a quick trip yesterday afternoon on the outgoing tide just outside the Surfside jetties. We found a huge feeding frenzy going on with 100+ porpoises going airborn and very large schools of jacks feeding on menhaden. We tossed in 2 divers and started idle trolling towards the bait ball while both guys casted from the bow when all 4 rods went off at once. From that point on, it was non stop action with several triple and double hook ups.

We ended up boating over 20 very large jacks in roughly 3 hours before heading in exhausted. All fish were CPR and live to fight another day.






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Davidsel47
Nice! I want to catch 1, and I really mean just 1. Lol..
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Hillbillybiker
Glad y’all had fun. Yes they are a blast to catch. Strong fighters
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Jkmoore03
Glad y’all had fun, but no I don’t like hooking those **** things…. Bull reds either lol.
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habanerojooz
Whew! I know it was fun but your drag plates hate you right now. Crack open the reel side plates and see the black sludge from worn carbon drag plate remnants and spent grease. Each of you crack open your reels and take a photo and post them here. We’ll see whose looks the gnarliest. Lol.

I presume you were using the lighter tackle in the photos. If not, disregard the drag comments.
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K
There's still a few hearty souls out on the water! Nice work. Give those reels a day off, they earned it.
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HBrack
habanerojooz said:
Whew! I know it was fun but your drag plates hate you right now. Crack open the reel side plates and see the black sludge from worn carbon drag plate remnants and spent grease. Each of you crack open your reels and take a photo and post them here. We’ll see whose looks the gnarliest. Lol.

I presume you were using the lighter tackle in the photos. If not, disregard the drag comments.
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They tried to land a few on those light tackle set ups, but got broke off pretty frequently. Most were caught on 5000 & 8000 series spinning reels.
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habanerojooz
5000 and 8000 class is more like it. A fun workout without exhausting the equipment.
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F
My bucket list is to catch one on the fly rod! Thanks for sharing.
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fishingtwo
They are a blast just not when your fishing for trout my arms hurt looking at them jetty tunaa
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bigfost
I'm jealous. I wish they were thick around the Sabine nearshore for a couple of months each year.
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flynut said:
My bucket list is to catch one on the fly rod! Thanks for sharing.
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If you're local to the Houston area, shoot me a DM. I'll take you out there and enjoy watching that battle!
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HBrack said:
If you're local to the Houston area, shoot me a DM. I'll take you out there and enjoy watching that battle!
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Im a native Houstonian. Beleive it or not. Ive caught a few on conventional tackle, but not the fly rod.
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bigfost said:
I'm jealous. I wish they were thick around the Sabine nearshore for a couple of months each year.
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They are ridiculously thick right now at Sabine.
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HoustonKid
Nice. They are fun. The amount of fight they have is amazing. You think they are done and nope the fight resumes. Been spooled a few times at SLP trout fishing.
The following statement has been discussed a few times. Lol. There are no porpoise in these parts. Dolphins yes.
Great report and keep hammering them jetty tuna!!!
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HoustonKid said:
Nice. They are fun. The amount of fight they have is amazing. You think they are done and nope the fight resumes. Been spooled a few times at SLP trout fishing.
The following statement has been discussed a few times. Lol. There are no porpoise in these parts. Dolphins yes.
Great report and keep hammering them jetty tuna!!!
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I feel like anytime I say dolphins, every fisherman asks me to clarify if I mean porpoise or mahi mahi. I'm just going to start calling them flipper at this point.
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H
Looks like a fun time. Willing to take my boat and tag team them next time you make a trip. Let me know. Thanks
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Nice catch!
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HBrack
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Ran out for a couple hours yesterday and again this morning. Jacks were a bit scarce, but managed a couple with my wife and a couple kings. Saw a school of bonita feeding at East Bank, but couldn't get them to bite anything.




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Nice! Are you running a panga? Water looks good! Those are some nice jacks. Thanks for posting
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