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What a weekend! Best conditions I have seen in a while. My brother (AggieBret) and I left Friday evening for a night run out to a deep rig. Fishing was slow, but we did pick up 8 Tuna, with two real nice ones. We trolled around the rig in the morning but no luck.
On the way in, 70 miles or so out, we hit a nice weed line. Bump up and down it until we found the Mahi. The first one was small, and we caught him on a Top Dog. Then the Bull showed up, and then ALL HELL broke loose. Bret was using a Calcutta 150 with 12# test line, with a 1/4oz jig head and a strawberry swimming bait. Nice rig for Chicken Mahi, NOT a good choice for the bull. The Bull slammed the swimming bait, and went aerial. Several big jumps, it was beautiful. We chased him all over the place, almost getting spooled twice. He then got in the weed, but a quick dive in allowed me to remove it from the line. All said and done, it took slightly over ONE HOUR to get him on the gaff. A fight we will never forget! While the fight was ongoing, I boxed the nice cow (I chose a bigger setup
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Stopped on the way in for our snapper, and had a quick limit with one real nice one. Same spot yielded an Amberjack. Had a ling to the boat, but he got off before we could ready the gaff.
Ready to do it all over again!
Brandon
On the way in, 70 miles or so out, we hit a nice weed line. Bump up and down it until we found the Mahi. The first one was small, and we caught him on a Top Dog. Then the Bull showed up, and then ALL HELL broke loose. Bret was using a Calcutta 150 with 12# test line, with a 1/4oz jig head and a strawberry swimming bait. Nice rig for Chicken Mahi, NOT a good choice for the bull. The Bull slammed the swimming bait, and went aerial. Several big jumps, it was beautiful. We chased him all over the place, almost getting spooled twice. He then got in the weed, but a quick dive in allowed me to remove it from the line. All said and done, it took slightly over ONE HOUR to get him on the gaff. A fight we will never forget! While the fight was ongoing, I boxed the nice cow (I chose a bigger setup
Stopped on the way in for our snapper, and had a quick limit with one real nice one. Same spot yielded an Amberjack. Had a ling to the boat, but he got off before we could ready the gaff.
Ready to do it all over again!
Brandon
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