offshore bonito trip
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:29 pm
I meet Pescar at sunrise. The seas were one foot and the sky's were clear.
It was the first time out with the new kayak. I hooked a bonito on fly in 65 feet of water. It is hard to take a pic when you are hooked on fly, so no pics. I almost had the fish to the kayak when it made a power run. It pulled out 30 more yards and BAM. It looked like a bomb went off. Big king, cuda, or shark had bonito for breakfast. Paddled out to 120 feet and marked fish near the bottom. dropped a jig and bam, fish on.
Dropped again and bam, another bonito
and another.
Then hooked a small jack.
We paddled to the wreak to the north on Lake Worth Pier and we could not hook anything. Slow current.
Pescar working a jig.
Hooked one more bonito north of the pier.
We did see a sailfish but he did not want to play with us today. Off the water by 11.00 am. For the first time out the new kayak did great.
It was the first time out with the new kayak. I hooked a bonito on fly in 65 feet of water. It is hard to take a pic when you are hooked on fly, so no pics. I almost had the fish to the kayak when it made a power run. It pulled out 30 more yards and BAM. It looked like a bomb went off. Big king, cuda, or shark had bonito for breakfast. Paddled out to 120 feet and marked fish near the bottom. dropped a jig and bam, fish on.
Dropped again and bam, another bonito
and another.
Then hooked a small jack.
We paddled to the wreak to the north on Lake Worth Pier and we could not hook anything. Slow current.
Pescar working a jig.
Hooked one more bonito north of the pier.
We did see a sailfish but he did not want to play with us today. Off the water by 11.00 am. For the first time out the new kayak did great.