offshore bonito trip

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palmbeachpete
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offshore bonito trip

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I meet Pescar at sunrise. The seas were one foot and the sky's were clear.

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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.

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Dropped again and bam, another bonito

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and another.

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Then hooked a small jack.

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We paddled to the wreak to the north on Lake Worth Pier and we could not hook anything. Slow current. :tongue2:

Pescar working a jig.

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Hooked one more bonito north of the pier.

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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.
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