My plan was to fly fish reds today with guide to the stars Steve Gibson but he said he had a "hunch". Now, he's a better fisherman than I am so I didn't second guess him. So the newly tied whiskey flies were tucked away in the fly box and out came the jigging gear.
Before long we were on fish. But maybe not the targeted species.
A bit more fishing and things began to change. Spots turned to stripes and snook began to find our 4" offerings more than they could stand.
Steve with a fish just a half inch shy of the magical 40" mark. She fought terribly hard and it took Steve half an hour to revive her but swim away she did. Bravo Steve.
I got a subtle thump in my jig and the line began to peel. And peel. And peel. While she never tried to jump she gave me 10 minutes of heart stopping runs and finally my best of a lifetime snook succumbed.
42". She swam away just fine.
We caught a dozen snook including Steve adding a 36 incher to the above big girls. He wasn't finished though. Add tarpon to hois redfish snook and gar and he had a helluva day!
Tried as he did he couldn't find a bass to complete his Super Slam but boy he tried.
Epic is a word often misused. If it were to describe today me thinks it would be appropriate.
A change of venue
A change of venue
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Infreakincredible!!!
Very nice guys! Congratulations on the "Long Linesider" DaveR.
Very nice guys! Congratulations on the "Long Linesider" DaveR.
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Steve
Your Wallet - The one place Democrats are willing to drill
Steve
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An amazing day for both of you. Congrats. Going to take another crack at it later this week.
Being out on the water in the kayak is the prize. Catching fish is the bonus.
Steve
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Nice, up a lazy ribber...
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Nice!!
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You know what La Quinta means in English? Behind Dennys. MarkM
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Congratulations!!!
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Madness!! Nice job!! It look's like your about to sink just holding her up.
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It's been said "it's better to be lucky than good"
When you're both it's Legendary!!
Congrats on the new PB mate, seems those Snookzillas earlier in the year were just priming ya.
When you're both it's Legendary!!
Congrats on the new PB mate, seems those Snookzillas earlier in the year were just priming ya.
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Gotta admit it your personal best makes mine look like a baby !! Wow !! And now I have to set my sights A LOT higher!!
Congrats..
Congrats..
It's 5 o'clock somewhere. Let's celebrate !!
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NICE1's! Congratulations DaveR on your PB . That snook is really really impressive. You gotta love that feeling of
landing such a quality snook.
landing such a quality snook.