Permit Insanity

Started by Rare, November 08, 2014, 04:24:52 PM

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Rare

November 08, 2014, 04:24:52 PM
The keys bridges for fishing is a special place to me. Something about being out there for 2/3days sleeping on the bridge and fishing with your buds that puts me at easy from the everyday task. What can be caught out there on these bridge are, muttons,cero macks, macks, cobia, grey snapper, jacks, permit, grouper, sharks, etc. On this short day we where targeting permit. The way the permit hitting and fighting, the bud called it the runaway train. Ive never had a permit pull that much, that hard & did everything it could to break me off. I had to chase the fish maybe 2/3 city blocks to fight him hard. Even then he wasnt giving up. This 29lb Permit gave me a run & a memory for life. I almost lost the fish too, with the amount of pressure i was putting on the permit, i snapped the gamakatsu hooks, Luck for me he was on the bridge net already- here on out it's 2x to 4x hooks for these guys.




harryk3616

#1
November 08, 2014, 04:30:46 PM
fantastic, great fish

handi2

#2
November 08, 2014, 05:02:34 PM
That is one heck of a fight from a bridge. Hats off to you..!
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ZaneG

#3
November 08, 2014, 05:15:11 PM
Nice fish. Permit fishing from a bridge is no joke.

I used to love fishing those bridges. Channel 2, 5 , Long key all have a fond spot in my memory. Seeing fish lined-up under the bridge would be all you needed to keep you going for days.

FatTuna

#4
November 08, 2014, 05:31:34 PM
Hey ZaneG did you used to live in the keys? I might be moving down there soon.

Shark Hunter

#5
November 08, 2014, 07:31:35 PM
Good Job Rare! That thing is Huge! :o
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Tightlines667

#6
November 08, 2014, 08:39:52 PM
Wow.
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Newell Nut

#7
November 08, 2014, 10:27:05 PM
Looks like I need to move further south.

otownjoe

#8
November 08, 2014, 10:48:33 PM
Nice job.

wallacewt

#9
November 09, 2014, 01:12:22 AM
good stuff

MFB

#10
November 09, 2014, 02:00:27 AM
Well done, I use 8/0 gamakatsu circle hooks & have never had any problems with them though.

Rgds

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Alto Mare

#11
November 09, 2014, 02:17:15 AM
Nice fish Rare! Well done!
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ZaneG

#12
November 09, 2014, 11:44:03 AM
No a couple hours north near Fort Lauderdale.

Rare

#13
November 09, 2014, 03:17:08 PM
Quote from: MFB on November 09, 2014, 02:00:27 AM
Well done, I use 8/0 gamakatsu circle hooks & have never had any problems with them though.

Thanks guys!

This was a 7/0 if i'm not mistaken cause i was using a bigger blue crab that i caught at the bay. I checked around and it seems i wasnt the only one this has happened. One of the trips i took out to the Dry tortugas in Keys west the same thing happen, but this time i lost the fish as the hook came back the same.  I still use their hooks & this week when i head back to Jurassic Park aka Dry Tortugas, i will still use the same brand but 4x to battle the muttons and groupers 

spottybastard

#14
November 10, 2014, 07:59:25 AM
That's an awesome catch!  Are those things edible?
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