We went out Thursday night to get a head start on the snapper opening.at the ramp by 5pm RTG greeted with light winds and no rain,sweet we said as we made are way to make bait.we loaded up on nice bait and set east.not 35 4t0 minutes into the ride the wind really picked up ! with Gust to 18,but the old Grady white that my buddy owns and her crew,were determined. The original plan I had was changed due to 4 to 6 ft wet swells.so I came up with what I could and boy did it pay off.First drop produced some nice vermilon snapper.big Steve reels up his b with a big cobia in tow.cobia are very curious and often come right to the back of your boat,and this one was pretty curious as lug man tried to free gaff him and missed >:( so we start fishing and Doug gets a nice cobia in the boat with a perfect gaff shot by your one and only.
Soon after I drop down the newly serviced 309 with the old noodly penn 3/0 senator rod and land my self a nice cobia.no red snapper in the boat yet so we had to truck 3 miles out in the slop to a spot where I know they hang.first drop was a absolute nightmare! Lug man forgot to put his boat in neutral and Doug's line wrapped around the prop which he thought was a Big Fish.long story short I ended up tying myself to the back of the boat to hang off of it to cut the line in 4 to 6 foot swells not fun but it felt good to save the night.soon after we were anchored and touching more Vermillion snappr and red snapper.around 3:30 a.m. We decided to head in.I said we should stop back at the spot we got the cobia and sure enough we hooked up with the biggest cobia of the trip,and after what felt like forever we finally got him in the boat.on the way home we had some engine troubles with the two stroke injector. I think the motor went out on it so we had to manually put oil in the reserve on the motor to make it home.a pretty hairy trip but all in all it was worth it.
Meat pile
Almost forgot to tell y'all that all gear that was uesd was vintage penn baby ;D
Good Job Jamie! Some well earned fish there Bro! ;)
Very nice haul!
I'll get my grill fired up, have my wife make three or four killer sides and cold drinks... You just need to bring the Cobe steaks.
Great report! Lots of difficulty, but you guys pulled out a good trip.
I'm heading out tomorrow morning on the Sea Spirit to try my luck. Did you sell your boat?
did not sell her having engine trouble.it was a fun trip thanks guy's
Jamie, I was wondering where you got to, now I see. Very nice buddy ;), thanks for the report.
Nice fish! Good eating! Bob
Nice Catch Jamie, I got my red snapper and bunch of mangos Friday and on Saturday I got mangos again and a big King Mac. After seeing a couple guys get bit off I just put on a pre rigged wire and tossed a sardine and it did not take long to get my king.
I had a good time yesterday, but nothing to take home. The sardine I freelined picked up a remora. I caught grunts, undersized seabass and sharks off the bottom. The sharks were big enough to pull hard; I rounded off the sleeve on my Sealine 600H.
I have a set of steel gears, a stainless sleeve and one of Bryan's 7+1 drags, and most of the parts for a 114H. Next week: Senator!
Glad to see guys fishing. Thanks for the report. Dominick
Nice quality fish and some good eats, hard to beat it.
Thanks guys! The cobia is the best eating fish in the sea hands down.
Doc you are going to have to come to St Augustine and get on my boat when I get my new motor in a few months. the old Honda finally gave needs a valve job or rings she has well over a thousand hr going to get a new motor. I will put you on some fish to test that gear
Quote from: broschro on July 15, 2014, 11:38:08 AM
Doc you are going to have to come to St Augustine and get on my boat when I get my new motor in a few months. the old Honda finally gave needs a valve job or rings she has well over a thousand hr going to get a new motor. I will put you on some fish to test that gear
Thanks, that's a great offer!
Are you going to go with another Honda?
The mangos were chomping pretty good over the weekend. Got 4 more fat ones today.
Dwight I need to come fishing with you soon! My boat will be down for a few months to do some up grades,and I will be hard up to fish.Doc Honda or Suzuki.
I'm going back on the Sea Spirit again Sunday if anyone is interested.
Good to see you back too Jamie, was wondering where you got to 8)
You guys have been dong more fishing than I have lately :'(
My 2 cents on the motor issue would have to be:
Who wears out a Honda at 1000 hrs ??? I see 2500-3000hr Hondas here..in Fiji!...which is a miracle in itself ;D and they are running!
My buddy had a new, meticulously driven, AND maintained Suzuki 200.....for 450 hours...
..till saltwater intrusion from a warped head seized the motor... Suzuki Au./ via Japan, acknowledged the fault, but was only willing to replace the faulty head, not the entire motor, OR even the other affected parts! ....Suzuki had their chance
and they got replaced... with a Yamaha...an extra 10 grand well spent....
No Coast Guard here, no one to respond to an Epirb, open ocean, and nobody to answer on 16... Where would you put your money?
Lesson learned: Stick with the tried and true.."It doesn't cost, it pays"..... Yamaha....
With years of experience in Fiji, the nastiest saltiest environment around, with the slimmest dealer network in any brand... Yamaha.
Honda would be second. Even as scarce as they are here, they keep running too.
and Mercs... ..do I need to say it? ;D
Valves and rings should be cheap compared to a new motor... Think of all the dough you'd save for custom stainless reel parts ;D
That said,
I do have a keen interest in the Evinrude E-tecs though... Given our exposed offshore environment, two motors is always better than one, and a kicker motor doesn't really count...
I'm dying to try smaller twin E-tecs over a bigger single motor. Yammy or not, I wish somebody would FUND me to try twin 150's out! They have great grunt, a sweet sound, and pee like a racehorse ;D.
I just figured the thousand hours number was a typo. I had a client that own the Seatow franchise for Tampa bay. They had never towed a Honda, only fuel drops.