I can't believe it's been almost a year since I did those 2 10hr trips. I'm gonna book another one as my birthday gift to myself. I'll probably do Hubbard's again sometime early August, anyone wanna join?
Your in the Tampa area aren't you Jason?
My Dad lived in the Pensacola area.
Once his house sells Kelly and I are going to fly down there for his celebration of life.
I'd sure like to hook up and do some fishing.
I'm interested. But FYI Tampa and Pensacola are about 8hrs apart
Booked for this sunday. Party time. Red snapper season ends the 31st. Maybe I'll get one this time.
Leaving in roughly 60 hours. I guess I should start packing.
I'm already mostly packed. I need swivels, and I can't find my 100# mono or the double barrel crimps for the #100 mono. But none of that is all that expensive.
So far it looks like for the 3 rigs I'm allowed I'm bringing
Accurate 270 magnum (50# braid 30# rod, 80# flouro leader the fun one)
Komodo 463 (50# braid 50# rod 80# flouro, the practical one)
Penn Baja special (65# braid 60# rod 100# mono leader, the one I hope I have a reason to use)
Lots of 6oz and 8oz lead, 4/0 and 7/0 circle hooks, a few sabiki lures, and unlike last time: SUNSCREEN AND A HAT.
Jason, if you ever get a chance to go to Destin we have always limited out red snapper(2Ea) then, plus black bass & Vermilion on the "Sweet Jody" doesn't take as long to get to them on the gulf. This Party boat-no braid allowed :fish
Once I saw a 400 lb Jew fish on the docks at Destin, it looked at least 6ft with it's eyeballs hanging down as big as softballs !
Don't catch em' all...
good luck compadre.
:fish :fish
Go get em Jason!
looking forward to a good report! Go get 'em! - john
This time tomorrow, as long as I make it on time, I'll be fishing. 8) :fish :d
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on July 27, 2024, 01:50:24 PMThis time tomorrow, as long as I make it on time, I'll be fishing. 8) :fish :d
How many alarm clocks do you have Jason!
Looking forward to the pictures and story's,
Steve
Hoping you have a safe trip and lots of action, looking forward to the report.
I am so pumped it's unbelievable. I am setting 5 alarms but the most important one, I asked my light sleeping wife to make sure to wake me up. I've never in my life asked her to wake up early on my behalf. But this is special.
Hope they bite for you!!!
Have a safe, fun and productive trip.
My god that was awesome. You can't keep Most species of grouper til September here in the Florida Gulf or I'd have a serious freezer problem. But I got 3 good sized lane snapper and a bunch of other non keepers. But more than anything the people around me were a ton of fun and the trip so far was a ton of fun. Im still like an hour from the dock. I don't wanna jinx it.
Pics when I have more service
Let's try this
Glad you had a good time. So did they get any reds? How big were the lanes?
Awesome Jason!!!! - john
Sounds like you slayed them Jason! So which combo did what & how many poles does the boat allow you to have out? On the party boats I been on I always used their gear (1ea.) Senator 112 maybe? I am retired so I can ask 50 questions like a 2 yr old...
So I can give a better write up now.
We were allowed 3 rods. As usual I'm far too focused on playing with my toys and not focused enough on catching fish. But I have fun. I ended up leaving my Baja and bringing my everol. I realized I had 50# braid on everything and might want to bring something heavier just in case.
We got a fair amount of rain. A lot more than the forecast suggested. But on a hot July day I didn't hear anyone complaining.
I can't help wondering if they read this site because none of my minor complaints from last trip are still valid. I didn't like that you couldn't bring phones. That Changed. I hated that 3 of the 10 hours were spent listening to super cheesy disco music. That definitely changed. The music was so good this time I had to look up a song to find the artist because I liked it so much. The food was good, and the deckhands, the captain, and the cook, were chill and helpful. But that wasn't a change from last time they were all cool then too. I highly recommend Hubbard's. After tips, meal pass, fees, etc im out about 220. Not bad for what I got out of the trip.
I was the first one to put a fish on the deck but the last one to put my first fish in the cooler. But again I blame that on trying to play with my toys and target big fish instead of targeting meat. I realized I was down to my last hour of fishing time and got serious I went to my lightest and most sensitive rod with a smaller bait and a more active presentation and got all my 3 lane snapper in the last half hour of fishing time. Saw a dude leaving with about 25 fish. I guess he was serious the whole time.
I also got to put my knots to the test as I hooked the bottom once, on my very last drop of the day, and couldn't break it off for the life of me. One of the deck hands had to help, he showed me a new trick, and eventually got me free after a lot of fighting but the line never broke. The hook bent. So my FG leader knot and my crimps are better than I thought.
More pics. The skies were truly awesome looking out there. I swear mid day I saw sunset colors but the phone didn't really capture it so it may have been my glasses. But whatever, I enjoyed it.
:0) !
And I have come to a conclusion. F mono. When I was using mono leaders all I did was get bait stolen. Didn't catch anything. Hardly felt anything. Lost a lot of bait. When I switched back to flouro I felt every nudge on the bait. And caught fish.
You got the sunset. I like that "rock release" hook you're using. Fun and learning. We have some snappers here with a very similar color pattern, except the colors are completely different; blue and green.
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Nice Jason, hope to fish with you when I'm down there.
I've never caught a Snapper.
Steve
So the final chapter to this. The fish got put to great use. Asian street tacos.
Which is a fancy way of saying I swapped the cumin for ginger and the oregano for more cilantro, but didn't change much else other than adding teriyaki to the marinade. Served with carrot shreds diced sweet peppers kimchi and some diced spinach because we didn't have lettuce or cabbage.
I put the bowl of fish in the ice bath because I was afraid I'd filet too slowly and it would get warm. I still have leftovers for tonight.
looks like you had a great fishing day amigo! congrats, btw, those tacos look yummy
Looks great and gratifying. What's the sauce?
Thanks Jason, good report very interesting, cheers Don.
Quote from: oc1 on July 31, 2024, 07:01:07 AMLooks great and gratifying. What's the sauce?
It's the so called "yum yum sauce" aka mayo with some seasoning. But when you say it like that it takes away all the mystique.
I may go on another trip from the east coast next weekend.
Booked again for Sept 1
I hope you can get out this time and have a fun, safe and productive trip.
Re-booked to the 12hr overnight snapper trip the following Friday, 9/6. My grandmother is in poor health so I'm prioritizing going over to see her next weekend.
Trip leaves 7pm Friday, in 29 hours. Weather might cooperate. Low pressure. Not sure the fish care but the weather pattern sure seems to.
My car is packed already,I'm leaving directly from work. Super excited, but also strangely nervous. I'm sure it'll be great.
Have a fun, safe and productive trip.
Have fun!
have fun Jason, kinda jelous of that feeling that we get when going fishing "Super excited, but also strangely nervous", I havent touched my fishing toys in months :'( :'(
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 05, 2024, 05:33:16 PMTrip leaves 7pm Friday, in 29 hours. Weather might cooperate. Low pressure. Not sure the fish care but the weather pattern sure seems to.
My car is packed already,I'm leaving directly from work. Super excited, but also strangely nervous. I'm sure it'll be great.
It`s going to be a beautiful night , the rain will be well North of us . Wind out of the South southeast under 10mph, sea chop 1.5 Were I am standing ,A fish coming over the rail every 3 minutes.
Only half the boat is booked ,so the tangles should be at a minimum .
You're probably right. I'll be honest, I'm thrilled you're on the trip. I'm also kinda glad you're not right next to me. You seem like stiff competition
There looks to be 4 or more empty spot to the left of me . Feel free to come over for free fishing lessons ... >:D :d
After not being up to do any fishing stuff this summer, I am excited to get to make a trip out to Canaveral in October. I *think* it's the same charter-Ocean Obsession still? Hopefully I'm in good enough shape to stand up to a 10 hour day on the boat again by then!
Excited to see how you boys do tomorrow!
Quote from: Wolfram M on September 06, 2024, 03:21:31 AMAfter not being up to do any fishing stuff this summer, I am excited to get to make a trip out to Canaveral in October. I *think* it's the same charter-Ocean Obsession still? Hopefully I'm in good enough shape to stand up to a 10 hour day on the boat again by then!
Excited to see how you boys do tomorrow!
it's good to hear from you I was just thinking about you the other day. When in October? And yes ocean obsession was the one I went on.
Well that was awesome.
I hope one of you caught that big one to win the pool!
Looked like a great trip.
The 5' goliath grouper would have won the pot if there was one.
This was my score
Nice.
Mmm-mm-good! Gonna be eatin' good tonight, congrats. :d
Yup. More than just tonight. Gallon bag of filets.
This was a great trip.
How deep were you fishing?
We fished in about 70 ft of water . A warm night for sure .
Can you keep Goliath Grouper's, if I remember correctly they are protected? Or am I thinking of another Grouper speciaes....
Are those Red Snappers?
Glad you got into them!
Steve
70' is not a bad depth. We were fishing 500-700 feet a few weeks ago, with 64 and 80 ounce leads.
who's the old man?
is by chance, Old Man Joe?
if so, first time I see a picture of him, nice to meet you amigo Joe
looks like a nice trip Jason, Snapper is good eating, great tacos, great ceviche and steamed fillet dishes
Nice trip and some good eating. 70' allows a lot of options
No on the Goliath . Mangrove,yellow tail,vermillion and lane for the most part . 4-6 ounce sinkers . I am the old man
PS: That looked like a huge boat.
It`s a 80 footer . https://www.hubbardsmarina.com/friendly-fisherman/
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 06, 2024, 04:50:44 AMit's good to hear from you I was just thinking about you the other day. When in October? And yes ocean obsession was the one I went on.
It's been a rough summer, I was just getting onto my feet again and sprained an ankle today. I'll be down in Canaveral october 5-11, and body permitting I'll fish every day. We'll see.
Couple comments. I am not sure where Joe is getting his depths, but my metered braid suggested our range was 100-140' deep. we were more than 20 miles out.
You can't keep Goliath or Bermuda grouper. The adage is "round tail - go to jail"
We all ate our fill of pan seared cajun snapper 2 nights in a row. the rest is headed to the freezer.
Seas were worse than any previous trip I've been on. But from my understanding still not that bad. My legs are sore. But then I spend most my week sitting.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 09, 2024, 12:47:18 PMI am not sure where Joe is getting his depths, but my metered braid suggested our range was 100-140' deep. we were more than 20 miles out
Did you get the map to work for you ? You know I have another question to ask !!!
Honestly not yet my 12hr workday (not the norm) just ended. I'll try to check it out.