120# AJ ON JIG - Page 3

eyefish2good · 10-06-2008, 11:37 PM

Man, that is a sweet fish. Unfortunetly for us most of the AJ's down here are full of parasites once they are big enough to eat legally. Must be something with the warm water.
Heck of a battle no matter what the equipment!!!!

whowantstoknow · 10-06-2008, 11:37 PM

OH MY GOD!!!!

Thats amazing Glen!!!!!!

gman · 10-07-2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by eyefish2good

Man, that is a sweet fish. Unfortunetly for us most of the AJ's down here are full of parasites once they are big enough to eat legally. Must be something with the warm water.
Heck of a battle no matter what the equipment!!!!

Thats the good thing about this fishery to be honest its all catch and release so they are all still there. No one takes them because they have worms

gman · 10-07-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by whowantstoknow

OH MY GOD!!!!

Thats amazing Glen!!!!!!

Thanks she was a beast, very pretty though. Love at first site

Robja · 10-07-2008, 11:04 AM

Looks to me like you have a new avatar picture with that monster. They are great fighting fish. The biggest one I caught was about 50 lbs. but all i ended up with was the head because a shark took everything behind the gaff as we were taking it out of the water. Congratulations

gman · 10-07-2008, 11:28 AM

In 6 trips I have caught about 100 of those fish ranging from 25-120 pounds. The big ones are hard to move once they dig in you just cant raise the rod past mid level, thats how you can tell how big it is. This one fooled me for a while, they have me on video saying it was average at best until all hell broke loose

A true test of gear and brawn, any tiny mistake in mainline, leader or knots will end badly

whowantstoknow · 10-07-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gman

Thanks she was a beast, very pretty though. Love at first site

nothing better than falling for a 120lb work of art!!!! Congrats again!

gman · 10-07-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by whowantstoknow

nothing better than falling for a 120lb work of art!!!! Congrats again!

She fell for me immediately, put up a fight but ultimately succumbed to me and then she left when I let her go ha ha

God I miss her ha ha

gman · 10-07-2008, 02:01 PM

Video of 120 fight, dont think it was as long as we thought. They started taping around half way through and we have 6 minutes so maybe the fight was 15 max

I was fighting with about 25#'s of drag

http://gallery.me.com/gkross#100032

merry marlin · 10-07-2008, 02:28 PM

Gman, You're the Man!!!
Now you know that you can be confident of your line and knots...
Nice Job...
MM

10-06-2008, 11:37 PM	#21
eyefish2good #1 Croaker Hunter Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: I live in S, Florida for over 20 years. Posts: 102 Credits: 666.9 Home Port: Port everglades Best Catch: 43 permit - 73 black grouper- 24 mutton snapper Occupation: I work at various boat and fishing shows around the USA selling my line of custom lures	Man, that is a sweet fish. Unfortunetly for us most of the AJ's down here are full of parasites once they are big enough to eat legally. Must be something with the warm water. Heck of a battle no matter what the equipment!!!! __________________ Owner of TamerProducts.net Makers of fine offshore lures, cutomized gear, and terminal tackle.

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10-07-2008, 11:04 AM	#25
Robja I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,381 Credits: 4,010.8 Boat: Whoever needs help with fuel Home Port: Southport Best Catch: 150 lb Tarpon & 65 lb Dorado	Looks to me like you have a new avatar picture with that monster. They are great fighting fish. The biggest one I caught was about 50 lbs. but all i ended up with was the head because a shark took everything behind the gaff as we were taking it out of the water. Congratulations

10-07-2008, 11:28 AM	#26
gman Crab mustard is good Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 666 Credits: 1,928.8 Boat: I wish Home Port: Northern NJ Best Catch: Anything Big Occupation: Vice President of Sales	In 6 trips I have caught about 100 of those fish ranging from 25-120 pounds. The big ones are hard to move once they dig in you just cant raise the rod past mid level, thats how you can tell how big it is. This one fooled me for a while, they have me on video saying it was average at best until all hell broke loose A true test of gear and brawn, any tiny mistake in mainline, leader or knots will end badly

10-07-2008, 02:01 PM	#29
gman Crab mustard is good Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 666 Credits: 1,928.8 Boat: I wish Home Port: Northern NJ Best Catch: Anything Big Occupation: Vice President of Sales	Video of 120 fight, dont think it was as long as we thought. They started taping around half way through and we have 6 minutes so maybe the fight was 15 max I was fighting with about 25#'s of drag http://gallery.me.com/gkross#100032

10-07-2008, 02:28 PM	#30
merry marlin Crab mustard is good Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pittsboro nc Posts: 672 Credits: 1,992.4 Boat: Merry Marlin Home Port: Marshalberg Best Catch: Bluefin tuna Occupation: School	Gman, You're the Man!!! Now you know that you can be confident of your line and knots... Nice Job... MM