Vertical Jigging the Beasts

[gman]

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A common sound on the water although Adam would say that was me snoring the night before. LOL I was really excited to get to fish with such great anglers such as John Flores, Adam and Dante. They each have their own styles and man can they fish. They get all the credit for a great day on the water. Seriously I was wondering how I would even fare with these heavy hitters on the boat with me.

John as you know is the most complete angler I have fished with other than Sami. Dante can bring the f*** heat to a fish in short time and Adam kicked ass on some really big fish on his first tuna jigging trip and although he never jigged tuna before his fishing background reads like a world tour highlight reel.

We left at 5am out of Hatteras with high hopes and captain Dan, first stop it was all albacore so we went to the captains suggested spot based on temps and history. We were not disappointed. I was slammed immediately followed by John, Dante & Adam. We release Johns fish, then Dantes fish and Adam and I fought on. We decided to take my fish as Adam was having reel issues and soon after I boated my first 70" tuna of the season

Basically all day it was non stop action of being lit up, but in the end I am proud to say our group went 12 for 15 on all fish over 67". Only two fish were lost and one was eaten by a hungry shark.

Some Hightlights

- we went 12 for 15
- Personally I had had 4 fish including a 70" fish
- John Flores had 3 fish including a 71" 200 pound brute
- Dante had 4 fish and really beat their asses
- Adam had 1 fish in the 70" class but an assist on several others


Personally I enjoyed the company of my friends & my Bojangles fried chicken

All Hooked up

[gman]

I will tell you this. This is not Cape cod, these fish will kick your ass 200 times over. They are in 900-1000' of water and sound immediately. Once they get to about 60 feet under the boat they sit in the current and make you cry like a baby. Pain is the game and dont bother taking insufficient gear. We broke reels, rods and just about everything as all these fish were 180 plus

[Ponce]

Sweet report, man you guys slayed them. A bluefin jigging trip is still on my to do list.

[paul708]

Nice report.
glad to see you guys got down there.

[Shadow24]

Awesome Report! Out of shear curiosity, what reels got smoked and what were the problems?

[gman]

Accurate SR30 bail broke open & seized during a fight and a Diawa Saltiga z6500 literally melted on a first run.

[gman]

Nice report.
glad to see you guys got down there.

thanks Ive made two trips down there so far and have landed 6 really good grade fish. Im going down again soon

[Sea Draggin]

Great report Glen. Looks like a great day for you guys.


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[dulangan]

nice catches....

hope we have them here too...

i really envy all you guys.

[The Knife]

Holy Crap!

Nice day on the water.

I cant wait for the easy cape fishing!

Those fish kick my ass up here too...LOL