Citation Sheepshead with pics

[crappiekrazy]

First of all I would like to thank Marty for inviting me to post this in his world, thanks dude. Billy and I arrived in AB for two days of Sheepshead fishing with two goals, catch a cooler full of meat and a citation sized fish. It was Billy's first time fishing for the goats so he didn't know what to expect, like getting up at 3:00 am to catch our fiddlers. We were back up at 5:30 and headed to our spot. When we got there I helped Billy and watched him for a while until he caught his first convict, it was a small one but at least he had the idea. I started getting my stuff ready when he set the hook hard and yelled "Oh my God!" After a few tense moments of trying to get the fish out of the pylon he got him into the open water and the fish pulled some serious drag. Soon I saw the big flash and I was thinking this could be the one. We got him in the boat and after some high fives and some pictures we put him on the scale, 8lbs 4oz.,CITATION! We fished on into the afternoon catching a few keepers but mostly small ones we put back for seed. Around 1:00 I caught one that weighed 5lbs. 12 oz. We ran out of bait just as a black cloud was forming back towards Swansboro, so we headed to the waterfront for a late lunch and some cold beers at Beach Bumz. The storm made its way into Morehead so we went down to Jacks hoping to wait out the weather. As were sitting there recounting the day we see the Run Off coming back from a day offshore so we head down to see what they had brought in. They unload some nice Mahi and Capt B invites us onboard to get in out of the rain. We had a blast hanging out with Brian and Marty and talking about some of our past trips. I show Marty the pictures of our fish and thats when he gave me the invite to put them on this forum. Thanks again Box. After an hour or so we realize the weather is going to hang around all evening so we head to AB so Billy can fill out the paperwork for his citation. We wake Saturday at 4:30 and start all over again. We catch plenty of small ones with a few keepers every once in a while. I think we ended up cleaning about 20 and threw back about that many. So our goals were met except that I didn't catch the actual citation but I was happy for Billy and he was grateful that I introduced him to a new kind of fishing. We had a great weekend and I hated to leave, but I will have a couple more chances this summer and I got to book a Fall trip with the Beast and Box for some Wahoo action. Thanks guys, I can't wait. Below are a few pictures, Thanks for looking. Boyce.


Billy's 8lb. 4oz.



Another keeper



my 5lb 12oz



Citation, baby!

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Nice report Crappie. Thanks. Pretty sheeps.
Holwachagot

[Razorback]

What kind of rig where you guys using, some buds and I caught them good last week at oregon inlet. We were using 50lb spider with a 2oz egg sinker and a 18" piece of 40lb leader.

[gottaflylee]

Nice catching and report. What were you guys useing for bait? Tell Matt I said hi when you see him next...

[crappiekrazy]

What kind of rig where you guys using, some buds and I caught them good last week at oregon inlet. We were using 50lb spider with a 2oz egg sinker and a 18" piece of 40lb leader.

We use 7 ft heavy action casting rods(plenty of backbone but you can still feel the bite). 30 lb. mono with a 1 1/2 oz egg. I use what is called a Carolina Keeper which eliminates the need for a swivel. As your line frays you can keep sliding it up and you only have one knot to worry with. These do not work well with braided line. Where do you fish around OI?

[crappiekrazy]

Nice catching and report. What were you guys useing for bait? Tell Matt I said hi when you see him next...

Hi Lee, We were using fiddler crabs that we catch in AB. We had to get up early both Friday and Saturday morning to catch bait. We missed low tide Friday afternoon due to some pretty bad lightning.

[brandon558]

That looks like fun..nice work.

[BTH284]

Funemployment has its privileges. Nice work on your goatfish Boyce.

[crappiekrazy]

Funemployment has its privileges. Nice work on your goatfish Boyce.

I don't know Brian, seems I have less time than I had before. I do see some light at the end of the tunnel however so lets get together and do some fishing.