I caught these Jack Crevalle at Sebastian Inlet in Florida (here is a webcam of the location). My dad and I had caught some live finger mullet with a cast net in the Banana River and decided to make the hour and half run to Sebastian to try our luck. The date was late 1996.
We were anchored inshore from the bridge on an out going tide. We were rigged on large spinning rods with 20 pound monofilament, 2oz egg sinker, swivel, 3 foot 80 pound test monofilament leader, size 1/0 circle hooks. The mullet were hooked from underneath the mouth and through the top of the bony head.
We caught 4 fish. The largest being the one on the left that went about 20 pounds. (I don't do justice to the glory shot. I am 6'10"). The big one took a good 10 minutes to reel in and went on several extended runs...
Jacks are a lot of fun to catch, but most do not eat them. The flesh is very bony and fishy.
I know this is the SFBoater blog, but I grew up in FL. I ran across this YouTube video the other day of a guide in FL catching Goliath Grouper. They are using 400lb test leaders and a sting rays for bait. You can go fishing by going to his website: Fishing Charters With Intensity. Simply Awesome.
In this episode you will see a 500 pound Goliath Grouper landed that looks like a big bass. The Goliath eats a 5 pound Jack Crevalle. This is a 10 minute clip from the Chew On This Saltwater Fishing Show hosted by Captain Ben Chancey.
The Calypso 23e, powered by the Whisper XT Electric Outboard motor is going to debut at Fort Lauderdale's International Boat Show between October 30, 2008 and November 3, 2008. The Calypso 23e's Whisper XT electric outboard motor is making its debut just in time for the 2008 Fort Lauderdale boat show, which begins on Thursday, October 30. The boat is being released by EPower Marine, an independent boat dealer based in Florida in Boynton Beach. This particular boat dealer specializes specifically in electric propulsion products intended for the marine industry.
The Calypso 23e is designed to cruise at 8.5 miles per hour, and is powered by 600 lbs of military-grade Odyssey advanced AGM dry cell batteries which can be charged over the period of an evening using only a standard 115 volt outlet. For less than $2.00 worth of electricity, in other words, anyone can afford to spend a relaxing day on the water, according to the Vice President of EPower Marine, Captain Todd Sims.
The Whisper XT electronic outboard motor, which is the motor that the Calypso 23e utilizes, utilizes new electronic marine motor technology that was developed for initial use by the United States Navy. It offers a high performance commercial electric motor system that is roughly equivalent to a standard gasoline motor of 15 hp.
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, celebrating its 49th year, is covering six cities and plans to feature more than $3 billion dollars worth of unique boats, super yachts, yachts, engines and electronics along with thousands of other accessories coming from major marine manufacturers and builders all over the world. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show will be showing at the Bahia Mar Yachting Center, the Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center, the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel and Yacht Club, the Hall of Fame Marina, the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina and the Las Olas Marina.
EPower Marine intends to exhibit at the Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center, in 2010 which is a first floor booth. The current show price for the Calypso 23e is $39,287 which is not a bad price for a gasoline-free boating experience. More information about the Calypso 23e and other exciting projects currently being showcased by EPower Marine, visit their website at http://www.epowermarine.com.
The 49th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is being presented by Ginn sur Mer and is owned and sponsored by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida and sponsored by KeyBank. Some of the co sponsors for this event include Yachts International, Stidd Systems, Corum Swiss, 10 CANE, Budweiser, Atlass Insurance Group, Time Pieces, Intellian Tech, Sun-Sentinel, XM WX Satellite Weather, , Novurania and the Las Olas Riverfront among others. Public information about the 49th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show can be obtained by calling (954) 764-7642 or (800) 940-7642 or visiting http://www.showmanagement.com.
I have only caught one really big fish in my life and I am 64.
Back in August 1973, I lived in Merritt Island, Florida. My neighbor bought a new 23 foot boat and after several average fishing trips, he and I were talking one day. I told him that I always caught fish a few years earlier when I had my own boat. So naturally, he invited me to go fishing one weekend.
We left Port Canaveral early on a Saturday morning and I told him to head 45 degrees (NE) until we got into about 120 feet of water. We were trolling with ballyhoo and within 5 minutes of dropping our lines, I had a strike. It took 40 minutes to land what turned out to be a 101 & 1/2 pound, 6 foot long, Wahoo.
The fish filled most of the usable space in the boat and we were already tired so we headed back to the port. We stopped in Cape Canaveral and had the fish weighted and measured. Then we continued home stopping at Tingley's Fish Camp in Merritt Island where I left the Wahoo to be smoked.
It made wonderful eating, however, a few weeks later I read in the local sports section of the paper that if I had certified the 30 pound test line I was using, it would have been a world record for that test weight line. A few years later another article referenced the guy (me) who ate the world record.
RiverGal says, "At first the fish were slow on the bait and we had to follow the pods around. My eleven year old sister was getting the most catches, though I did manage to catch two sea trouts. When I had caught the second one, my eldest brother was out on the bow trying to figure out how to release the 11 yr old’s newest catch… a giant sailcat. I had never been fishing before prior to this trip so I stood there for a few minutes, holding the sea trout close to the boat when suddenly the line jerks and the darn fish is jumping out of the water.
I peered over the edge of the boat and out jumped the fish again. To my surprise a shark was chasing after my catch! In a river no less! So I yelled up front to my brother and he didn’t believe me. Now I might not know my fish, but I know a shark when I see one especially a hammerhead shark! I yanked the sea trout out of the water and not too long after that the sailcat was released and then the sea trout was flung out away from the boat in hopes the shark didn’t get to it. "
I ran across this video on YouTube... This is not from the SF Bay :), but it is a very cool fishing video. A large hammerhead shark is eating a trapon. I grew up attempting to catch tarpon... They are incredibly hard to catch because of their acrobatics and mouths that are nothing but bone. VERY sharp hooks help, but I personally found most the hooks would simple fall out once the pressure on the line was removed. Hopefully they were in the net by then.
