November 17th, 2008 — Fishing, Florida, Sebastian Inlet, Trophy Catch, Trophy Catch 1, jack crevalle
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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.
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August 7th, 2008 — Striped Bass, Trophy Catch, Trophy Catch 1
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Bad Day of Work = Time to go Striper Fishing
By Kelly MacCormack
Just wanted to share a little fish story to everyone! So I had a wicked bad day at work (you know the type of day I am talking about....the first day back to hell after a nice sunny vacation!!!) So on my ride home I thought... hmmmm who would want to fish??!!
I jumped on the phone to my brother Mike (founder of this group) and didn't hear back from him, so I called the boyfriend to see what he had planned ( watching the home run derby.....not a bad second choice of activities but fishing is way better). So anyways I make plans to see him, then Mike calls....he's ready to head out the door immediately to hit a hot spot for stripers. So I call the boyfriend back and blow off our plans together....I had to, fishing comes first.
Mike and I head out, a 15 minute drive to walk a mile down the tracks (mind you we didn't know when the next train was) in the heat...I was starting to think that the home run derby was a better idea.
Well we arrive at the "hot spot" and toss out some fresh Macs from Mike's earlier fishing adventure. Not 6 minutes later, my rod goes off. I knew then that the night would be fun! I land about a 20-24 inch fish, not bad....he put up a cute fight.
Then 15 minutes later WHAM my rod goes off again, this time the fish is screwing up the channel and I am fighting to hang on. Mike is walking me through things making sure the tip is up and I let the fish run. After a good 15/20 minute fight I see a shadow in the water, its my fish! Mike jumped in the water (shoes and all) to grab up the fish. We tape it to find that it was 41 inches long. By far the biggest fish I have ever caught. I landed a 38 last year and set my goal this year for over 40.
Thanks entirely to Mike, any advice that Mike has given to me has put me on the fish, and I am saying that because he's my brother, I am saying it because he is one hell of a fisherman.
Thanks Mike for helping me reach my fish goal this year!!!
Your the BEST!
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July 27th, 2008 — Trophy Catch, Trophy Catch 1
Got a trophy catch? Get paid for your fish stories. This post is updating the stats for Trophy Catch I. The winner of the Trophy Catch receives a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Winner determined by number of unique visitors to the individual Trophy Catch.
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July 24th, 2008 — Florida, Trophy Catch, Trophy Catch 1, Wahoo
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I Ate the World Record Wahoo??
By Ron
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.
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January 13th, 2008 — Fishing, Half Moon Bay, Salmon
Follow up on this weekend's surf contest at Mavericks
related by location...
This is a picutre of Gordon Moore fishing near Mavericks (Moore as in Moore's Law).
Salmon fishing with Gordon Moore near Mavericks. Still searching for Moore's Law of fishing....
The closest contender (as he was holding my wife's fish): "In my experience the women always seem to catch the biggest, the most unusual or, in some way or other, the most special fish."
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October 3rd, 2007 — Fishing, Half Moon Bay, Halibut
Recently I asked a fishing list, to which I am a subscriber, what I was doing wrong to only be catching sharks... Here is the best reply from a happy anonymous fisherman... Thank you for the inspiration...
You can try the outside like seal rocks or point bonita or hmb area.attached is a photo of last Sunday's halibut.
34#'s on the scale.
Caught outside of hmb. Using a artificial lure
Next question... how was it prepared for the dinner table?
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