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Originally Posted by RiskTaker
Congratulations 261Mako and team:
Catching a 137 lb. swordfish as your first keeper must certainly be a thrill.
Happy Thanksgiving, you should have full bellies with fresh swordfish for a while. Hey, we had swordfish for our Thanksgiving dinner. We still had turkey and duck to keep it traditional for those that don't do fish on "Turkey day". I kind of actually liked it since it doesn't really matter what we eat on Thanksgiving as long as we are Thankful about it. As a youth we would have Calamari(salad), stuffed artichokes, Lasagna and Brazziole or ham. So a little swordfish is excellent table fare too.
We caught a fish about that size (124 lb.) that was foul hooked right at the base of the dorsal fin. This fish fought for 2 hrs. 20 min. before we had him tuckered out and into the boat. On his big run he must have pulled line for a continuous 30 minutes and (~ 200 yds. of line) before we were able to start gaining on him.
Yeah, a nice workout. I hope you had a shoulder harness too; otherwise you must be REALLY sore today and tomorrow too.
Good luck on your next fish when you set out again on teh North side.
I hear it is kind of flat up that way. Are you guys picking any type of countours or just going to a preferred depth? RT
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Nice catches guys. I've been trying for the last year to swordfish the GOM. I will get that chance in May.
We had fresh tuna for Thanksgiving. Yes, it is nice to have variety.
I don't know about that shoulder harness. Seems to me that you would still be sore.
I took a marlin using a small Braid belt and off brand plate. I required 3 days "rest" before I could get comfortable enough to sleep well.
I'm retiring the Braid setup for my young teenaged boys use. I am getting a Smitty's Spyder harness and large long-range plate. It may be overkill most days but, I like the load being placed accross my backside not lower back and no way my upper back!
http://www.bad-fish.com/smitty.html
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