Offshore Weather Sucks...Again

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Plan A was to trailer up to Sebastian on Saturday, stay overnight at Capt Hirams, head straight out 20nm for deepdropping gags.

Plan B was to trailer down to Jupiter on Sunday morning, head out 5nm to tilefish depths and kill some fish.

The weather looks bad for Sebastian so Plan B is in effect. Poolman is going with me and we plan on using some of the new hand grenades I imported from Norinco (Communist China's arms export company).

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[miamiangler1]

Hey Mark , was out Thursday after noon ... had to deal with 10 ft ground swells ... had two hit and missed both ... was out again today in the afternoon started out calm but got real nasty with winds from the north ... with two bites .. no fish ... ??? not sure whats happening in my tile spots .. might try in the morning .. hope the weather is better ...

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Originally Posted by miamiangler1

Hey Mark , was out Thursday after noon ... had to deal with 10 ft ground swells ... had two hit and missed both ... was out again today in the afternoon started out clam but got real nasty with winds from the north ... with two bites .. no fish ... ??? not sure whats happening in my tile spots .. might try in the morning .. hope the weather is better ...

Yeah, I agree, clams are nasty bait. LOL

After fishing with Rich in 8-10 footers, from a dead boat, wind howling out of the northwest at 20-25kts, 20-25nm offshore AND we still limited out on Tiles, I am convinced we can ease out of Jupiter and get some tilefish with less hassle than it took me two weeks ago when I had almost the same conditions.

You guys should see the new, improved Catch-All Tilefish rig. It's only three hoks but they are all Mustad #3996 OD 14/0 closed-throat Circles on a three-hundred pound mono chicken rig. I had some serious fish on the line two weeks ago and three of the four got off because I was using 5/0 Owner Super Mutu Circle Hooks. Great hooks but the wrong size and I can't get bigger ones in that style from my source.

When I say serious Tilefish, the broomstick rod was bent over, rodtip was in the water the whole time they were on and the bigass Electramate 940XP was straining hard. That motorpack is sorta like a F-350 diesel pickup in four-wheel drive low.

I'm hoping I have an even bigger Tiley to weigh in for the tournament tomorrow. But with my luck, Rich or FullaBull Bill (while guests on my boat) will catch one bigger than me and be in the lead for 1st Place. DAMMIT!

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[miamiangler1]

Hey Mark, Got out today ,, still nasty ... it was blowing from the north ... with whitecaps ...plus a strong current made it a lot of work to stay near the bottom .. had one wave hit me side ways and got water in the boat .. and I also got soaked ... took a while to find the Tiles ... I tried some of the numbers I got months ago where I got my 16lber .. ... and this time the fish gods let us have two tiles ...one 9.5 lbs & 5lbs... plus one cusk eel ! My rod tip was in the water when the 9.5 tile hit ... with the stong current made it feel like a monster , but I`ll take it how it comes .. gave a great fight .. maybe I get the biggin tommorrow!! was just to rough to stay out .. ... I still like my owner 5/0 Circle wide gap hooks !!!... manually you can fight the fish and take your time ... when I know its big I just ease off the drag .. haven`t lost a big one yet ... still got two months ... there`s a deep hole I am wanting to try ... I am sure it is holding a large tile in it .. just need a calm day ...!!!

[miamiangler1]

Looks like the ocean is a wash for me ... wind has kicked up ..so looks like sea trout fishing ..well at least you can keep 4 fish and throw back as many as you want !!!

[miamiangler1]

Well didn`t make it out in the ocean ... after 3day`s of being knocked around .. I stayed in the bay .. tried fishing the markers ... wound up with one cobia ..only it was 28in .. so it went back in the drink ... didnt try for trout .

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It's been 4 weeks since I last went fishng. To say that I have been suffering thru withdrawal is an understatement.

Come Hell or high water, crew or no crew, I am goin' fishin' on Saturday. Weather looks like it might cooperate: 5-10 kts, N-NE, 2 feet or kless. But then the Saturday afternoon butt-whupppin' kicks in so we have to limit out before noon.

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[miamiangler1]

hope to get out and get my big tile ... know just the spot ... hav`nt been out in a while ,,,probably bigger by now ... have to get into this contest ... I might have a trip up north .. maybe snag a 40lb`er soon!

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Offshore Weather Sucks - Part IV

It not lookin' good offshore tomorrow, so me fish inside ICW. I reckon I'll stop back by and kill me some mangrove snappers and maybe a ledge-lurking gag grouper.

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[tales]

Bit rough out there today, especially after noon. Got to be a very sloppy 4-6. Did end up with some nice Rosefish so well worth the trip.

[miamiangler1]

Well got out early , sea where not bad ... almost flat // got some small tiles ...seems I can`t find that big one ! best part of the day was that I finally found that liberty ship I was looking for !!! problem was it is facing north and south that`s why I was missing it !..nice big wreck marked some nice fish on it ,hope soon I can snag a big grouper off of it ..

[Boboe]

If you want to haul a big grouper off of a big wreck, you'd better up the size of your tackle, Willi. I've read about you light-tackling for the prarie dogs. Don't even think of doing that on structure for grouper.

[miamiangler1]

Originally Posted by Boboe

If you want to haul a big grouper off of a big wreck, you'd better up the size of your tackle, Willi. I've read about you light-tackling for the prarie dogs. Don't even think of doing that on structure for grouper.

I Know ... but I am geared up with a new rod ... just didnt have the right bait and time to try ... just got the gps #`s and mark a lot of fish at different levels ... I`m sure there`s some monster aj`s on it also ..just waiting for a nice day with calm sea`s ...one thing it`s a big wreck ... it rises 40 ft off the bottom and about 200ft long ... not sure if it is on it`s side though !!