76 incher Fri Nite

Hydratherapy · 10-14-2006, 09:58 PM

Set up at "Bobs AM Hot zone" ( N & E of the Jupiter hump) in 1400 feet at 830 fri night; nothing much on the radio; everyone was hoping for the bite to turn on with the moonrise. No acton till 145 am. Just after we decide to give it to 2 am I notice the closest "noodle" laying on its side. Was running low on rigged squid and macks so I put out a 13-14 inch rigged split tail mullet with a 12-0 and 400 lb mono leader...and wouldnt you know it, one bite all night and its on the mullet! Get on the reel and its completely slack, crank like crazy and get tight. Wake up the young arms and hand em the rod. Back and forth for two hours with 4 runs of 300-400 yds( I even took the rod for 40 min or so) Rex and I decide to turn up the heat and while I am on the rod i push the drag to full ( 47 pounds, yep thats 47 pounds of drag at full.) With our Avet 50's with 150 braid and 100 lb mono top shot we were confident in our tackle and felt it was hooked well. Get the wind on to the rod tip and hand the rod to the young guns so I can glove up to leader the fish. Then we notice a 10 foot shark circling. Suddenly the fish goes deep and takes 300 yds off at max drag in a heartbeat. Were thinking ..OH Sh*t, the shark got it; suddenly it gets easy to crank and we haul in what we think is half a sword; when it comes up I grab the leader and see it ...its a slob, its in one piece but the shark is close by. Rex nails it with the flyer, I stick it twice as hard as I can with the poon and bounce it off its head twice. So I give up with the poon and get a big gaff in it and thru the transom door it comes now dead. 76 inch LJFT and Fat! We head back in and ice it. Weigh it the next day at a marina with a scale that was only five feet off the ground! it reads only 200 ..no way. This slobs gotta be 250 but we forget to get a girth before takin the fillets off! I estimate the girth at about 49 after I measure the width of both fillets and add an inch. So 49x49x76/800 = 228 + 10% for being thick to the tail = 250! And we see its a pumpkin when we fillet and steak it! Its a night like this that makes you keep coming back. Pics to follow.

Verado06 · 10-14-2006, 10:00 PM

good stuff man... i'll have to remember Friday the 13th

ReelIntubaiter · 10-14-2006, 10:04 PM

Awesome fish! :thumright: Any pics?

Hydratherapy · 10-14-2006, 10:31 PM

Verado06 · 10-14-2006, 10:42 PM

rock on.. thats a nice one. Looks to be in the 230-240 pound range to me

Relentless33 · 10-15-2006, 02:10 AM

Awesome fish!

We took a 165 lb pumpkin Friday down south

Way to go on an awesome fish!

(I have pics of 2 steaks for color, but I am unable to upload them :cry: )

DIRTYFOOT2 · 10-15-2006, 06:28 AM

RIGHT ON FELLAS,
hb Sweet fish. Didn't by any chance come on one of those UV seamasters? Way to wait em out.

Congrats,
DF2 :thumleft:

catching · 10-15-2006, 09:35 AM

Sweet fish congratulations

Hydratherapy · 10-15-2006, 09:38 AM

Seamaster Disco; down 350'. Oh yeah, belly was full of 8-10 6" squids.

Relentless33 · 10-15-2006, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hydratherapy

Seamaster Disco; down 350'. Oh yeah, belly was full of 8-10 6" squids.

Same here, ours had two or three flying fish in his stomach as well. We also had a good time with the flyers while we were out there.

Flatsfish B · 10-15-2006, 11:58 AM

Nice fish! are you fishing your strike drag at 30-35lbs? I know on a Tiagra it would have to be that high in order to reach the reels full drag. Are the avets and different?

I love that SM disco!

xfish · 10-15-2006, 07:57 PM

Way to go Doc.

Why didnt I see that fish at FK?

10-14-2006, 09:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hydratherapy Lines In Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Port St. Lucie Boat: Cape Horn 36 Best Catch: 250 lb Swordfish; 90 lb black grpr Occupation: Surgeon Posts: 71	76 incher Fri Nite Set up at "Bobs AM Hot zone" ( N & E of the Jupiter hump) in 1400 feet at 830 fri night; nothing much on the radio; everyone was hoping for the bite to turn on with the moonrise. No acton till 145 am. Just after we decide to give it to 2 am I notice the closest "noodle" laying on its side. Was running low on rigged squid and macks so I put out a 13-14 inch rigged split tail mullet with a 12-0 and 400 lb mono leader...and wouldnt you know it, one bite all night and its on the mullet! Get on the reel and its completely slack, crank like crazy and get tight. Wake up the young arms and hand em the rod. Back and forth for two hours with 4 runs of 300-400 yds( I even took the rod for 40 min or so) Rex and I decide to turn up the heat and while I am on the rod i push the drag to full ( 47 pounds, yep thats 47 pounds of drag at full.) With our Avet 50's with 150 braid and 100 lb mono top shot we were confident in our tackle and felt it was hooked well. Get the wind on to the rod tip and hand the rod to the young guns so I can glove up to leader the fish. Then we notice a 10 foot shark circling. Suddenly the fish goes deep and takes 300 yds off at max drag in a heartbeat. Were thinking ..OH Sh*t, the shark got it; suddenly it gets easy to crank and we haul in what we think is half a sword; when it comes up I grab the leader and see it ...its a slob, its in one piece but the shark is close by. Rex nails it with the flyer, I stick it twice as hard as I can with the poon and bounce it off its head twice. So I give up with the poon and get a big gaff in it and thru the transom door it comes now dead. 76 inch LJFT and Fat! We head back in and ice it. Weigh it the next day at a marina with a scale that was only five feet off the ground! it reads only 200 ..no way. This slobs gotta be 250 but we forget to get a girth before takin the fillets off! I estimate the girth at about 49 after I measure the width of both fillets and add an inch. So 49x49x76/800 = 228 + 10% for being thick to the tail = 250! And we see its a pumpkin when we fillet and steak it! Its a night like this that makes you keep coming back. Pics to follow.

10-15-2006, 06:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,061	NICE FISH RIGHT ON FELLAS, hb Sweet fish. Didn't by any chance come on one of those UV seamasters? Way to wait em out. Congrats, DF2 :thumleft:

10-15-2006, 11:58 AM	#11 (permalink)
Flatsfish B Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boca Boat: 2300 Keywest Best Catch: 77'' pumpkin Occupation: Sales supervisor Posts: 682	Nice fish! are you fishing your strike drag at 30-35lbs? I know on a Tiagra it would have to be that high in order to reach the reels full drag. Are the avets and different? I love that SM disco! __________________

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10-14-2006, 10:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Verado06 Hooked Up Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Miami and New Orleans Posts: 484	rock on.. thats a nice one. Looks to be in the 230-240 pound range to me

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10-15-2006, 07:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
xfish Grunt Join Date: Jan 2006 Boat: fishing Posts: 1	Way to go Doc. Why didnt I see that fish at FK?

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