long key report.. 9/01/07

Ivan11 · 09-02-2007, 11:11 PM

sharks sharks sharks was the word of the night. very dissapointed

headed out about 6:30 to about 1200 ft, 27 miles out. fished for a bit, baits were getting crushed over and over. used red/purple squids and some gogs i caught the night before. every time we brought up the fish it was a shark. so we moved, 1400 ft. same deal sharks and more sharks. moved out to 1600-1800 ft canyon, the shark action was even hotter.

owner of the boat wanted to keep 2 so i got to put some blood on the new harpoon. i love the poon now~! anyways. i think we gotta go out farther to 2400 ft or something like that. i tried to get some intel about depth before we went out and was told 1200-1800 but nada. cono! what a let down =( we went out prolly 33miles total offshore

caught 2 dolphin <8lbers>, 2 triple tail on the way back in the following morning.

tunaman81 · 09-03-2007, 01:01 AM

What kind of sharks did you get?

Ivan11 · 09-03-2007, 03:19 PM

not sure, they were brown in color though. dusky maybe? i dunno, i hate sharks =/

Disco Lady · 09-03-2007, 04:06 PM

COÑO!!!!!!! Dam!!! Cuban night sharks........

Cheers,

DL

LIGHTS OUT · 09-03-2007, 04:08 PM

Nice report Ivan. It's still fun to fight one every now and then. The fun is removing the hook!

miamiangler1 · 09-03-2007, 04:31 PM

better then catching nothing ... saw a tiger shark swim through the light last time I was out on the dark side !

Capt'n Shane · 09-03-2007, 05:02 PM

Curry shark, fried shark or shark soup!!!!!!!!! You guys are missing on some fine eats.

bajakian · 09-03-2007, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Shane

Curry shark, fried shark or shark soup!!!!!!!!! You guys are missing on some fine eats.

Capt, do you have some recipes to share?

Captain Ollie · 09-03-2007, 06:17 PM

Probably silky sharks......were they all the same kind?

I thought sharks were in serious trouble?

Sopla2o · 09-03-2007, 07:26 PM

The word Saturday night was SHARKS everywhere. We headed out of Homestead and were set up by sunset. We set a balloon at 300 feet and a tip rod at 200 feet. We figured that we would just drift from far south and see what happens. The night was flat calm. It was a beautiful evening. We bought a new sword light and were ready to put to use.... The bait fish around the light was incredible....

We drifted for about one hour with nothing. We checked our baits and regrouped. Within minutes the 300 foot balloon goes off... YUP... It BLEW UP.... scarring the crap out of everyone... We decided since we reeled up the line, we would change the baits.... We re-set and waited again....

Moonrise at 10:29... By 10:57 balloon goes off again and rod goes tight.... Well, bored as hell, I decide to start detailing the fight on the radio. Hell, there was nothing to do, I couldn't fish, I had to wait .... With every 10 minutes of fighting, in my mind the sword would get even fatter and grow several inches.

We went back and forth for one hour and 15 minutes. Everyone on the radio was wondering what we had. Someone suggested a 15 minute rule, no fish in 15 minutes cut the line.... (Sure...)

Finally, when the 100 foot mark came up, I had my gloves on and the gaff was ready. Finally we reach for the leader and bring up the largest shark I have ever seen. I have no idea what the heck it was .... It was HUGE well over 8 feet and estimated over 250 plus pounds.

Took some quick pictures, (The cameras memory card ran out space so all we have are pic's of the fight and not the shark,,,,,

) and he was released.

We wasted over 1 1/2 hours of fishing time on what we thought was out first HUGE sword.

We heard that someone else also released a hammerhead. If this was a shark tournament, we would have scored first place... Awesome fight, just wrong fish species...

I continue to chase the "elusive sword...."

Fish on....

tunaman81 · 09-03-2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivan11

not sure, they were brown in color though. dusky maybe? i dunno, i hate sharks =/

Cool. You just gotta be careful because there are several species caught by swordfisherman (cuban night sharks, Caribbean Reef Sharks, bigeye threshers, and longfin makos) that are fully protected and are illegal to kill.

Ivan11 · 09-04-2007, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LIGHTS OUT

Nice report Ivan. It's still fun to fight one every now and then. The fun is removing the hook!

i didnt even have a chance, every single time we tried to leader a fish, he would start death rolling and just spin until he cut the line, there go 10 dollar jobu owners. I HATE GD SHARKS. STUPID THINGS! i did get a chance to warm up the harpoon though

very cool, way funnier then gaffing.

Ivan11 · 09-04-2007, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Ollie

Probably silky sharks......were they all the same kind?

I thought sharks were in serious trouble?

ya they were all the same. im gonna try to find a picture of one so i can post it here. if they would have been makos i woulda felt better about the night cause id love to get some nice sets of jaws. but my 1 year old cousin had bigger teeth then these things. looks like a silky or dusky

Disco Lady · 09-04-2007, 08:19 PM

Sopla2o · 09-04-2007, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivan11

id love to get some nice sets of jaws. but my 1 year old cousin had bigger teeth then these things. looks like a silky or dusky

Same here, Shark was big as hell, but small teeth... Lots of small teeth...

09-02-2007, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ivan11 Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: miami fl Boat: dusky 21 =( Best Catch: #130lb sword (est), 80lb sailfish Occupation: firefighter/paramedic Posts: 343	long key report.. 9/01/07 sharks sharks sharks was the word of the night. very dissapointed headed out about 6:30 to about 1200 ft, 27 miles out. fished for a bit, baits were getting crushed over and over. used red/purple squids and some gogs i caught the night before. every time we brought up the fish it was a shark. so we moved, 1400 ft. same deal sharks and more sharks. moved out to 1600-1800 ft canyon, the shark action was even hotter. owner of the boat wanted to keep 2 so i got to put some blood on the new harpoon. i love the poon now~! anyways. i think we gotta go out farther to 2400 ft or something like that. i tried to get some intel about depth before we went out and was told 1200-1800 but nada. cono! what a let down =( we went out prolly 33miles total offshore caught 2 dolphin <8lbers>, 2 triple tail on the way back in the following morning. __________________ ive been consumed by the darkside! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=88522296 for more pics =) Last edited by Ivan11; 09-02-2007 at 11:16 PM..

09-03-2007, 01:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
tunaman81 Hooked Up Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Occupation: student Posts: 381	What kind of sharks did you get? __________________ There is nothing like fishing the deep blue offshore waters

09-03-2007, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ivan11 Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: miami fl Boat: dusky 21 =( Best Catch: #130lb sword (est), 80lb sailfish Occupation: firefighter/paramedic Posts: 343	not sure, they were brown in color though. dusky maybe? i dunno, i hate sharks =/ __________________ ive been consumed by the darkside! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=88522296 for more pics =)

09-03-2007, 04:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
LIGHTS OUT Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plantation, Fl. Boat: 26' Open Fish/ Twin 200 Best Catch: 300+ Swordy Occupation: entrepreneur Posts: 554	Nice report Ivan. It's still fun to fight one every now and then. The fun is removing the hook! Last edited by LIGHTS OUT; 09-03-2007 at 06:55 PM..

09-03-2007, 06:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Captain Ollie Hooked Up Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Davie Florida Boat: 28 foot Kevlacat Best Catch: Strippers/Barely Legal Cheerleaders Occupation: Commercial tropical fish collector, lobster diver, bouy gear fisherman, 100ton captain Posts: 596	Probably silky sharks......were they all the same kind? I thought sharks were in serious trouble? __________________ Remember that house you, or maybe your neighbor couldn't pay for? Well, now your gonna pay for it!!

09-03-2007, 04:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Disco Lady Grander Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami. FL, Boat: 37 Merritt Best Catch: (Blue Marlin)550 Lbs ST. Thomas Occupation: Charter Captain Sometimes... Posts: 3,503	COÑO!!!!!!! Dam!!! Cuban night sharks........ Cheers, DL

09-03-2007, 04:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,578	better then catching nothing ... saw a tiger shark swim through the light last time I was out on the dark side !

09-03-2007, 05:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Capt'n Shane Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Aventura, Florida Best Catch: 63" Swordy Occupation: oilfield production Posts: 386	Curry shark, fried shark or shark soup!!!!!!!!! You guys are missing on some fine eats.

09-03-2007, 07:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sopla2o Hooked Up Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hometead, Florida Boat: 2007 Dusky 256CC, Twin 175 Verado's Best Catch: Still Searching for the Elusive Swordfish Occupation: Legal Consultant Posts: 398	The word Saturday night was SHARKS everywhere. We headed out of Homestead and were set up by sunset. We set a balloon at 300 feet and a tip rod at 200 feet. We figured that we would just drift from far south and see what happens. The night was flat calm. It was a beautiful evening. We bought a new sword light and were ready to put to use.... The bait fish around the light was incredible.... We drifted for about one hour with nothing. We checked our baits and regrouped. Within minutes the 300 foot balloon goes off... YUP... It BLEW UP.... scarring the crap out of everyone... We decided since we reeled up the line, we would change the baits.... We re-set and waited again.... Moonrise at 10:29... By 10:57 balloon goes off again and rod goes tight.... Well, bored as hell, I decide to start detailing the fight on the radio. Hell, there was nothing to do, I couldn't fish, I had to wait .... With every 10 minutes of fighting, in my mind the sword would get even fatter and grow several inches. We went back and forth for one hour and 15 minutes. Everyone on the radio was wondering what we had. Someone suggested a 15 minute rule, no fish in 15 minutes cut the line.... (Sure...) Finally, when the 100 foot mark came up, I had my gloves on and the gaff was ready. Finally we reach for the leader and bring up the largest shark I have ever seen. I have no idea what the heck it was .... It was HUGE well over 8 feet and estimated over 250 plus pounds. Took some quick pictures, (The cameras memory card ran out space so all we have are pic's of the fight and not the shark,,,,, ) and he was released. We wasted over 1 1/2 hours of fishing time on what we thought was out first HUGE sword. We heard that someone else also released a hammerhead. If this was a shark tournament, we would have scored first place... Awesome fight, just wrong fish species... I continue to chase the "elusive sword...." Fish on.... __________________ Sopla2o's Dusky Last edited by Sopla2o; 09-03-2007 at 08:14 PM..

09-04-2007, 08:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
Disco Lady Grander Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami. FL, Boat: 37 Merritt Best Catch: (Blue Marlin)550 Lbs ST. Thomas Occupation: Charter Captain Sometimes... Posts: 3,503

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