Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow

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that's awesome.

[Braff Zacklin 13,672]

Looks like y'all could make a "recycled" seafood gumbo from your redfish catches. Probably better than Chef "Wheels" Pierre's classic Roadkill Gumbo.

[Frank Drebin 5,691]

My best friend and a guide buddy just returned from Mag Bay in Baja.  They caught striped marlin on fly rods every day and all day until they were exhausted, three days in a row.  Also spear fished a bunch of lobster.  I am going next year.  They would dunk their go pro and you would literally see like 10-15 marlin swimming around nearby.  They were getting 30+ hookups per day.  And quitting early due to being tired.

[Frank Drebin 5,691]

Some video

[troph 24,929]

Yeah that’s epic, I almost went this year but decided against it for some odd reason. 

[justhookit 4,191]

20 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

My best friend and a guide buddy just returned from Mag Bay in Baja.  They caught striped marlin on fly rods every day and all day until they were exhausted, three days in a row.  Also spear fished a bunch of lobster.  I am going next year.  They would dunk their go pro and you would literally see like 10-15 marlin swimming around nearby.  They were getting 30+ hookups per day.  And quitting early due to being tired.

Mag Bay is an epic fishery for sure. It’s not uncommon for the guys using dead or live bait to recorded hundreds of releases and I think the record is well over 300. The fishing is best in the right season in the fall. You have to catch the bite right and wind can push green water in there and ruin the fishing for days but when conditions are right there is nowhere on the planet to catch that many marlin.

14 hours ago, troph said:

Yeah that’s epic, I almost went this year but decided against it for some odd reason. 

Negged.

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4 minutes ago, justhookit said:

 

Negged.

Deserved 

[Pescado_Rojo 19,454]

dragging the skiff over to Louisiana tomorrow. Weekend looks about perfect for bulls in the marsh

[Kennythetiger 9,500]

4 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

dragging the skiff over to Louisiana tomorrow. Weekend looks about perfect for bulls in the marsh

We’ll be waiting 

[troph 24,929]

If you can learn to see em in the mud they are much easier to catch. Clear water and those bitches spook easily. 

[troph 24,929]

1 hour ago, Kennythetiger said:

We’ll be waiting 

For our INVITE! What’s the saying tho? If you don’t row you don’t go… gotta be a one for poling skiffs too. 

Edited November 22 by troph

[troph 24,929]

Reports still coming back good, weather is nice, shrimp everywhere getting blown into pools for the reds to feast, pods everywhere in the right places. We go back down December 5th and 6th and to put our fifth wheel down there semi permanently and I can’t wait to get my fly lines wet again. Shit this time of year I swear I could do nothing but fish every day.

im also getting to a place where fishing all day Saturday then coming back to camp (rv park) to watch Saturday night Texas football on the big screen tv on the outdoor porch set up with the sea breeze coming thru might be the perfect day imagined.

 

Edited November 23 by troph

[Jerry Callo 8,835]

My best fishing day on the coast was the day after Thanksgiving.   Cold and drizzly.  The fish were holding right off Brown and Root flats exactly as predicted.  

[Pescado_Rojo 19,454]

successful first day. Caught a handful of slot fish, as well. 

[BearSchlong 8,140]

Whereyall fishing?

[Pescado_Rojo 19,454]

31 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

Whereyall fishing?

Cocodrie

[Kennythetiger 9,500]

11 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Cocodrie

What kind of fish are those? 

[troph 24,929]

9 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

What kind of fish are those? 

Fugly reds.

[BearSchlong 8,140]

Fugly reds.

Big fuglys

[Pescado_Rojo 19,454]

7 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

What kind of fish are those? 

Top one is a Redfish, the other two are Black Drum, the Redfish’s ugly cousin

 

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2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Top one is a Redfish, the other two are Black Drum, the Redfish’s ugly cousin

 

they lost all their color but now that you say that the forehead lines - those are black drum for sure. trophy catches but nasty looking fish.

Edited November 25 by troph

[Kennythetiger 9,500]

2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Top one is a Redfish

Otherwise known as……pescado rojo?  

[Pescado_Rojo 19,454]

49 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Otherwise known as……pescado rojo?  

Bingo

[hookemATL 11,993]

Work is hilariously slow this week as probably 85% of folks on project are FTO. 

I spent this afternoon setting up different rigs so I can fish during the break (and I just love messing with my fishing gear. Zen time).  

respooled the two zebcos I use for panfishing with my girls (one of them is mine that my dad gave me when I was a kid). Got two light action spinning reels setup with crappie rigs, and two cat fishing setups using sliding egg weights/bead stopper/swivel/leader/circle hook. Also cleaned up my fly boxes and fly rod/reel after not picking them up for awhile. 

now to actually catch fish (or not, nfg either way as it’s still better than 99.99% of activities).

[MalibuSheriff 1,092]

Thought some of you guys might want this - Llano River trout stocking dates.  I used to love Dec and January days out on the Llano in years past, as I had the whole river to myself and lots of fish about ten years ago.  I’ve heard the locals have started to take a lot of fish after the first few days.  Hopefully it’s still good for a few weeks after stocking date.

[justhookit 4,191]

More Mag Bay stuff just came across my feed. Insane. Sometime in the next few years I think I’m going to run my boat up to fish a fall season there.

[Zwylde 813]

On 11/18/2024 at 2:45 PM, Zwylde said:

Love opening up the reds to see whats in there.  Never know whats gonna turn up.  This one was feasting on mini stone crabs before my shrimp.

 

Was looking for this one and finally found it.  Crazy! (not my redfish so I don’t have the story).