Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow

[troph 24906]

that's awesome.

[Braff Zacklin 13663]

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 5655]

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 5655]

Some video

[troph 24906]

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

[justhookit 4191]

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.

[troph 24906]

4 minutes ago, justhookit said:

 

Negged.

Deserved 

[Pescado_Rojo 19428]

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

[Kennythetiger 9460]

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 24906]

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

[troph 24906]

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 Friday at 12:56 AM by troph

[troph 24906]

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 Saturday at 02:24 PM by troph

[Jerry Callo 8727]

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 19428]

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

[BearSchlong 8114]

Whereyall fishing?

[Pescado_Rojo 19428]

31 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

Whereyall fishing?

Cocodrie

[Kennythetiger 9460]

11 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Cocodrie

What kind of fish are those? 

[troph 24906]

9 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

What kind of fish are those? 

Fugly reds.

[BearSchlong 8114]

Fugly reds.

Big fuglys

[Pescado_Rojo 19428]

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

 

[troph 24906]

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 Monday at 01:16 AM by troph

[Kennythetiger 9460]

2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Top one is a Redfish

Otherwise known as……pescado rojo?  

[Pescado_Rojo 19428]

49 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Otherwise known as……pescado rojo?  

Bingo

[hookemATL 11893]

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).