Post by seasquatch on Dec 29, 2023 5:00:59 GMT -5
How about a fishing report on this site?
The wind finally stopped, the ocean flattened out, and I had the day off. Our goal was to put a 3 man limit of black seabass in the boat, and we felt our chances were going be pretty good. The offshore fish have not been pressured at all w/ the recent heavy winds, and high seas, so we were optimistic we could load our cooler w/ those hard to find >13' knotheads. When we blasted through the Mayport jetties we punched it. We ran just over 40mph all the way out to 70' of water. Running that fast in my boat, a Rambo 27 (imagine a Carolina skiff, but w/ a real pointy bow), you got to have flat water. We focused on low profile hard bottom, and once we found the right sized fish, we drifted our spot about a dozen times to get out limit. We just used cuttlefish, and cut grunt plugs.
Here's our 21 seabass just before I cover them w/ ice.
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I think getting a limit of black seabass is really tough around here. That 13' minimum size is a struggle to make, for us, most of the time. When that last fish came over the rail, my two sons and I were super happy.
The wind finally stopped, the ocean flattened out, and I had the day off. Our goal was to put a 3 man limit of black seabass in the boat, and we felt our chances were going be pretty good. The offshore fish have not been pressured at all w/ the recent heavy winds, and high seas, so we were optimistic we could load our cooler w/ those hard to find >13' knotheads. When we blasted through the Mayport jetties we punched it. We ran just over 40mph all the way out to 70' of water. Running that fast in my boat, a Rambo 27 (imagine a Carolina skiff, but w/ a real pointy bow), you got to have flat water. We focused on low profile hard bottom, and once we found the right sized fish, we drifted our spot about a dozen times to get out limit. We just used cuttlefish, and cut grunt plugs.
Here's our 21 seabass just before I cover them w/ ice.
I think getting a limit of black seabass is really tough around here. That 13' minimum size is a struggle to make, for us, most of the time. When that last fish came over the rail, my two sons and I were super happy.
