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Post by Mango Man on May 8, 2024 19:33:20 GMT -5
Your just S of some of my family. Been meaning to get over that way for a little fishing.
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Post by richm on May 8, 2024 19:40:04 GMT -5
I been wanting to catch a tile fish. Dad doesnt want to go for a ride down there. Have to put it off for a while.
Checking the weather about going out Sunday for kings and lane snapper. And of course red snapper. We have downsized to 2/0, 3/0 hooks and still get double digit ARS.
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 21:18:35 GMT -5
Those of you who know me, I'm not really into play time. I'm sick and tired of the abuse here. I can fish. At home, or here. Cad yells at me about fishing, or commenting about it. Got news for you....and it ain't bragging, I can fish. I'm just tired of the abuse from the other side. Bikini is a retard. Just tired of it. He won't publish his name, as he's a chicken shit . My name is David Campo. I live in Caye Caulker Belize. I am from Tampa Florida. Lived in Boca Grande Florida for 20 years. I'm not a mystery. I've been to jail. Not ashamed of that. Pisses me off.
Are we still tight?
Of course we're tight. Hope you're not being a smartass. I have a problem with a couple of idiots here, you are certainly not one of them. |
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 21:30:02 GMT -5
Just wanted to say that fishing shouldn't be a competition. It should be a childish pleasure we can revisit as often as possible. I didn't mean to imply it is or was a competition, in the way that you understood it. But since you brought it up, fishing is always a competition. This would never happen, but if I invited you fishing, I promise you I'm going to out catch you. Anyone that goes fishing with me, close friends for 40 years only for the most part, knows it's a friendly competition. I don't care if it's poker, gin rummy, chasing girls, playing scrabble, catching bait, or any fish that swims. I'm going to beat you. That is my mentality. Anyone who doesn't have that mentality is fine and dandy, just don't come at me and challenge me, to ANYTHING. |
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Post by tonyroma on May 8, 2024 21:35:27 GMT -5
Just wanted to say that fishing shouldn't be a competition. It should be a childish pleasure we can revisit as often as possible. I didn't mean to imply it is or was a competition, in the way that you understood it. But since you brought it up, fishing is always a competition. This would never happen, but if I invited you fishing, I promise you I'm going to out catch you. Anyone that goes fishing with me, close friends for 40 years only for the most part, knows it's a friendly competition. I don't care if it's poker, gin rummy, chasing girls, playing scrabble, catching bait, or any fish that swims. I'm going to beat you. That is my mentality. Anyone who doesn't have that mentality is fine and dandy, just don't come at me and challenge me, to ANYTHING. I challenge you to a getting a can off the highest shelf contest😉 And a Tile fish is on the bucket list. Also a Queen snapper. And about 100 more. |
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 21:44:38 GMT -5
I didn't mean to imply it is or was a competition, in the way that you understood it. But since you brought it up, fishing is always a competition. This would never happen, but if I invited you fishing, I promise you I'm going to out catch you. Anyone that goes fishing with me, close friends for 40 years only for the most part, knows it's a friendly competition. I don't care if it's poker, gin rummy, chasing girls, playing scrabble, catching bait, or any fish that swims. I'm going to beat you. That is my mentality. Anyone who doesn't have that mentality is fine and dandy, just don't come at me and challenge me, to ANYTHING. I challenge you to a getting a can off the highest shelf contest😉 And a Tile fish is on the bucket list. Also a Queen snapper. And about 100 more. You know I'm a short midget, so that ain't fair. Tilefish and queen snapper are on your bucket list? Or are we competing to catch one? They are tough buddy, deep water and a lot of looking. Personally, to my knowledge, I've never caught a true tilefish, although I've caught plenty of their cousins that people mis-identified. Have caught queen snapper. That was a bucket list for me. Deep water, went with some boys who knew what they were doing. |
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Post by tonyroma on May 8, 2024 21:50:07 GMT -5
Ya, that deep drop game seems like a whole different animal. Apparently Conchy is on it. Seems like a lot of time on the water and a good finder are imperative.
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 22:01:02 GMT -5
Ya, that deep drop game seems like a whole different animal. Apparently Conchy is on it. Seems like a lot of time on the water and a good finder are imperative. Conchy is a great fisherman, with years of experience, and a ton of generational knowledge. He does know that game. I fished Conchy's backyard for a while, at least 30 years. Motor fishing in 300' of water and a 25kt steady wind wore me out eventually. Not to repeat myself, but I consider those queens high up on my personal achievements list. There aren't many people alive today, that can say they've caught one. I'm just grateful to the fishing Gods I got the chance. |
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 22:12:28 GMT -5
Ya, that deep drop game seems like a whole different animal. Apparently Conchy is on it. Seems like a lot of time on the water and a good finder are imperative. I will tell you another story, same crew I fished with in the Keys.....we would go and illegally catch a bunch of small crawfish, lobster, and go and catch Cubera snappers. They'd eat a whole small crawfish. Hard to find with regularity. But let me tell you about a 40-50 lb Cubera snapper. Epic. |
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Post by Zif on May 8, 2024 22:14:36 GMT -5
I challenge you to a getting a can off the highest shelf contest😉 And a Tile fish is on the bucket list. Also a Queen snapper. And about 100 more. You know I'm a short midget, so that ain't fair. Tilefish and queen snapper are on your bucket list? Or are we competing to catch one? They are tough buddy, deep water and a lot of looking. Personally, to my knowledge, I've never caught a true tilefish, although I've caught plenty of their cousins that people mis-identified. Have caught queen snapper. That was a bucket list for me. Deep water, went with some boys who knew what they were doing. Not sure if it's a true tilefish or not but used to catch a lot of sand tilefish in like 60ft of water off of south Dade. Not big but great eating. |
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 22:21:50 GMT -5
You know I'm a short midget, so that ain't fair. Tilefish and queen snapper are on your bucket list? Or are we competing to catch one? They are tough buddy, deep water and a lot of looking. Personally, to my knowledge, I've never caught a true tilefish, although I've caught plenty of their cousins that people mis-identified. Have caught queen snapper. That was a bucket list for me. Deep water, went with some boys who knew what they were doing. Not sure if it's a true tile fish or not but used to catch a lot of sand tile fish in like 60ft of water off of south Dade. Not big but great eating. Great job. I'm with you, I have in my mind, what a tile fish is, but I'm just not sure I was identifying them correctly. And I agree with you, the ones I've tried are great table fare. |
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Post by Zif on May 8, 2024 22:25:49 GMT -5
sand tile  |
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Post by whitebacon on May 8, 2024 22:29:23 GMT -5
Thx. I had a different recollection, so I'm off base a little. |
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Post by Zif on May 8, 2024 22:36:34 GMT -5
I remember one time at the end of a slow day I took one out of the cooler, pinned it on a big bucktail and jigged up a 30 lb black grouper. They jig real nice because they're long and skinny almost like an eel.
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Post by tonyroma on May 8, 2024 23:06:20 GMT -5
Talking out of my ass, I think the true deep water tiles live in mud holes in the deep water. Hopefully Conchy will wake up and tell us how you target a fish living in a mud hole in 300 foot of water.
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