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Post by tropicbird on May 18, 2024 16:45:25 GMT -5
My brother trolled out to 1400' today. Saw only one bird that he pitched baits under and got two 24" mahi and a couple smaller ones. That's it. Nothing on the troll except for a bonito in shallow. No other birds out there or any sign of life. Pretty dead.
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Post by catseye on May 18, 2024 19:27:21 GMT -5
Seems like the hunt for Fins has always been a “Crap Shoot”. One boat will strike out and another will come across a small board and hit the “Mother Lode”. I can remember too many times that coming across just one piece of junk made the difference.
Once we were near the EEZ east of Fowey Rocks Light and noticed a solo boater trolling slowly south about 200 yd in front of us. Then a guest I had invited out noticed something in the water 150 yd in front of us. (I don’t think the solo fisherman spotted it since he did not stop to investigate) So I waited until he was long gone before i idled over to it. It was a plastic 55 gal drum that was floating practically below the water line but no fins seemed to be home. I shut down and told my guest we should just hang out and see if it something shows up. We did not have to wait long. Fifteen minutes later a vast school of fins showed up, they were all decent size fish. On our way out and during our return we did not see any other sign of life.
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ra
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Post by ra on May 19, 2024 22:42:58 GMT -5
The fish are all in shallow this time of the year. For the past two weeks there have been plenty of Blackfins, kings, some
Sails and Dolphin up to 35lbs along the edge and out to 280ft anywhere between Miami and the keys
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