Big E 52hr. 02-01-08

[lite-liner]

Tady 6, Salas 6x, UFO's, cisco's. I've got lots of these.
Thanks for the heads-up on the hardware, John. I will do the same
on mine. I knew that approach would work! as soon as that new 7.5' conv.
rod comes out, I'll have the perfect setup for this!

[Grescobia]

YFT Limits. I think you can only keep 3 yft per trip ,no matter how long the trip.Some one correct me if I am wrong. What happens if you catch more than your limit depends on you. You can release them or suplement some elses limit,thats your call. Onthe lures I was using were the tadys 45. Some have a siwash hook or treble,unfortunately I had the trebles. I will say they are exciting to use because of the tremendous strikes they produce ,but the trebles arenot worth using on yft.

[fathom]

Originally Posted by Ragman

Good report on the surface iron Gres! I know the west coast guys throw a lot of surface iron with 8, 9 even 10 foot rods!

It's kind of like working a buzz bait in fresh water. You have to reel fast with your rod up high to keep the iron skipping across the water.

There are a lot of big, but light jigs perfect for this but the hooks and rings are not the strongest. It's to keep the lure light enough to skip on the surface.

I've tried changing out to heavier hooks/rings which makes it more difficult to keep on top.

I tried another lure -but cannot remember the name, maybe Kil does- but it's plastic and shaped like a flattened out and elongated diamond. It comes in green, or white. They're big in the NE.

Steve-Great pic of that head shot on the dorado!

Tom,

Underwater expeditions has provided the deckhands with a digital camera and I give full credit for photos to them.
Roxanne was kind enough to forward them for posting.
As far as anyone knows that is the first bow shot dorado in Texas!

Steve

[drshark]

YFT limit is 3 per trip. If the boat came to shore and went back out then you could keep 3 more. There has been a exception on the Big E for the regulars. I have witnessed it. It was special treatment for certain guys. Drshark

[Sea Crappie]

Originally Posted by Grescobia

Oneother event that happened was when the fish took a break I let all my line out with a really long Sea2 jig just out of curiosity .I jig a few times and thought it wasnt a really strong hit but be fore I could strike back the rod was on the rail I could not buge the rod. I knew it was a fish as the line was heading in the opposite direction. The fish finally broke my line mid way on the 3 ft. leader. I think the reel has about 300 yards of 80 braid so I was deep.

Grescobia,

Thanks for posting the good news about surface irons. Your story about jigging really deep has me interested. After watching Snagged get his Bigeye last year at nearly 600ft down, I decided to get in on the action. I'm building 2 outfits right now to specifically jig deeper than 400ft while tuna fishing. One for my Ocea 5000P and one for the Alutecnos gorilla. You're giving me hope!

Awesome report

[semipro]

HI Fathom
it was good fishing report,what reel did you have on your spinning gear?Also did you keep the cudas,they say,they are full of mercury.
I couldnt make the trip beacuse of end ofthe month,I cant live the work.
I never seen anybody jigs like you,and hooks a fish every time..Maybe some other trip I can watch you again

[fathom]

Originally Posted by semipro

HI Fathom
it was good fishing report,what reel did you have on your spinning gear?Also did you keep the cudas,they say,they are full of mercury.
I couldnt make the trip beacuse of end ofthe month,I cant live the work.
I never seen anybody jigs like you,and hooks a fish every time..Maybe some other trip I can watch you again

Tufan,

I use stella 20000pg and no I never keep barracuda. I noticed someone left big A.J at dock and no one claimed it. One was caught trolling west flower garden, I know the Feds have cigatura posion warning for flower garden fish.

[CaptEddie]

I use surface iron over here a good bit and have had some great success doing it. They outfish poppers half the time.

[fathom]

CaptEddie,

do you have apreferred color? or is it the motion of lure?

[tngbmt]

Originally Posted by CaptEddie

I use surface iron over here a good bit and have had some great success doing it. They outfish poppers half the time.

yeah, and he can cast it a louisiana mile too