Ok we all met as usual at 5:30 am ready to go the water was flat calm and we were ready to go. Personally I was excited to really get to use the final production rod of the 10000X and the Black Monstro. I fell in love with the Ocean Revolution 10000X, I can honestly say its my favorite jigging rod of all time. I was impressed with its power and bend.
Boat 1: Glenn, Chip, Andy, Topper
Boat 2: Sami, Dan, Pete and AL
We made quick time top our first stop because of the ocean conditions and got ready to roll. On our boat the first drops were really frustrating ones. I immediately was bitten of like 3 times in a row and continued losing like 12 jigs. I boated the first fish which was a Huge albie followed by several ASSACO Jacks LOL
Today was cutoff central ... sharks and King Macs just cut us off all day.
Then it was Kingfish central and thats where Topper (Mac Daddy) took over boating several decent sized Macs in short time. Meanwhile Andy had his technique down and started hammering away at the fish
These two guys did great for the first trip. We couldnt find the amberjacks until about 1pm and then all hell broke loose. We started bailing fish at an epic rate
Andy broke the small fish curse by landing a slob Amberjack in the 85 pound range followed by several from Topper, chip and myself. All fish in the 52" range but SUPER FAT.
I then proceeded to fight what I thought was a shark but ended up being the largest Amberjack of the trip which was in the 100 pound class. The fish wasnt long but its girth was almost 40" round
This wasn't a normal trip but the variety was amazing, Topper was on fire catching king macs, blackfin tuna on topwater, grouper and amberjacks. Andy did great as well catching Albies, and big amberjacks. Me I got very lucky on this trip catching some pigs and a special friend who should shut some critics up about catching big fish on spinning gear ... only joking!!!
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