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General Aquasport Forums => Rendezvous/Gatherings => Topic started by: GoneFission on April 30, 2014, 05:22:58 PM
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Time to mark your calendars! This fall's Aquasport Octoberfest Reunion will be October 10-11 back at Southport, NC. Last year was a bit late in the season, so we are moving it up a couple weeks - should be nice weather and lots of bait in the water! :nemo: As usual, everyone can count on great food, fun, and friendship! :thumleft:
Yes, we are six months out, but now everyone can make plans to be there! We will have more details later - just plan to be there!!! :cheers:
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Time to mark your calendars! This fall's Aquasport Octoberfest Reunion will be October 10-11 back at Southport, NC. Last year was a bit late in the season, so we are moving it up a couple weeks - should be nice weather and lots of bait in the water! :nemo: As usual, everyone can count on great food, fun, and friendship! :thumleft:
Yes, we are six months out, but now everyone can make plans to be there! We will have more details later - just plan to be there!!! :cheers:
Yep, six months out! PLENTY of time for everyone to mark their calendars to attend this fun event! We have a GREAT time every year...and this will be the fourth consecutive reunion!
This year, we'd like to make it the biggest yet! The more the merrier! Those of you from faraway...jump on a cheap flight and come on! It is absolutely gorgeous here in the fall....warm, bright blue days and cool nights!
You'll have a blast....and eat like kings and queens! :flower: Looking forward to meeting you, please join your friends this Octoberfest!
Thanks!!
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might be time to make this a sticky
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Agree Lew.
Rick, thanks forward on behalf of PR.
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I'm still working out the details now that we have a date set but the Admiral and I will be attending!
We are really looking forward to another great long weekend! 8)
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Excellent, great news Jon!
Friends, we really do have a super time! Everyone is invited, don't be a stranger, come and enjoy beautiful Carolina Coast fall weather and hospitality!!
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I'm still working out the details now that we have a date set but the Admiral and I will be attending!
We are really looking forward to another great long weekend! 8)
Jon - I will be in touch - you and Rhonda had some good ideas for this year we should talk about. It's gonna be another great time for all!
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I'm still working out the details now that we have a date set but the Admiral and I will be attending!
We are really looking forward to another great long weekend! 8)
Jon - I will be in touch - you and Rhonda had some good ideas for this year we should talk about. It's gonna be another great time for all!
standing-by...
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OK folks - 6 weeks out now - time to get it going! :thumleft: Post a reply or PM if you are thinking about attending! We need to start making plans for food and fun - and ya know it's gonna be fun! :bounce:
Got questions? :scratch: Post them here for more info - see you in October!
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Fall redleg shrimp! Match them up with some jumbo fall boiled goobers and you got some serious good eats! :chef:
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I'm getting anxious...and hungry!
It's going to be another great gathering! :sunny:
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Caught near Southport last Saturday :shock:
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Hope you guys have a great weekend :cheers: Unfortunatly I will be out of town that weekend and the next so no Therapy at the reunion this year :(
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Hope you guys have a great weekend :cheers: Unfortunatly I will be out of town that weekend and the next so no Therapy at the reunion this year :(
Gonna miss ya'll Garry :cry: Hope you have a great time on your trip!! :thumright:
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Let's do it again!
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Handheld VHF
If anyone has an extra, could you please bring it?
Thanks!
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From the OIFC website:
To add to Barrett's report; there is a legitimate fishing crisis going on right now right on the beach. Can you imagine a situtation where you can't catch a king mackerel feeding on a school of pogies within 100 feet of the beach because you can't get a bait past monster 20-40 lb redfish. That is what a number of anglers fishing the Rumble in the Jungle King tourney experienced this weekend. The Kings are right on the beach at the inlets and so are the pogies, and so are the giant redfish. I heard of one boat quading up on 4 giant reds while trying to catch a king that was skyrocketing on the same pogy school[in 15 feet of water!].
Congrats to all the local boats that did good in the tourney. The hot bite continues off Ocean Crest Pier, but after Team OIFC ran over 100 miles trying to invent a fish offshore, we stopped at Shallotte Inlet for one last gasp and immediately caught a nice junior angler fish that took us to the scales. The fish are wherever the pogies are at and right now they are everywhere.
Come on down folks, it don't get any better than this and should continue thru the month of October.
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From the OIFC website:
To add to Barrett's report; there is a legitimate fishing crisis going on right now right on the beach. Can you imagine a situtation where you can't catch a king mackerel feeding on a school of pogies within 100 feet of the beach because you can't get a bait past monster 20-40 lb redfish. That is what a number of anglers fishing the Rumble in the Jungle King tourney experienced this weekend. The Kings are right on the beach at the inlets and so are the pogies, and so are the giant redfish. I heard of one boat quading up on 4 giant reds while trying to catch a king that was skyrocketing on the same pogy school[in 15 feet of water!].
Congrats to all the local boats that did good in the tourney. The hot bite continues off Ocean Crest Pier, but after Team OIFC ran over 100 miles trying to invent a fish offshore, we stopped at Shallotte Inlet for one last gasp and immediately caught a nice junior angler fish that took us to the scales. The fish are wherever the pogies are at and right now they are everywhere.
Come on down folks, it don't get any better than this and should continue thru the month of October.
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Man, if I were to ever catch a fish like that I would scream like Rhonda!!
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Forecast is perfect!! :flower:
Fishing reports are good!
Don't forget your gaffs!
And bathing trunks and bikinis!!
See ya'll this week!! :flower: :flower: :flower:
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Bite is ON!
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Today's fishing report:
This picture is a screen shot of the noaa forecast for the waters up to twenty miles offshore through Saturday. Right now it is predicting south winds at ten knots for Friday and Saturday. Stable, light, south winds should set the fish on fire for the tournament this weekend. In this weather any boat can get to where they want to go. We have been crushing the Kings in 20 to 70 feet of water. If you just want to go catch dinner real fast, I pulled some spoons at the inlet mouth yesterday and caught Spanish as hard as Aaron Dew could set lines until we had a limit. It was a lot of fun watching the spoons get bit before he could get the rod in the rod holder at times. On Friday and Sunday we were offshore a little in 65 feet of water and the Kings bit the same way. We had one to up to four fish on at a time almost all day. The bite did start a little slow in the morning and progressively got better throughout the day. Out of the all the fish that we caught out there, I don't think we had but one that was under twenty pounds. We saw several fish in the thirties and one approaching forty. The pogeys are thick as I've ever seen them up and down all beaches and are easily caught. All the elements are aligning to make this weekend have an epic bite that is going surely show some huge weights on the leader board. Sent from my iPhone
- Stan Gurganus
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Guys, good on the extra handheld VHF...thanks!
Rhojo (Jon) please ck your PM's. Thanks!
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With the perfect conditions we are looking at for this years Fall Brawl; probably a good idea to put out a warning for anglers to watch out for Kings jumping into your boat. Seriously, this was a problem few years ago in Biloxi at nationals and i can see the same happening at OIB this weekend. The fish are thick and when a bunch of boats fish the same area and put out a bunch of bait, the competitive thing kicks in with the fish, and they go nuts, skyrocketing. Probably best not to fish with a surface swimming bait like a mullet as you may be inviting a intruder into your boat. The fall bite is traditional, but it normally heats up and cools off with changing weather systems. This year weather looks very stable throughout the tourney, and stable weather sets them on fire. Plenty of bait up and down the beach; Kings from the beach out to 65 feet water. They're everywhere. Come join us at OIFC and help us set a new tourney participant record!
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With the perfect conditions we are looking at for this years Fall Brawl; probably a good idea to put out a warning for anglers to watch out for Kings jumping into your boat. Seriously, this was a problem few years ago in Biloxi at nationals and i can see the same happening at OIB this weekend. The fish are thick and when a bunch of boats fish the same area and put out a bunch of bait, the competitive thing kicks in with the fish, and they go nuts, skyrocketing. Probably best not to fish with a surface swimming bait like a mullet as you may be inviting a intruder into your boat. The fall bite is traditional, but it normally heats up and cools off with changing weather systems. This year weather looks very stable throughout the tourney, and stable weather sets them on fire. Plenty of bait up and down the beach; Kings from the beach out to 65 feet water. They're everywhere. Come join us at OIFC and help us set a new tourney participant record!
Wow, now that would be exciting to have one jump in the boat. I'll be sure to have the Fish Billy and a gaff ready! 8)
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Like the OIFC Captain sez....and let's not forget, our local Carolina boys have won the SKA nationals 3 out of 4 years in Biloxi....WATCH OUT...they're jumpin' in the boat this weekend!! :salut:
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Guys...top off your gas tanks. We may be heading to "The Jungle".
See you tomorrow!! :cheers: :thumright:
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OK - the weather is great - wish you were here! :cheers: We do lasagna tonight (thanks to Jon & Rhonda :thumleft: ), steaks tomorrow, and seafood on Saturday! Gonna be a big time!! :bounce: This year we are doing hats for those attending:
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Brothers:
"The charm of fishing is the pursuit of what is elusive, but attainable. A perpetual series of occasions for hope."
We creamed 'em. Best king mackerel bite I've experienced in over ten years!! :bounce: :bounce:
More tomorrow :thumright:
Thanks!! :flower:
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You guys must be really hung over :drunken:
Usually you have the pics up by now :rabbit:
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We didn't have time to take pics or drink we were so busy catching fish :mrgreen:
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Melanie and I had an excellent time.
We arrived about dusk on Thursday.
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Headed to our Inn.
We stay at the Captain Newton Inn.
It is right on Moore street and they are awesome folks running the inn.
We were a little tired so we walked down to Provisions.
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A great casual restaurant there in Southport.
Had a great meal, huge Shrimp and crab cakes.
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Yes, it was excellent food.
For those who do not know.
Melanie and I have been together over 25 years.
We celebrated 21 years of marriage on the 10th Oct. We had the double hook up of King Fish on Scott's Boat.
I am a very lucky guy for sure.
Went back to the inn after a little walk around the beach area.
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We went to bed and got s good night sleep.
Woke up to this sunrise
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Grabbed a little Cheesegrits and went to the launch.
Have some launch photos but here is the fishing.
Melanie getting peeled off on a screamer.
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Scotty is next on a bendo rod.
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Color finally
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Up to the boat for a release
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More action
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This one peeled 100 yards or more, we had to go chase her down
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More action
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And, more action
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Scotty to the rescue
I believe JD's boat and Jon and Ronda's
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The ride back in, after an awesome non stop day.
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The guys catch next to us at the dock.
I think Scotty would agree, we did much better than this size for the whole day.
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The last working shrimp boat in Southport.
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Had a lay over in Atlanta.
Grabbed some dinner at PF Chang's.
We both got a back massage and hopped the flight to LAX
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We were home by 11 pm Pacific Time, got some needed rest.
All in all, an awesome 2 days in Southport.
Great fun, good friends and excellent food.
We are very fortunate to be a part of this.
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Had to look twice there SB...
Thought you lost your hair, started eatin' too many cheese burgers and shrunk a bit. :mrgreen:
Thanks for postin'. 8)
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Cheebuger, cheebuger, peepsi, no coke... :wink:
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What an awesome gathering this year! My hat is off to the whole crew! We had a fantastic time again this year and this time the whole fleet caught fish. I don't just mean we caught a couple of fish, I mean that we caught fish from the time we got bait until 4 p.m. when we were just too exhausted to continue! I'll let some of the veteran anglers chime in about the conditions and the bite but suffice it to say that the "Bite was on!"
No matter what I say here in these few words it will not do justice to what actually happened.
We got about 25 or so bait fish from the great net toss by Gran and started fishing with two lines. By the time I got the second one in and started on the third line we were hooked up. The reel was screaming and the chase was on. From that point forward there was never a dull moment except for when we stopped fishing to eat our sandwiches!
Our first fish was about a 24" Spanish that pulled the hook once I got him up alongside the boat. No biggie, Spanish was not what we were there for. He was a pretty fish though. Our next hook up and the two after that broke the line, never even saw the fish. The next hook up was a strike that JD and his buddy, Jamie actually got to see the King breech! It was incredible they said. I fought that fish for a solid 20-30 minutes, taking my time trying not to break the line again. As we got the fish closer and then finally saw color it took my breath away. This fish was HUGE, I mean well over 4 feet long. I had no idea we had something that big on the line. I wondered how we were going to get something that big into the boat. It seemed an impossible task at that point. As I continued to work him closer to the boat and the Admiral got the gaff ready we looked at each other and tried to contain our emotions. As I dropped the tip of the rod too much and Rhonda went to gaff him he squirmed just a bit, enough to make the gaff try bounce off and the second gaff attempt was at the tail, it missed and the fish shook the hook off and he was gone! We were devastated, absolutely devastated! With encouraging words from Gran we picked ourselves up and kept at it. The very next line in the water turned out to be the one! No sooner than the second line went in did the first one start screaming. Bingo, hooked up again! So we fought and reeled, fought and reeled for another 20-30 mins. I saw color and again new we had a big fish on the line. Rhonda and I looked at each other again and we knew what we were going to do. Once I got the fish alongside the boat Rhonda and I switched up and I took the gaff and she held the line, I scrambled to get my hand on the gaff and stick him as fast as I could and as sure-handed as I could be, not really knowing what it would feel like when he had the gaff in him and squirmed. The gaff stuck right by the head, in the gill area and he didn't really flinch. I looked at Rhonda and said, "Look out, he's coming in now!" and I heaved this beast over the rail and onto the deck! He was in the boat!
Now, when I say that we were excited it doesn't really convey the emotions we both felt. Rhonda and I have been boaters and wanna-be fishermen for about 5 years now and sure we've caught a few fish, flounder, catfish, blah, blah. None of those fish prepared us for the emotion we felt at this point. We hooted and hollered as loud as we could over and over. It was amazing, just absolutely amazing. We had done it, caught a big, I mean BIG fish.
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It won't fit in the cooler!
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As it turned out, this was the biggest keeper! Weighed in at 28 lbs.
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Team Rhojo - Capt. Jon & Admiral Rhonda
I just can't thank everyone enough. We would have never done this without the help of our good friends here on the boards. It was an amazing feeling to get this done. It was an amazing day of fishing, a 9.5 out of 10 was said more than once.
I have to say "thank you" to my wife, Admiral Rhonda, for doing a fantastic job at the helm all day and putting up with me and this crazy notion of boating and fishing that we began just a few years ago and all the work and money we have put into the boat. It has been a lot of work and I am certain that will continue but it was worth it for this time with great friends and people we consider family!
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Well done Team Rhojo!!! Congrats on winning the Tourney!!!!
Take a pic of your hat and special award!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Great post too! When Mr. Big came aboard.....we were all feelin' de love mon!!!! :thumright: :thumright:
Awesome!!! What a weekend, one we'll never forget! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Don't look now.....but Team Aquasport Octoberfest would have placed three boats in last weekend's Fall Brawl King Classic!!
This is a partial listing....they paid through fifty places....
2014 Yellowfin / Yamaha
Fall Brawl King Classic
Ocean Isle Fishing Center
ALL Fish
10/12/14 19:20:09 King Mackerel Day Range 1 to 3 page 1
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Wt/pts Date Time B# Angler Boat Name City/State L TWTs
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King Mackerel
1 39.65 10/11 15:59 76 Austin T Eubank Clearly Hooked Wilmington, NC 23 A.C.. L 1
2 38.25 10/11 16:09 191 Corey Durako Blew By U! Wilmington, NC 23 ABC..
3 36.85 10/12 16:59 157 Alan Holden Hold'n On Holden Beach, NC 23 ..... S
4 35.30 10/11 16:38 65 Chad R Morris Seahorse Fishing Troy, NC 36 AB... L
5 34.75 10/11 17:11 156 Thomas Bellamy Choice of Two Sunset Beach, NC 35 AB... L
6 34.10 10/11 16:42 16 Ben L Rucker Team Uno Mas Raleigh, NC 23 ..... S
7 33.65 10/11 16:05 29 Joshua Timbers 90 Minutes Erie, CO 19 ABC.. L
8 33.45 10/11 16:57 122 Tim C Gray Beeracuda/AM Wilmington, NC 23 A.C.. L
9 33.35 10/11 15:03 59 Jeff Cunningham Scale Bound Myrtle Beach, SC 27 A.... L
10 33.15 10/11 16:59 95 Mark W Phillips Another Hobby Leland, NC 22 A.C..
11 32.05 10/11 16:45 163 Mike Miller Man O War/AM Ocean Isle Beach, NC 31 .....
12 31.30 10/12 16:11 67 Billy Joe Noble Pack Man Shallotte, NC 23 ABC..
13 30.10 10/12 17:00 147 Tres Kirkland Carolina Saltwater Ocean Isle Beach, NC 27 A....
14 29.80 10/11 15:17 18 John Sims Nauti Hooker Vass, NC 23 ..C.. S1
15 29.50 10/11 17:03 34 Brett A Barnes Hot Rod Wilmington, NC 25 .B... L
16 29.45 10/11 16:04 114 Mike Kennerly The Blue Pearl Ocean Isle Beach, NC 31 A.... S
17 29.45 10/11 16:15 151 Eris Jones Back-Lash Sneads Ferry, NC 21 ABC.. S1
18 29.10 10/11 14:59 112 Joe Vasil Shinn Dig Fort Mill, SC 22 ..C.. S
19 28.95 10/11 16:34 24 Chip Nifong Reel Buzz Hampstead, NC 23 A.C..
20 28.90 10/12 16:45 188 Brian Aycock Hail Yeah / OIFC Shallotte, NC 23 ABC.. J
21 28.35 10/11 17:15 56 Joe Winslow Hooligan Sunset Beach, NC 34 A....
22 28.00 10/11 17:14 100 Jesse P Fisher Chasin Tail Murrells Inlet, SC 32 AB... S
23 28.00 10/11 17:26 37 David Gore Top Choice Wilmington, NC 31 AB... L
At least 15 out of the top 20 placing fish were caught near the Cape Fear Sea Buoy or at Lighthouse Rocks.
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Video of running down the beach at Oak Island. You can see the Cape Fear Lighthouse on the island.
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Greats sunsets! Great friends! Great fishing! What more can I say!
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Yes - we had a great time! :cheers: Thursday night we had a cloud shaped like a King Mackerel - you know that means you're gonna catch fish!
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We believe in rolling out the welcome mat!
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Hats off to all who came!
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John Dupree lookin' good running Ocean Potion for some bait:
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Scott's showboat Miss D with Iceman Bryan and Melanie on board:
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Jon with his winning King and LillyPad in the background - now a member of the Legion of King Mackerel!
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Bryan and Melanie earned the right to fly a King Mackerel flag:
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Group pic of most of our crew:
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Bridget and Lewis left their boat at home, but she did her cheesegrits magic again for breakfast - yummy!
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This nice little Azimut was docked at the marina when we came in - we caught a lot more fish than they did...
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And a pretty amazing sunset to finish of a fun event:
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John, beautiful pics!!! But you shot them all to hell by throwing that butt ugly Azimut in there... :wink:
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John, beautiful pics!!! But you shot them all to hell by throwing that butt ugly Azimut in there... :wink:
We just call them "Muts" :lol:
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Looks like you all had a ball :cheers:
The kings looked like fun - did you eat them? When they run down here they are fun to catch and eat (an acquired taste).
The weather look perfect for a burly bunch to catch some fun and spend some time together ('cept the wimmen weren't burly ;-) )
That's what gatherings are all about.
Thanks for sharing :salut:
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Great pics Jon, Lew, and John!
The sunsets were absolutely fabulous this year!
SB, you should have seen what was strutting on that Mut. I've seen more cotton on top of an aspirin bottle :mrgreen:
Fearless Leader, I don't eat them, my license to sell expired long ago, so we released ours. When I used to put them in the boat, the conversation with the folks I wanted to give them to went something like this:
Hey you want some fish?
Is it flounder?
Nope
Is it grouper?
Nope
Its king mackerel.
Ummmm....ummm....that's okay. We had fish the other night
Or some other reason.
So, Friday was the first time I ever released them. And even though most were foul-hooked, they were tough to get the hooks out of. And it was amazing when you did get them free, they didn't have the energy to swim off. They were shot. But what a neat feeling to not kill them just because. Let them go to live their lives. That was even better than catching them.
Want to tell ya'll how the day went. We threw the net once and it took two of us to get it in. Supplied four boats with fresh pogies PTL. Made the decision as a group to try a hole 9 miles off called Lighthouse Rocks. Straight offshore of the lighthouse shown in Lew's video.
The ocean was beautiful. One foot slow swell, just enough ripple to hide the hooks. We all ran good to the fishing grounds and got there a little after 10am.
There was a medium size cargo ship anchored a little west of the hole. Which was good, we could get lined up on it as a visual reference to where the bite was at a given point in time.
So we start fishing. It was SLOW the first thirty minutes. No strikes, no sharks, nothing. Then WHAM. All heck breaks loose.
MACK ATTACK. You catch one, throw the next bait in the water, they were on. Or put out the rod, start rigging the second rod, wham. Fish on. We couldn't stop to eat, go to the bathroom, nothing. We called JD and Rhojo to come on over, then we all hung together, banging them hard. Gone Fission had stayed on the beach, they had seen fish jumping. Before we got into them was thinking hard about heading back to the beach. But they came on out around lunch and we were all fishing together :thumright:
Went on like that the rest of the day. Sometimes you'd have a 15 to 25 minute lull. Basically the school was moving. You just scanned the rest of the fleet and looked for bent rods, get over there and hook up. These fish were skyrocketing on the baits. Free-jumping all over, and in all directions. Most memorable moment was reeling in a bait to check it, lift the bait from the water, and out leaps a king hauling azz. Missed jumping in the boat by about three feet. Mouth wide open with all those teeth, head shaking, black eyes moving looking for that bait. Lands in the water a foot off the transom corner and zips under the boat still doing 20 mph. Kinda freaked me out, that big head and teeth up in the air coming straight at you :shock:
Best KM bite I've experienced in ten years. A solid nine-plus!! And Rhojo caught their first King ever! 28 pounds! What a way to start!!! :lol: :lol: You go Rhojo! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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After I had a how to filet a king out class for the unknowing, I did grill some with the blackening spice I had made up and brought with us. Yes they are good but not great, nowhere as good as the snapper with the spice on it.
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Yes they are good but not great, nowhere as good as the snapper with the spice on it.
You're being kind Lew. I grew up on King Mac steaks. My Dad loved them. Like eating an oily rag but...
Great smoked and made into a dip. :thumright:
In any case, I've been promised a King recipe, past down from generation to...., that will make your mouth water (good luck with that). :roll:
Great fun to catch, really only a 'hoo runs better...still.....I like yellowtail, mutton and mangos......
Looks like everyone had a great time and that's all that really matters. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Looks like everyone had a great time! And super pics! But I'm a little confused...was Seabob there? I see a couple of posts from him, but I think that is Bryan and his wife.... :scratch:
And smoked kingfish dip is awesome. I don't know how to make it, but I know I like it :bounce:
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Looks like everyone had a great time! And super pics! But I'm a little confused...was Seabob there? I see a couple of posts from him, but I think that is Bryan and his wife.... :scratch:
No it was just SB and I having a little fun with the Forums.
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Would be great for Bob, Bob, Rick and Craig to attend :salut: Little slice of heaven guys. Floridians are guests of honor, and you won't be the first. Not that hard to come....just do it.
Mark it on your calendars for next October :wink:
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Looks like all had a great time and a fantastic catch :thumright: Sorry I wasn't available to be there for this one, but we all know family sometimes trumps fun :shock: Great sunsets and good fishing, a person can't ask for much more than that. :sunny: Maybe next year the bite will be on as well.
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After I had a how to filet a king out class for the unknowing, I did grill some with the blackening spice I had made up and brought with us. Yes they are good but not great, nowhere as good as the snapper with the spice on it.
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You know, Lewis had a great spice for these! I really thought they were pretty good.
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39 pounder that won the tourney last weekend....$19,000
Caught at Lighthouse Rock!!
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39 pounder that won the tourney last weekend....$19,000
Caught at Lighthouse Rock!!
Wholly Mackerel!
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Catch and release :thumright:
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Catch and release :thumright:
That's awesome! :cheers:
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That's a good size fish too.
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Caught this little momma yesterday :lol: :lol:
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Lewis, brine those kingfish steaks and then smoke em.
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Caught this little momma yesterday :lol: :lol:
Nice hoo Scott!!!!
Lewis, brine those kingfish steaks and then smoke em.
Next time I get some I will Bruce! I found this thread on PFF about that subject. Very informative info.
http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f5 ... tep-40540/ (http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f54/smoke-king-die-step-step-40540/)
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Caught this little momma yesterday :lol: :lol:
You call that a fish :lol: How about catch and release :thumleft:
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That one ain't but a baby compared to THIS one :shock:
90 pounds! Caught yesterday 10 miles due east of where we were all fishing (Lighthouse Rock) on a live pogy....20 lb. test :thumright:
They were just having fun...slow trolling for kings. Big momma hits...get up on the bow and run her down :salut:
Strong catch on #20 test.
Just goes to show in the fall....offshore fish could care less about being offshore. The wahoo and yellowfin come WAY inshore to follow the lunch wagon of mullet and menhaden.
Pretty sure this is a North Carolina State Record Wahoo on #20. Hope they weighed her on certified scales and followed protocol, submission procedures, etc.
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Damn.....
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Yew haw :!: That's the way to get it done 8)