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Old 01-01-2019, 08:39 AM   #1
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Trip Report 12-30-2018

Ran 70 miles NW of Clearwater on Saturday for a quick overnight fishing and scuba shootin’ trip on a flat calm sea. The hook and line fishing Saturday night was very active with many 8 to 15 lb ARS hitting the deck. Unfortunately we had to throw them all back but it was a ton of fun catching them. A couple guys fished well into the night and managed to boat a half dozen nice Mango’s. I woke up about 7:30 and strolled out onto the back deck to find 4 or 5 nice Gags and a few more Mango’s on the deck.

We had stopped on some hard bottom on the way out and caught a variety of live baits that included a vary large 18” lizard fish. One of the guys threw that big boy on a hook and sent him down to see what may be interested. There was an immediate hit and soon a very nice 15lb Gag hit the deck. Mr. Lizard fish still looked pretty fresh so he sent him back down for an encore. Bang, another hit and Gag number 2 hits the deck. Mr. Lizard is pretty ragged by now but he fires him down again for a second encore. Yep, you guessed it.....bang, another immediate hit and soon Gag number 3 hits the deck minus Mr. Lizard.

We caught several AJ’s in the 40 to 60 lb range, many, many more big ARS, and a bunch more Gags. At 9:45 AM we had our limit of Gags so we decided to send down a couple divers. Visibility was a concern as the pre-trip reports we had been getting were all saying vis was in the 5 ft. range. Plus it was very foggy. The divers reported 12ft. of vis but were still able to spear 6 very nice 3 to 6 lb Mango’s. We headed for home at 10:30 AM with a nice load of fish and very sore backs. Hook and Line fishing is hard work. It was a very good last trip of 2018 and all aboard were planning and anticipating a trip backup there when ARS and AJ open next year.
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Old 01-01-2019, 04:33 PM   #2
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Re: Trip Report 12-30-2018

Nice trip! I'm going to have to try lizard fish for bait next time I catch them. Glad the weather cooperated just in time to finish the season!
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Awesome, Kevin! What was the depth and water temp?
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Awesome, Kevin! What was the depth and water temp?
90ft. and 65 degrees.

I have lots of pictures but don’t know to post them. Eric, I will text you a couple if you can post them for me.
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sounds like a good time!
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Old 01-02-2019, 12:52 PM   #6
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Sounds like the water temp and vis is pretty consistent then. 10-15ft vis and 65F at surface 20-25 miles NW of Anclote. Sounds like a great trip and nice info that gags love lizard fish
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Sounds like the water temp and vis is pretty consistent then. 10-15ft vis and 65F at surface 20-25 miles NW of Anclote. Sounds like a great trip and nice info that gags love lizard fish
Yeah, I was kinda surprised when he threw that lizard fish in the livewell because I never thought of them as being good Grouper bait. However, these winter time Gags were especially hungry after that 70 knot gale we had a week earlier.
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Was it sent down live?
Those things are veracious. They routinely attack big plugs I troll that are about the same size as them.
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Those things are veracious. They routinely attack big plugs I troll that are about the same size as them.
Yes, it was live.
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90ft. and 65 degrees.

I have lots of pictures but don’t know to post them. Eric, I will text you a couple if you can post them for me.
Can you email them to me?
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Can you email them to me?
I sent them a couple days ago. They are in that email thread we had going on before.
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I sent them a couple days ago. They are in that email thread we had going on before.
Ah, the bottom finder pics - thought there were some showing fish pics, "Look at how awesome I am" pics, and mermaids

Here's the ones Kevin sent me - of course, he kindly forgot to post the coordinates - LOL
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Ah, the bottom finder pics - thought there were some showing fish pics, "Look at how awesome I am" pics, and mermaids

Here's the ones Kevin sent me - of course, he kindly forgot to post the coordinates - LOL
Thanks for posting the pics Eric. The first picture I believe is mostly ARS that gathered under the boat while we were chumming/fishing. The second picture shows the fish show over the wreck. The third picture I think is a large school of Amberjack. It was a very fish spot and that is why I love winter time fishing and diving. That big 70 knot blow we had the previous week pushed those Gags to the wreck for cover from the storm.
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Re: Trip Report 12-30-2018

Nice having the legend back on the water again and getting these reports
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Nice having the legend back on the water again and getting these reports
Thanks, after taking 15 years off it’s nice to be back on (and under) the water. It’s been quite a journey for me this summer as I began the process of starting to dive and spearfish again after such a long layoff. Hopefully I can find the time to write it down and post it.
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