Here’s a 13 pounder from the previous day. Pretty fish and we’ve only caught a handful since we rarely fish that deep. We were pulling snapper out of 420’ the other day. They’re everywhere.

Great looking fish. Just hard to understand fishing that deep. It sounds crazy to me. It's a lot different than the pier or Sipsey!

When I find a “spot” I have to fish it. Doesn’t really matter about the depth. Just a little more work

Please tell me you are using electric reels on those. I consider anything over 200' deep drop spots. 420'??? That's way too much work with a manual. Pretty yellowedge, though. That's a fine eating fish.

I’m wondering what that 2”x8” board is for? CAL got some new tricks for catching fish

probably to lay across the transom when cutting bait.

420 is actually on the shallow end of the slope of YEG...500 plus and your in the neighborhood full time. Good reel 6/0 or equivalent full of line is really not bad til you pass about 550.

Oh lordy, Abolt. I remember an incident with one of the electric reels when I was about 8 years old. I was holding the reel as my Daddy was digging out a birds nest that I had caused when I let the 16 oz sinker hit the bottom full speed. I had one job and that was to just hold the rod and reel still. For some unknown reason, I hit the button. It mashed the schitt out of his thiumb and index finger. His weekend of fishing was done. To this day I'm not sure how I excaped a severe azz beating, unless his hand was just too sore to swing a belt. I remember he wore two totally black fingernails for a long time afterwards.

I used it to dump some reef material overboard.....maybe:)

Nope. We were using two speed reels which does help. I don’t like fishing that deep either but dammit that spot looked good!

Bet it's a blast when you get on them.

Today was a good catch. Highlights were a 25 lb snapper, 15 lb red grouper and a jack crevalle which came out of 250’. First one ever brought on the boat.

That’s a good looking catch. Next time I’m down that way I’m gonna have to pay you to take me and my son!

Nice haul! You gonna try to eat the jack or use it for bait later?

jack and the bonita.....

Nice haul CAL!

A couple years back while chasing the redfish schools right off the beach we hooked a GIANT Jack Crevalle. Just shy of 30lbs and took my wife the better part of 2hrs to land the fish because of the lightweight tackle we were using. I thought for sure she had a state record because we’d never caught jacks any bigger than half that size but much to my surprise the AL record is just over 40lbs!

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Weather man got it wrong again but made the best of it.
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Cal you have to stop posting these pictures or I'm gonna move in so I can go with you!!

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