06-13-2009, 02:44 AM
Well it rained 11 out of the 12 days we were in florida and of course the day we left it did not rain and the forecast is sunny for the next week wouldnt you know it!!They had a record 18 straight days of rain and last friday i was caught by that mini hurricane out in the ocean what a nightmare that was! Winds blowing 40-50 mph seas reaching 8-10 feet the rain falling so hard it left marks on your body!! Good thing we had gps on the boat otherwise we would be in cuba smoking a cigar with Fidel!! [laugh] We did get in 3 trips out my wife started with a 15 lb king mackeralthen a 10 lber my daughter lost one when my wifes fish cut her line thats what happens when lighter line touches heavy line. I caught one king a smoker that put me out if commission because of my back problems. So i hooked them and handed the rods over to my wife,daughter and nephews. We probably ended up with over 10lbs of fish on 3 trips. Its not like the old days when fishing was fast and furious.There is to much keeping and not enough releasing going on there.Between the commercial fishermen taking their share and the spear fishermen cleaning out all the wrecks the fishing has gone down hill the last few years.Sam always outfishes everyone on the boat when we go and she did not disappoint me this time she had all the guys giving her dirty looks because she has the ocean fishing down. We caught tuna,yellowtails,king mackeral and amberjacks.
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