Sailfish!

My friend Gery and I headed out yesterday morning at 4:30 am for the Seagate KMT. Put the boat in the water and couldn't get the bow or anchor light to work Fiddled with it for 45 minutes and finally got the anchor light working but not the bow lights. Sunrise was now approaching quickly and light was available so we headed out for bait.

We arrived at our fist bait stop and nothing, so we quickly moved to stop two and filled up with menhaden. Out in the Ocean we went. Lines in by 6:30. First fish on at 7:30 - he was a whopper but not a king - he was a.................

............... Sailfish







He hit a live menhaden on a double pogy rig on the medium flat line. First He tail walked four times - what a sight, then when he couldn't throw the hook, he started on a screeching run of over 350 yards. Gery was working the reel and doing a fine job of keeping just the right amount of pressure on him. I cleared the other lines and the downrigger then turned the boat and chased the fish down with the boat with less than 75 yards of line left. Once Gery got him turned, we idled and the fight continued for over 20 minutes.

Once we had him in the boat we took pictures, measured him - a WHOPPING 73 inches! and then revived and released him to fight another day. What an awesome catch Great job Gery!

We ended up catching one king under 10 pounds and a few sharks. Lost a couple of small kings and an amberjack. Didn't weigh in at the tourney but we had a blessed day from our Father in heaven and enjoyed every minute of it!