Florida fishing Roadtrip August 2014

Check out the blog for the latest in my fishing adventures and some cool pictures and congratulations to two of our own.


Someone caught a sailfish......

http://thehobielife.blogspot.com/201...-2014.html?m=1

[jet]

sounds like a blast! I have to get down to florida with the kayak, hell, my brother lives in ft Lauderdale!

[Cowpokey]

Sweet! How far off shore* and how deep were the sailfish and king mackerel caught? Were they caught trolling?

Looks like you had a great trip!

*edit for clarification: "shore" can be seen in the picture(s), just not sure how far away it is, and how deep was the water where caught.l

[RavensDfense]

Nice going, Matt. I bet seeing that sail caught was a cool experience.

[mweber02]

Wow you got quite a variety of fishing squeezed into a 1 week road trip!

[CB kayak 02]

Sweet! How far off shore* and how deep were the sailfish and king mackerel caught? Were they caught trolling?

Looks like you had a great trip!

*edit for clarification: "shore" can be seen in the picture(s), just not sure how far away it is, and how deep was the water where caught.l

We were fishing from 70-220 ft depths. It was anywhere from 1-2 miles off. We drifted from one launch point to another and just rode the stream. Drifted live gogs with wire stinger rigs with 60# flouro leaders. While we drifted we jigged heavy butterfly jigs.

[CB kayak 02]

Nice going, Matt. I bet seeing that sail caught was a cool experience.

It was cool except I wanted to be the one catching it. One of my gogs definitely got swiped by a sail. I reeled it back in after a short drag run and it was dead with a slice from a bill. I left it out there and free spooked it hoping to connect, but it never came back for the bite.

[CB kayak 02]

sounds like a blast! I have to get down to florida with the kayak, hell, my brother lives in ft Lauderdale!

Roadtrip!!! When we going?