Went out of Boynton today with Oto and his cousin(driver). Got in the water at around 11:00pm..10 mins later we spotted a big school of spanish macs and after a few mins a king came out of nowhere.I dove down but he didnt give me a good shot so i decided to head up.After a few more dives, as Oto was heading up another king swam right under me..dove down, put a good shot right above the gill plate and the fight was on.I didnt know how good of a shot i had on him so we swam after him without putting a lot of pressure on him for a while.I ended up growing impatient so i started to pull and the shot was very good:thumbsup2:. Afterwards Oto shot a king.Instantly another one came by to check out the action, and at that same moment my line tangled on the reel so i went back to the boat to grab another gun, by the time i got back the fish was gone.A bit later another one swam right under me so i went for it.So there i am at 50ft looking, when out of nowhere a huge wahoo(i think) swings by..i followed and he swam a little bit harder, i didnt wait much so i fired and the fish takes off like a batt out of hell.By the time i surfaced i had about 50ft of line left on my reel(200ft total)...i didnt have time to tighten the drag or grab the line, maybe a was nerbous..who knows.Fish ended up taking of with my shaft and all 200ft of line, it even broke the small notch where you tight the line to on the reel.We also shot 3 amberjacks and Oto lost a nice black to a bull.It was a very good day out imo, this was my first time shooting kings and Oto shot his personal best king.Bulls where all over but we managed to get along..although we lost the black.Heres a quick pic..all i had was my phone.Both kings were 45''...Otos was a bit fatter than mine! i shouldve gotten a little bit closer to the camera!:grin:
PB Kings
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awesome fish, if what u saw was a wahoo that must of been wild to see. congrats
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Nice fish! How do you like the eliossub smoothskin top? Have you had any trouble with tearing on the reef? I'm in the process of ordering one.
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Nice fish! How do you like the eliossub smoothskin top? Have you had any trouble with tearing on the reef? I'm in the process of ordering one.
Dylan,
I've had a couple of tears already, definitely very fragile, I would get the diamond mesh like Eddie did, you get the same benefits as the smooth but much more resistantdefinitely an interesting day with the bulls out there, I think Eddie puts it very lightly :@
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hey men you forgot to call me i miss that action hahahahh well next time good fishing anyway
que viva la pesca :cuba:
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you gotta ask oto bro, mine is diamond skin, its still smooth but much tougher against small cuts.Thats what i would recomend for anyone that spears on reefs and stuff..the smooth skin is very sensitive imo
O really, i think i will ask them about it.
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Nice Macs, too bad on the Hoo, I like a small hard float,50 bungee to a brake away rig. They usually blast off hard, but are easy to swim to. I like keeping the gun in my hands for a shark nudge'r.;)
Cheers,Don
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You guys are stoked.
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Nice!
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NICE!!! hope you fired up the smoker for those bad boys..smoked king steaks are FIRE
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