Posts by LunkerBuster

Nice snappas!!!
Congrats on the win

Yeah. Stephens was a black and mine a red. We think... Stephens was 28.5" mine was 24.5" so they were all legal no matter what hahaha

good tip..never would have thought about that

okay here is the proper report.

Al, has a very nice Dusky that manages to be both a comfort vessl and a fully functional fish killing machine. Al is a good capt and a gracious host.

We launched from the Miami area and our first plan was to anchor and work areas arounnd the boat. this was a sound idea except for the fact that we did not account for the full moon and the current was hauling ASS. Scott and I both had to remov weight because of how tired we were feeling on ascent.

Stephen boated his grouper within minutes of arriving and set the excited tone but the fish did not seem to be around our first spot.

we moved to a second spot to find no fish and the harshest shallow water thermocline i have ever encountered...my watch showed a 8 degree temp drop at 22 ft down and we were not dressed for it.

Aspetto was impossible for me...after fighting the current and hitting the freezing water i had not chance of getting comfortable at 30-35' and zoning in. the vis was good enough that you could easily see structure but not fish hiding from the surface. lots of 15-25' scouting dives as i flew passed the reef were proving to be a waste of time because i would see something and then have to haul ass back and have no breath...it was taxing and annoying us all...some how Al kept finding nice 11 and 12" mangroves and bagging them...as we discussed, for anyone with a deep fryer, they are th ebest fish in the ocean.

we wised up and started to drift dive. the current allowed us to cover a lot of ground and we were fortunate as the drift lined up perfectly with the main line of reef.

Lots of macs who knew the game were teasing us..i saw and chased a nice king for way too long and tons of small and just legal hogs were seen and enjoyed from a far...

I got back into the water after my turn in the boat and was greeted with my first cuda sighted of the day... i LOVE a 24" cuda and will eat them up too 30", this guy was bigger than i thought.
My rule with toothy creatures is you shoot so the shaft exits closer to the head than it enters, basically, from behind the fish, so you can steer the head. This fish was on the bottom staring directly at me. I figured it was an easy kill shot so just go for it. I shoot and do NOT stone him, yay. the shaf it now entering the top of his head and exiting just behind the gills

i have no floatline on and only 200lb mono shooting line so i have to play this careful to not los the fish, shaft or me he horses me down and about 10 feet when stephen shoots his slightly bigger brother who came in to check the commotion. I get to the tail and then gill grab him and I toss my fish to Al.
Then I swam to help stephen un tangle himself, two 36"'+ cudas in the boat.

I was scouting fish for scott as the guys dealt with the two cudas on the deck and we were not having much luck...Al tossed me my gun and I was just greeted with a huge 5' + cuda cruising the bottom...annoyed that i just shot a NON eater and not going to even try without a float line, I smile and let him cruise on.

Annoyed by the thremo I was basically making my way to the boat with about 100 yards to cover..I was looking for cracks and saw one i liked and dove on it, empty, but it has another side...bingo...i see this big dumb head looking fish at me and thought it might be a goliath juvi because his pec fins were out and flared , i did the one hand out to the side move, no broomtail, SPROING!!! right in the eye....I horsed him right out of the ledge because i was not goign to do ten dives into he freezing water to get him out...it worked and he was spun around and ran right into the reef, grip or death on the gills and call the boat.

we decided we were tired and headed for the docks.

Stephen and i gave the cudas away to some eager dock guys...good luck, i am sure it was safe and delicious

thanks again Al

We thought was either a red or a black. We settled on black after seeing the difference w my fish seen here






Niiice

Sorry I forgot I wasn't doing anything during the heat game.
Let's go heat

Great day on the water. Nice red. Nice black. Assorted snappers and two 36"+ cudas

Pics soon

Four is a comfortable boat

Al, Judah, Stephen, Scott and......

Quote from Dan

Don't let anyone discourage you Judah, follow your heart

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Hahahaha Thanks for believing in me Dan

Hahaha nice hank. Any pics of your opperation?

Cool. I feared it might be a winter only activity.
Are summer runs too?

All I know is that kid is a gangster

hahaha sounds like miami A-holes.

any idea what kind of nets they are using?

resurrecting this thread :::

I was paddleboarding by the venetian causeway a few weeks ago as a guy was setting up to catch shrimp, he said.

I asked a few questions and basically got that you time it so there is a big tidal swing (full or new moon) and hit an out going tide and use a big net??

he had a light but i couldn't figure out if he used that to draw in the shrimp or just to see them?

anyone have any tips? anyone want to go out and do this one night to show me how it's done? I'll bring a 12er

I figure it is a good source of cheap food and at least free bait

so what do I need? i have some underhull lights i haven't used that i can make into a submersible light easily. a dip net? how big?

thanks guys

Stephen. Tried to text you. Can you give me a lift home to south beach after we dive

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Thanks for the welcome guys, cant wait to be a fully active member so I can post pictures. Snapper season opens up 6/1 cant wait to get out there and roll a few big ones. Saw a lot of nice size reds last Sunday. But from what I hear they all start to run away after May 31. I lost the shaft to my aimrite last Sunday on the first fish I shot. Happened to be a massive cuda. I saw a few permits that I would have liked to snag but i didnt have any exta shafts. Needless to say I have learned my lessons about these guys. They are not for people just starting out I guess. I hope to hear more from you guys seems like a really great community here, Very proud to be apart of it!

how did you lose your shaft? were you freeshafting or did your shooting line get cut?

sniper

dock at 10:30, water by 11?

Quote from Kirby

Yo Q-

This is what I do for low vis halibut hunting:

1. Hunt at the edge of the visibility (the sand that is just coming into view).
2. Swim very slowly.
3. Ride the current. As Lunker mentioned, I have also noted that halibut usually face into the current. On the contrary to what Lunker mentioned, I've found that halibut spook less frequently if I come face to face with them rather than face to tail.

When the halibut materializes in the edge of your visibility, try stopping and backing up a bit, load your polespear or aim your gun and shoot it from the front....this is another reason to hunt them with the current at your back: You want to shoot them from the front.

Hope this helps!
-Kirby

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thanks for the clarification..