Welcome to the site where the owners and members have had it with playing "nice" and being "inclusive" and "tolerant" of points of view that are destroying the fabric of what made this country great. The members here are sick and tired of politicians of all parties lying, deceiving, stealing, and pretending they are doing it all for the good of the country while selling out to special interests who have the set goal of destroying this country. We have had enough of career politicians who use their office only for personal gain, and who refuse to listen to the people who put them in office. The membership is no longer part of the silent majority who play nice and get along while getting screwed by anyone with a loud voice and an agenda. We will no longer allow anyone to piss down our back and tell us it's raining. And we like guns too.



Go Back   DIRTYDOZENSBUNKER, LLC > Outdoor Sports & Activities > Fishing, Boating, Canoeing, Kayaking
Photo Gallery DDB Store Arcade rel="nofollow">Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-31-2009, 02:24 PM   #1
Pogo
Mystic Knight of the Sea
Typing Test Champion
 
Pogo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The Great Swamp
Posts: 81,947
Default Fishing Trip

This is one of three fairly large sharks I brought up to the boat using only 15 lb line. It was perhaps 6 foot, maybe a little more. One other I caught was probably over 7 foot. This one took me about an hour to bring within gaffing distance because I was using such a light line.

We let all of the big ones go. No use in killing them. We did keep a couple of smaller ones that we ate.

Click on that arrow in the bottom left. I don't know why I got an extra arrow in the video.



My buddy hit one of the biggest sharks in the head with a pipe just to see what he would do. Man, that shark went apeshit.





















































__________________
.................................................. ....................................…
We have met the enemy, and he is us!
Pogo is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 02:59 PM   #2
10 Bears
Moderator
Ron North's Jewels Champion, Flash Poker Champion
 
10 Bears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: E-Da-How
Posts: 137,846
Thumbs up

I am THOROUGHLY envious!

The last picture is the second best part of a fishing trip!
10 Bears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 03:01 PM   #3
OneShot729
Senior Member
Breakout Champion
 
OneShot729's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,952
Default

Way to cool. It's been a while since I've had any shark. May have to talk my brother into going on a fishing trip and have him send me some steaks.
OneShot729 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 03:01 PM   #4
Sanders
Moderator
 
Sanders's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 66,361
Default

Looks like one helluva good time!

Were you bachin' it, or did the wives go along, too?
__________________

"The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986
3
Sanders is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 03:05 PM   #5
Pogo
Mystic Knight of the Sea
Typing Test Champion
 
Pogo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The Great Swamp
Posts: 81,947
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanders View Post
Looks like one helluva good time!

Were you bachin' it, or did the wives go along, too?
Just me and my buddy. Our wives don't like to fish all that much or go that far into the boondocks.
Pogo is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 03:13 PM   #6
10 Bears
Moderator
Ron North's Jewels Champion, Flash Poker Champion
 
10 Bears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: E-Da-How
Posts: 137,846
Default

How many "Keys" did you visit?
10 Bears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 03:21 PM   #7
aviator
unum de multis
 
aviator's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Bunker's Headquarters.
Posts: 52,231
Default

Cool, you did better that I thought. Did you ever get down to Isla Morada or did you just stay around the mainland?
__________________
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Pesident Ronald Reagan
aviator is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 04:02 PM   #8
Pogo
Mystic Knight of the Sea
Typing Test Champion
 
Pogo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The Great Swamp
Posts: 81,947
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 10 Bears View Post
How many "Keys" did you visit?
We didn't hit any of the big ones. We did go to Dildo key though.


Quote:
Originally Posted by aviator View Post
Cool, you did better that I thought. Did you ever get down to Isla Morada or did you just stay around the mainland?


No, we didn't need to go very far, so we didn't go there.
Pogo is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 04:11 PM   #9
Gus
Junior Member
 
Gus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Arizona
Posts: 66,849
Default

From the pictures I'd say you had a good trip, good weather, good fishing and good eats ... can't beat that.
Gus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 04:35 PM   #10
DorGunR
Junior Member
 
DorGunR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 30,905
Thumbs up

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pogo View Post
We didn't hit any of the big ones. We did go to Dildo key though.

That should make Roxy happy ..................

Looks like a great trip Pogo ...............
DorGunR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 06:15 PM   #11
DorGunR
Junior Member
 
DorGunR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 30,905
Talking

Is this the one that got away???

DorGunR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 08:43 PM   #12
10 Bears
Moderator
Ron North's Jewels Champion, Flash Poker Champion
 
10 Bears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: E-Da-How
Posts: 137,846
Talking

Quote:
Originally Posted by DorGunR View Post
Is this the one that got away???

Uhh... after taking that one to the taxidermist, explain again about which wall you had in mind and the huge bill on the credit card!

Then "What wife?"
10 Bears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 10:48 PM   #13
Gus
Junior Member
 
Gus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Arizona
Posts: 66,849
Default

pogo what's the third picture down, are you just showing the cover you were fishing or was their a critter I should be seeing?

BTW looking at those skillets makes me hungry for some good sea food
Gus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2009, 10:52 PM   #14
buzgun
slug
 
buzgun's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 25,638
Thumbs up

WOW!

You guys did awesome...........And you ate a lot better than i did to
__________________
Better Dead than Red
buzgun is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-01-2009, 07:41 AM   #15
Pogo
Mystic Knight of the Sea
Typing Test Champion
 
Pogo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The Great Swamp
Posts: 81,947
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gus View Post
pogo what's the third picture down, are you just showing the cover you were fishing or was their a critter I should be seeing?

BTW looking at those skillets makes me hungry for some good sea food

No, there wasn't any critter there. I was going to mention that those big jewfish like the one in the 4th picture down cruise along the edge of those mangroves.

And as soon as they pick up your bait, they head for the mangrove roots. It's seldom you can land a big one in that area, because they head into the roots and your line will be cut on all of the shells attached to the roots.

I was using a rod with 20 lb line on it, and somehow managed to get him to the boat before he cut my line on all of the sharp shells. I caught perhaps 10-15 of those jewfish, and he was the biggest. I had about the same number of them break off my line as they slid into the mangroves.

You are prohibited from keeping them, so I turned all of them loose. That big one had about a half dozen hooks with leaders and swivels and sinkers stuck in his mouth. Many were stainless steel and would have never rusted away. I took all of the hooks out of his mouth and returned him to the water unharmed. He isn't stuck with a gaff in that picture.

We ate mostly mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel, shark, and sand perch. I'd say out of what we caught on this trip, I liked the Spanish mackerel the best.

Probably my favorite saltwater fish is Vermillion Snapper. You usually catch them in deeper water than where we were fishing - quite often around a reef.
Pogo is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:37 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.