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That weight sounds about right for 33". Nice fish for sure, the one I have posted was just under 30". The fish Im getting off my spots close to the beach for what ever reason are much fatter then the ones we caught offshore this year. Look at the "shoulders" on that fish, they were all like that. I suppose they are less pressured and have more food closer in.

They are surprisingly strong, and its cool when we get em chummed up down current of the structure a few yards, when hooked, the yak will swing around and they will you straight back to the structure. Mean while the fish is diving down, you have your drag locked down as tight as it will go, the fish is still ripping line and your fighting it with just your arms and your core in order to keep from flipping the kayak. You cant really lean into them like you can on a boat.

Im serious, if you can find a way to get down here and do this, it will SPOIL you. Man its such a blast, especially on the days when you can catch snapper after snapper. My spots are so good that unless its cloudy and rough, as soon as we get to the spots you can look over and down into the water and just see snapper everywhere.

I'm waiting for a storm to pass and Im going out my self.
 
I hear ya buddy. I greatly appreciate the offer and if i can ever come up with the time and money i will take you up on it, i know we're planning a trip to clearwater to visit my brothers friend and key west to visit my girlfriends friend but if i am able to get there i will do it. Lb for Lb it was honestly the best fight i've ever had, I thought it was a big AJ at first. hope your storm passes smooth and you can get out on the water soon!
 
What an epic day long read but a copy paste from my report on the local fishing forum....

Crazy day....

Had a few hours after the storm blew through today to get out there and wet a line.

The wind had died and the confused seas were starting to lay down.

Bait was tough and the water still dingy and muddy, after spending too much time to get just four live baits, two small hard tails, an LY and a big cig, I head out to my spot.

Trolled the two miles with out a bite and just a few hundred feet from my spot I hear the splash behind me. Usually when a king skies on my bait I catch them just hitting the water by the time I turn around. This fish was shooting for the moon as he was still AT LEAST fifteen feet in the air by the time I turned around. It was insane, Ive seen many a king sky on baits in my pier days but nothing like this.

Anyhow, the fish was my biggest king out of a kayak to date, didnt get a measure but Id guess twenty to twenty five pounds.

I arrive to my spot and turn on the GoPro, first bait down quickly yields a decent ARS.

Second bait out of four is a nice snapper around thirty inches, didnt measure but he was bigger then the twenty nine incher I caught later and measured.

Third bait down, it gets interesting. Im focusing on grouper as Ive NEVER caught a legal in season grouper from boat or kayak. Bait gets slammed and I could tell it wasnt a snapper as it fought pretty different. I finally get the fish up and YES a really nice Gag, when out of a no where a big shark comes up and takes the grouper at the surface and bumps my kayak. My first thought, was "Damn it, thats MY grouper" but once I reeled in the head the reality sank in. I'm two miles out, dwindling day light all by my self and a big shark just bumped my kayak. If the taxman was just a bit later he could have gotten my hand as I reached to get the fish in the kayak as I forgot my net. Yikes.

Ok, forth drop I get another solid mid twenties snapper but he leaves me a half chewed four inch hard tail. I drop it down and get ate, at first it didnt feel like much when all of sudden the fish starts ripping drag and towing me along. I had seen flipper in the area so I assumed flipper grabbed my fish. Several minutes later its no longer feeling like flipper. After a few more minutes I whoop a solid six-seven ft shark on my little 4/0. Not sure if he was the same that stole my grouper. I put my GoPro down and get some cool footage, he had a couple small but possibly legal cobia on him too. The case on the GoPro wasnt shut all of the way so I turn it off as it got a little water in it and break the shark off.

The footage from my first drop until I turn off the camera was exactly thirty minutes. Not a bad thirty minutes of fishing.

I retie, drop a frozen cig and pull up a twenty nine inch ARS.

Its time to go so I set my cig and duster out and get another nice king before I even get my bait set back where I want it. Running out of time I no longer wanted to fish so I didnt troll anything else on the way in.

I did have a remora stick on my rudder, not allowing me to turn. I had to start throwing out cigs to get him to release so I could turn.

Sorry for the long read and as soon as I can edit the long video I will upload it to youtube.
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thats awesome man, hate to see the shark got ur grouper but things like that would be my main concern yakking out the way you do. glad you caught some nice fish and got home safe!
 
nice report. I may have asked this before but do dolphin ever take your bait? The mammal dolphin. Do you ever get them in?
 
jworth said:
nice report. I may have asked this before but do dolphin ever take your bait? The mammal dolphin. Do you ever get them in?
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We fished the pier in Grand Isle 4th of July weekend and we caught a ton of white trout. I was try to use some as live bait for Tarpon and/or something bigger but the Dolphins were hitting the white trout harder than we were and kept going after my bait so I gave up the idea. I didn't want to be THAT GUY to hurt a mammal Dolphin.

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This guy washed up two weeks ago there a 900 lbs off the second reef were I live in south Florida plus one my friends just landed a 700-800 lbs hammer head it was like around 15-17 ft


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Oops forget don't be a dumbass bring a decompression kit or you will be fined for killing big guys like this he washed up but if they used a needle he would be out there getting bigger


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damn shame
 
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