Poor Man's Tarpon?

[Little Boat]

Was out on Sunday afternoon with the wife, started off by catching a half a dozen dinky specs. Then around 4pm, casting from shallow water into the channel, got into some big ladyfish, 20+ inches. Gotta tell you, it was quite spectacular.

Those fish would bust out of the water, thrashing and flailing, what an aerial show! We hooked into about a dozen over a 30 minute period, but only managed to land three. Some of them, after putting on the aerial display, and once we got them turned toward to the boat, would just charge straight at us, go zipping past, and then start making the drag scream, then back to the acrobatics, and more often than not, would sling the hook out. Also had a couple break the 12 lb mono.

I had never caught big ladyfish before, had caught small ones, maybe 12 inchers, and didn't even know they got big. I hope we can get into them big'uns again sometime. Was terrific fun!

And that is a ladyfish, right?

[Gulfcoast13]

Sweet deal and yes those are lady fish , skip jacks.

[Little Boat]

Thanks GC13. I like "skipjack" better. Oh... gotta tell you, I've been drooling over your new boat. I keep telling myself that I'm doing just fine with my little boat, but I am finding myself stopping by BassPro and looking at the rigs, and looking on the 'net. Arrrrgh!

[Little Boat]

JbV, gotta say there was more "WOW!" and "DID YOU SEE THAT!" and "WOAH" and "LOOK AT 'IM JUMP!" in thirty minutes of fishing than I've ever heard before.

[Baby Tran Cat]

They also make DANG good offshore bait...real greasy dudes...

[Curmudgeon]

Thanks GC13. I like "skipjack" better. Oh... gotta tell you, I've been drooling over your new boat. I keep telling myself that I'm doing just fine with my little boat, but I am finding myself stopping by BassPro and looking at the rigs, and looking on the 'net. Arrrrgh!

I hear you! I keep thinking wading and yakking does me fine, but I'm always shopping the boat listings! LOL!

[Little Boat]

Paul, if it gets to that point, I'll definitely be asking advice. Also, I am somewhat shocked by the price of even a modest boat!

Oh... was there a trampoline at the picnic?

[GoldSpoonGeneral]

thats an Obama fish it is so confused about whats going on it jumps and dives like a chicken with its head cut off.

[Little Boat]

Gotta be honest though, the skipjacks seemed to know way more what they were doing than oBama does!

[Tiny]

I had made the comment on Saturday that I should have had a side pot for Ladyfish, Everyone I talked to caught some, some danged big ones too!

[FISHINFREAK]

Re: Poor Man's Tarpon?

Nice

[Robalo]

Last time I was out, we caught 2 or 3 to every "real" fish and had fun with them-most of the ones we got were 2 pounders and were stripping drag-fun fish for C&R.

[Little Boat]

Robalo, my wife really had fun catching them, and I did too. We were doing C&R no matter what we caught. I had even mashed the hook barbs down with a pair of needlenose pliers just to make for easy release. That probably attributed to some of the lost fish, but that was okay.

It was really interesting how those fish would head straight for the boat and go zipping past to the other side. One of them got the line in the trolling motor and broke off, another just simply broke the line. Still was good stuff.

[young gun]

LMAO... obama fish..... u right there, they are quite annoying to me. your out there in tha slick or pods of mullet bustin and you lay into to somethin..... you're instantly thinkin 5 or 6 lb trout..... WRONG!!!!!!! skipjack. and the icing on the cake. retyin ur rig back up each time you snag one of em...only good for my surf fishin cut bait.