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comitan
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Manta Ray, yes hooked one fishing from an inflatable, never knew I had him till he broke the water not 10ft from us,or it could have been a Grand
Piano!
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Manta Ray, yes hooked one fishing from an inflatable, never knew I had him till he broke the water not 10ft from us,or it could have been a Grand
Piano! |
I like that, comitan.
"I hooked a grand piano one day" 
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baitcast
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Whoa
Vgabndo mentioned something about hooking a very large something on heavy tackle a while back and not being able to stop it,he also mentioned there
had been talk of a Russian submarine in the area,who knows
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Skipjack Joe
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Bacalao
Speaking of unusual food, has anyone ever tried 'bacalao'? Smells like hell but tastes divine.
The Italians would soak it in water where I swear it smelled like dirty socks. Then they'd make a sauce out of it and ate it with spaghetti.
Molto Bene!
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baitcast
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Mud Marlin by BAITCAST,these guys will take off like a 707 after being hooked
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Skipjack Joe
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Jacks I have known and loved
Yes, bacalao is salted cod. Dried out like beef jerky.
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Don Alley
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I snagged a small manta-actually a mobula-in the wing with a jig, fishing from my kayak. And it did pull me a ways. And when I got it to the side of
my yak, the hook was tough to dislodge from the tough skin. Meanwhile, his wings are moving, and the motion of one wing was scooping up water and then
flinging it up at me.
I got soaked. I have to rate the ray's kayak-side tactics tight up there with the big squid.
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baitcast
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B-Ray derbies were very popular in the 60,s and 70,s in the Long bch and Seal bch area,sponsored by the bait shops at the piers which would give away
rods,reels and other equipment which was a good for someone willing to put in the time
The derbies were on a monthy basis thru out the summer,when hooked in shallow water ie the surf they would commonly jump once or twice during
very long runs,which emptyed many jigmasters loaded with 40#.
The reels of choice were Penn 68,s with 50#
The lastest I know of was 238# caught in the Newport back bay,my best was 157# off a jetty,you might wonder how we weighed them,meat locker
scale and a length of pipe always carried it with us
BAITCAST
[Edited on 12-2-2007 by baitcast]
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Al G
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Damn...seems as though the odds of not catching a good fighter are slim...I think I like this
Albert G
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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castaway$
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Anybody ever hooked a Mako? I haven't but a friend of mine did and he claims they are extreme brawlers and a long runs and some acrobatics. Sounds
like another contender I'd like to try.
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Skipjack Joe
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I love it.
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tripledigitken
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Pompano,
Was this a current picture? If so, did you have any luck with the Jurels?
Ken
[Edited on 12-5-2007 by tripledigitken]
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baitcast
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God where can we go from there 
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wsdunc
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If I was to use the ratio of fish hooked to fish lost my toughest would have to be big snapper at Isla Cerralvo. They whupped me pretty badly. I
think I was 1 for 15. And the 35 pounder I finally caught was on 80 lb test and a tuna stick. They'll humble ya.
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Al G
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Pompano..your are without a doubt the greatest Pacifico..er...fisherman I know......storyteller with a pacifico
Albert G
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wsdunc
If I was to use the ratio of fish hooked to fish lost my toughest would have to be big snapper at Isla Cerralvo. They whupped me pretty badly. I
think I was 1 for 15. And the 35 pounder I finally caught was on 80 lb test and a tuna stick. They'll humble ya. |
Had the same experience. Spend a good three hours on the reef off the southwest tip of the island. I finally got one on medium tackle by trolling a
big rapala at about 8 knots and a buttoned-down drag. He must have come out, took the bait, and could not get back into his hole. Dragged him right
out. Even off the rocks, it was a great fight. Great eating, too.
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castaway$
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Well I started this thread by saying my wife thought triggers were tough, she found out what I said and now I'm in hot water. She doesn't think
triggers are the toughest, they fight good but thats not her vote for the toughest, she agrees with probably the majority that yellowtails are king.
Furthermore to get me out of trouble I have to say that the first time we ever went fishing for yellowtail she caught the first one, but she fails to
recognize it's only because she had a great guide--- Me. I will say she is a good fishing partner and she can hold her own when it comes to fishing, I
guess she's a keeper.
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Skipjack Joe
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Just the meanest, orneriest fish you'll ever encounter.
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BajaDanD
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OK Pound for Pound I would have to say a Sardine or maybe a Cabalito I have put 7.O-9.0 hooks in there noses and then played out 200 yrds of 80# line
on a long soak and still can feel them swimming like crazy just before they get eaten
If you put a hook the same size to wait ratio into a 800# tuna it would have a 40#lb anchor and go right to the bottom.
What if Bonito got to be 800lbs
DAND
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castaway$
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Are we done? No more tough fish left?
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