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NaplesJohn
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:56 pm Post subject: EXCEL 2016 PHENIX RODS 10 DAY TRIP -- |
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http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/excel-phenix-rods-2016-10-day-grazie-dio.640740/
Too hard to try to build report on here. Check it out on above link.
Cliff Notes Version:
Cliff Notes version, we had great wahoo fishing, both at Alijos and the ridge. After putting on a great load of smaller but super healthy sardines we started heading south, opting for Alijos as the entire fleet was at, or heading towards the Ridge. Arriving in the afternoon we quickly got to work on the wahoo, putting 70 in the hatch in near glassy weather. We spent the night, and got at it again, ultimately tagging another 100 wahoo, with an additional 107 caught on the ridge. These fish ate bait, jigs, bombs, surface jigs for buddy Ed, Marauders and the Cowbell on the troll, and even the popper for me.
We also caught trip near limits of school grade tuna, a good whack on the grouper, around 75 yellowtail, and the stray amberjack--read the full report for the details. Interestingly what was hot last year was not hot this year. Last year pink and black 6X jrs were the ticket...this year raiders and bombs were the hotter choice. Unfortunately the yellows continued to be hard to find, though reading reports on trips leaving after ours, there seemed to be a few more on the chew. Two years for us without any long-rod yellows to play with |
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Oil Field Trash II
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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wow, that looks amazing. bucket list trip for sure. great safety tip on the wahoo too! LOL
now, I've never done it before, and I'm certainly no expert... but I will have to criticize you guys for not taking enough rods with you.  |
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NaplesJohn
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Oil Field Trash II wrote: | wow, that looks amazing. bucket list trip for sure. great safety tip on the wahoo too! LOL
now, I've never done it before, and I'm certainly no expert... but I will have to criticize you guys for not taking enough rods with you. |
Between my buddy and I we had 28 combos...plus a few spare reels. Can't use it if it is at the house! |
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deputydawg
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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Great trip! Thanks for sharing the experience.
My group is starting to talk about doing one of those one day. Definite bucket trip material! |
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NaplesJohn
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| deputydawg wrote: | Great trip! Thanks for sharing the experience.
My group is starting to talk about doing one of those one day. Definite bucket trip material! |
Starting to see a good number of Texas fisherman...it ruins you for our "head boat" fleet. I still do my local 24-56 hour trips...but it is too much like camping! |
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ironmanstan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Super nice report....who wouldn't want to go on a trip like that?
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awesum
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Hmm .... I wonder how many lbs. a person would expect to gain on one of these trips?  |
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