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shallowsport · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:10 pm Post subject: Fools Beach Trip

Went down to PINS today with my buddy George. Beach driving was good, and there where a lot of birds slamming the water. Made first stop north a 4WD Sign. Picked up some nice whiting on shrimp fish bite combo. South of the 4WD still found fish but also lots of grass. We went down to about the 17 and no change.

Back to the north. Got broke off once and then George hooks into this huge Jack. Thirty minutes later he drags him onto the beach. He used a trout rod and an old Ambassador 6000 reel

Estimating weight at around 40 pounds. No scale and no tape.

lifeaquatic · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject:

Voracious bruiser

Finsonpins · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:35 pm Post subject:

That thing is a beast!

ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject:

Nice Jack! Front coming Wed. Will really change things.

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Nothing fights like a big jack! I love fighting them things. Caught a 36" jack last september on BHP. Something I wont ever forget. Nice job man!

BamaRed54 · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:17 pm Post subject:

Nice! I was hoping for one of those today! He eluded me!
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carolina kinger · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject:

Must of been a fun ride on that rod/reel set up.

redfin21 · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:52 pm Post subject:

Love fighting those big jacks in the surf. Great for people like me who can't afford to be offshore fighting those bigger species.
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ziacatcher · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:52 pm Post subject:

Mary and I are planning a PINS trip on Friday. Hope to get into some jacks. Hopefully something keepable as well

shallowsport · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:39 am Post subject:

They are fun, and brutal on light tackle. Good luck to you fellows who want to dance with Mr Jack.
Buddy looked at the picture, and said it was probably about 22 lbs, that generally thet don't get much bigger tan that. Don't know about that! Like I said, in original post, no measuring tape and no scale. Still, I believe that the fish was every bit of 40 lbs. Guess that I could be getting weak in my old age. Doesn't really matter, it can be any weight you want it to be, as for me, it's still a 40 pounder plus.

topdog15 · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:46 am Post subject:

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12852

I buy the 22lbs maybe 25. 40lbs would be hard to hold out like that. Then again we all know how good we are at estimating fish lengths and weights from photos Wink

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Chef Lefty · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject:

Wow! That had to be one epic battle!
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