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  1. phatdaddy

    Pompano Spring Run 2018

    I know i posted a pompano thread a month ago, but that was tease, water just got too warm to early, then cooled back off. these are on schedule and full of roe. water is 71* and its the middle of april. this is when they are supposed to be here. fished for 3 hours this morning and caught all...
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    The spring is here Spanish has arrived thread

    went out today on the heels of this cold front. water temp dropped from 71 to 65 and air was low 60's. blowing 15 kts out of the south. real brutal deadliest catch kinda day brought home these guys here you go charlie, a video of the action...
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    Spanish just starting to show up

    Well, the scouts just starting to show up. little on the small side, but managed to get 6 or 7 fish tacos out of these. Was BEAUTIFUL day on the water
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    Pompano 2018

    Kinda weird these guys have showed up this early, normally april 1st. spanish have not shown up in numbers yet no complaint, i'm eatin good tonight
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    Happy Valentines Day first fish of 2018

    was not caught on a V20, but went with a buddy on his 20 dusky, so very similar 17" sheephead. this is the first one i have caught on a hook and line. i've shot them diving and caught them in a cast net. not sure of the table quality, but gonna try it on the grill tonight.
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    Break in the weather

    last time i was out was dec 29th, well, the alternator went out on motor. dealer was closed until Jan 8th, so didn't get boat back until jan 11. then the cold blast began. made it out today to test everything, also changed t-stat. Weather was mid 60's & lite wind. thought i'd give ya'll a...
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    Alright you guys, enough is enough

    We had our week of winter last week, then it warmed up nicely, highs in mid 70’s, lows in mid 50s. Now this week, highs in mid 40’s , lows in mid 20’s. I don’t know how you do it. I’m gonna gain 20 lbs. i get up, stick my nose out the door, pull it back in, go to the freezer, pull out...
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    bout time i got out

    I've either been busy or weather was lousy, haven't got to go in a couple of weeks. today was beautiful and bay was slick, so i put on my winter hoodie and hit the bay. got one grouper, 28", litttle skinney, but a fish at least. kinda had to see, but he had a hook and leader in his mouth...
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    All trick, no treat

    went for grouper again, thought we'd hit jackpot turned out to be a redfish, this cold front should get things moving again, I hope
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    Mr. G is back on the flats

    had breakfast with my son this morning, had to ride by the bay to the breakfast spot, it was slick. he was getting off of a midnight shift and i was getting ready to do some service calls. we both decided it was too perfect to work or sleep, so we went fishing trolled for about 30 minutes...
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    Hurricane Nate

    Shout out to the gulf coast crew to the west. After Irma and Harvey, kinda hard to get excited about this one. Storm surge seems to be the biggest problem with this one. Good news is, its moving fast. stay safe
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    Golden Grouper

    my son had the day off, so we went grouper trolling. no luck, but managed to find this redfish. nice fight, but no good to eat. back he went. gotta see what this new storm is going to do
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    St. Joe Scallops.....FINALLY

    FWC decided the scallops in st joe were ok to eat and opened up a small 3 week season starting last weekend. was unable to go last week, but heard some good reports, so we went today. didn't get out until 11:00 and the bottom fell out around 1:30. had to do some scouting and got on them about...
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    Irma Watch

    Beware V Brothers, this one looks bad. looks like its gonna be a PIA to everyone on the eastern seaboard. i was thinking about jjjtronics, wasn't he in puerto rico? all the south florida guys, ferm in central fl. then the ga & SC crew. on up to the jersey boys and maybe finally to mj &...
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    Labor Day Crab-a-palooza

    summer is over in north Florida, water cooled down to 82 and crabs are walking the flats. finding and catching is the easy part, cooking and picking not so much. but i do love crabcakes and west indies salad.
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    Imgur test

    found a pretty good link with how to upload pics testing it out seems to work fairly easy. not sure how to get photos off photobucket and on imgur heres the link http://www.thehulltruth.com/dockside-chat/871252-how-add-images-your-post-using-imgur-free.html
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    Trout fishing during the eclipse

    video of our trout trip on monday, eclipse is about at 4:50-5:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO98gfMlIpo&feature=youtu.be
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    Eclipse Mania

    Just wondering what, if any, plans anyone has. I know some of you carolina guys are pretty close to 100%. We're at 83%. Our tides have been really drastic this last week. Around 2 feet, which is a lot for us in the summer. We went trout fishing saturday and the bite was outstanding. My son...
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    hey charlie, here's one for you

    https://panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/d/17-boston-whaler-outrage/6216211432.html road trip!!!
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    WANTED:Garmin 178 C

    anybody got one laying around. mine went dark the other day. was hoping it was a power cord issue, but tried it on both boats with same results.
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