6/7 LJ: No circle hooks...

[Iceman]

...or bait needed



I decided to head straight out at 4:45 AM. 1-2 foot long intervals made easy in and outs. Dragged a pair of Rapalas. Had a relentless big knothead shadowing me. About a mile out and some puddlers are 20 yards in front of me and sure enough $#!+head is right behind. I throw anyway and as the iron comes by, they light up a bit, but sink out. Decide to wait a bit and see if they pop up again. See some bait jump and a boil. Iron in midair and another boil just inside of where it lands. Three cranks on the Jimmi (that just sounds wrong ) and BENDO! The dog was there through it all and at one point thought for sure he was diving down for my fish. Somehow I got the fish on with a fell swoop gaff, through the fish and in my lap in one motion, 5:45AM Saw a few more single fish boil and had one follow the jig, but nothing more. I decided to head in and saw one more boil north of the condo, that had me throw iron for a few minutes. Back on the beach at 8 AM.

Thanks for the pix VITO!

Fish weighed 21 pounds 3 oz on the beach, I went to Fisherman's Landing for a certified weight for "Capture the Flag" 21 pounds even. YT flag should be mine for now

I also shot the whole thing on video, it is KILLER, just have to get my old video challenged PC to edit and upload it.