Ours are Bigger than Yours...

I had so much crap to do this weekend, I told myself no fishing. Then that little Chinaman calls just as I'm getting in bed. "We'll limit out on sheephead in a couple of hours..." He was wrong. We limited out in an hour. Here's beautiful dana, before the firey, smokey mess. At the launch, we met "Beerman" (Eric) who's got the coolest FishnDive I've ever seen. Hope you found that Halibut you were looking for. Now, here's my limit of sheephead. Before I limited out, I hear Vey yelling at me, "It's a big one!" I look. He's got his pole high in the air, totally bent, and he can't crank a turn. Finally, the line snaps. Since we were surrounded by lobster buoys, I told him "you can't eat a lobster trap, although you might be able to fit inside." No, he insisted that he had a big fish that pulled out line, then stopped. Yea, right. That little bastard knew there was something down there, so he goes for it again. Minutes later, someone hits the REPLAY button. Only this time, something is coming up. Now the words coming out of his mouth are in Chinese. I better go check this out. "Help me Yani, use my net, yours is too small!" Oh, come on. My net is too small for a Sheephead?? At the same time I see a huge fish coming up, Vey reaches behind him for his net, and gets his jacket stuck on a lure on an upright pole behind him. Now, the Chinese verbage is flying! This was a moment in time. Both of us were shocked at the size of this thing. I managed to grab his net, cause mine sure couldn't handle this fish, net the thing, then 1 minute of silence. Here's Vey Sheephead. 28" aprox. 30lb. Now, he starts laying in on me: "I told you. And his is my second big boy of the year, the first was even bigger." Damn, Vey. Here's another shot, although alittle burry, it gives you another perspective on the size of this things head. Now it's time to cook and eat. I thought I might make a classic egg-lemon Greek Fish soup with Mako and Sheephead. Grandma's lovin it, although she would kill me if she knew she was eating Shark. Yani