07-13-2013, 03:38 AM
Thought I'd let ya know the lessons I learned and report a few results. First off BeermaN, I'm eating a little crow tonight. We went out on the New Seaforth AM half day this morning with my nephew, father-in-law, bro-in-law and his Dad. We took our own rods set up ready to go. One had 10 lb test, a bit too light for these fish, but it did work okay. Anyway, they are fishing a sand bar in Mexico right now, it took about an hour and a half to get there. We were on the fastest boat in the fleet, so even though we left a half hour later we passed the San Diego before we got into Mexico waters. We were one of the first boats on the bar, so the captain cruised a little till he found a good pocket of fish. Unlike other boats that dropped anchor as soon as they hit the bar. Anyway, they chummed heavily in a circle then stirred it up well with the props and before we got the call to put in the fish were boiling up almost to the surface, it was crazy. Well everyone went in and the catching began. Unfortunately there were so many folks on the boat we were constantly tangled or baiting or fixing malfunctioning equipment or I guess I should say I was. The deck hands were so busy we didn't get a bit of help from them so I became the deck hand for our group so I hardly got a line in the water. I ended up landing one fish, a small one maybe 2 - 3 lbs. the rest of our group got 2-4 sand bass each before they shut us down and said we limited. This took about 1/2 hour. I didn't know they let other people catch your fish, I would have been less helpful and made the crew do something for their tips. Anyway some sand bass went up to 8 lbs today. Knowing what I do now, I should have used bait, they really nailed it, my swim bait not so much and I couldn't keep them hooked so I lost two or three. Although its fun to go with a big group, make sure you're not the only one that can fix stuff, at least if you plan on fishing much. We took home five filleted fish each and had a great feast, they are very mild tasty fish. Anyway we had 40 - 50 people on the boat and limited before any other boats, so we went and tried yellows but only got a few mackerel then they slow cruised back in. I wish they would have let us fish longer, I don't think we fished an hour total. Anyway the capt. And crew sure know their game it's a fun trip for not too much money. I'd be smarter next time. Later J
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