Florida Fishing Thread, Jupiter Swordfishing 5/4 - Lots of pics in Fishing Reports; Left the dock around 6pm and headed out Palm Beach Inlet
Got set up on the 43 line and started ...
Left the dock around 6pm and headed out Palm Beach Inlet
Got set up on the 43 line and started drifting before sunset. After sunset we had a flying fish fly into the boat.
Had a fast drift at 4mph. Waited till 10:18 for the moon rise. About 30 minutes later we finally get a bite on the long jug rod at 125ft on the purple light. About 20 minutes later we have a nice fish boatside. Stick a tag in him and let him go. Guess probably 53 inch fish.
My friend and his brother who fought the fish
Set back up and continued drifting. Had two Dolphin come up to the boat, but they left before we could toss a small jig out. Reel up two slashed baits and see one fish so we know they are in the area. Soon after the long jug at 125ft goes off again. We get hooked up and put my friends brother back into the harness. Another 20 minutes and the fish is boatside and released with another tag. Around the same size at 53 inches, all were legal fish.
All in all it was a really fun night with some good action out there. I knew the fish would be biting good for my birthday on May 5th
That is their natural color. I think that it might be when they are pissed off cause after they chill out they kinda turn black/copper.
I wanted to keep at least one of those fish, but it wasn't my boat and they wanted to release them. I tried more than once to try and stick a gaff in them, but they wanted to release. Oh well, I guess it's good karma.
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