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Well the weather was crappy here for fishing, but a friend of mine was dead set on going somewhere and wetting a line today. The wind was blowing a good 15-20 knots today out of the north north east, so we were able to get about 2-3 miles offshore in his bay boat before it got real bumpy. We started off the day trolling hoping to pick up a few spanish macks, but ended up catching the biggest redfish I have ever caught in my life. i've seen a few this size before, but did not expect to catch this trolling a medium sized spoon through bait pods off the beach. He was released alive and kicking much to one of my buddies dislike as he was well outside of the 18-27" slot limit we have here in Florida. We didn't keep him out of the water long enough but to take a few pics then dunk him back to revive him and release. Didn't catch another fish all day myself, but I did land one monster redfish. Took me every bit of 20 minutes on a 17 pound spinning rod set-up(kingfish rig). We guestimated him to be about 36-38 inches and every bit of 20 pounds.
laugh all you want at my funny hat, it keeps my neck from roasting out there.
laugh all you want at my funny hat, it keeps my neck from roasting out there.
