MOTHER LOAD #2 GORDA RIG

Living Waters · Post by **Living Waters** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:13 pm

too tired to post up pics, but will do in the AM, Patrick got his personal best for king fish!! oh I didnt get that much video been too busy with STUFF!!!

Mythman · Post by **Mythman** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:14 pm

Patrick called me on the way home and let me congrat you guys on a really great trip!

Living Waters · Post by **Living Waters** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:23 pm

here are 2 pics real fast.... WILL POST MORE soon/...

Living Waters · Post by **Living Waters** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:30 pm

Ok fine i will post up more lol.....

johnny a · Post by **johnny a** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:34 pm

Thats a nice King. Can't wait to read the report.

raruga · Post by **raruga** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:52 pm

That is an awesome king fish, I hope to get my hands on a few of those this summer. Congrats on avgreat trip.

goneYAKcrazy · Post by **goneYAKcrazy** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:16 pm

WTG bro....Patrick, i was supposed to go with you guys but couldnt make it......hopefully i get on the next one!

Troutless · Post by **Troutless** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:19 pm

Awesome King, WTG Patrick. I'm glad you guy's had a great day. I'm looking forward to the report, photo's and video.

=FISHINATOR= · Post by **=FISHINATOR=** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:30 pm

nice pics

what you catch the king on patrick ?

RedWolf · Post by **RedWolf** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:49 am

WOW, that is one BEAST of a king right there. Nice job Patrick!

Living Waters · Post by **Living Waters** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:46 am

Ok here is the full report..... we went to the gorda rig and.....

BAMM!!

BAMM!!

more BAMM!!

sum more BAMM!!

Quad BAMM!!

BOOM SHAKALAKA!!!

BOOM SHAKALAKA!!!#2

Fishn4Fun · Post by **Fishn4Fun** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:38 am

The Spanish Makeral were thick around the rig. There was alot of bait that they were chasing. We were catching a fish on nearly every cast in the morning on lures, jigs, and spoons. In the afternoon I switched to ribbonfish drifted under a cork. The bite picked right back up. The bait would only be in the water for a minute or two before the next strike. I caught the king on a ribbonfish. I had to unhook from my anchor because it made such a strong run it went 2/3 of the way through my spool in about 20 seconds. I thought I had a big shark at first. We both ended with double digits in fish. It was a fun day.

Earth's End Kayaker · Post by **Earth's End Kayaker** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:02 am

WOW Guys!!!
Way to find'em and bring some home!

Looks like conditions were just right. . .

Best regards,
EEK

MONSTER · Post by **MONSTER** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:34 am

Holy King Mackerel!!! Great fish guys!!!

rod dawg · Post by **rod dawg** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:48 am

Taking Hobie's for a slime...great report guys.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:19 am

Boom Shakalaka Indeed!

very nice haul. Congrats.

btbrich2110 · Post by **btbrich2110** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:59 am

Nice king and report1!!

sheriff_john · Post by **sheriff_john** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:04 am

Way to go guys!
As much as I want to catch them I'm not a big fan of the mackeral meat I've eaten- how do you prep/cook it?

joshcad85 · Post by **joshcad85** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:16 am

Awesome catch guys.

Razzorduck · Post by **Razzorduck** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:05 pm

sheriff_john wrote:Way to go guys!
As much as I want to catch them I'm not a big fan of the mackeral meat I've eaten- how do you prep/cook it?

Spanish is very good fresh. Either fried, grilled or make a ceveche.
Kings that big are marginal at best for table fare. I just CPR 'em and thank 'em for playing!
Now landing them with out a gaff is tough. You gotta wear 'em out then tail 'em. Hold on tight!

=FISHINATOR= · Post by **=FISHINATOR=** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:13 pm

awsome

that king fish looks huge i hope we have the same amount of luck when i got out next

JMiller · Post by **JMiller** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:41 pm

Fishn4Fun wrote:The Spanish Makeral were thick around the rig. There was alot of bait that they were chasing. We were catching a fish on nearly every cast in the morning on lures, jigs, and spoons. In the afternoon I switched to ribbonfish drifted under a cork. The bite picked right back up. The bait would only be in the water for a minute or two before the next strike. I caught the king on a ribbonfish. I had to unhook from my anchor because it made such a strong run it went 2/3 of the way through my spool in about 20 seconds. I thought I had a big shark at first. We both ended with double digits in fish. It was a fun day.

Nice king Patrick! Did you get a chance to weigh it?

castnblast · Post by **castnblast** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:02 pm

Those smaks are HUGE!!! BTW - did you guys weigh that king? might should have had it weighed in for the CCA STAR Tourney. Hard to tell how heavy it was, but it had some really nice girth! Great job! What type of baitfish were they chasing? Hope to see u at the tourney on the 30th!

RedWolf · Post by **RedWolf** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:20 pm

castnblast wrote:Those smaks are HUGE!!! BTW - did you guys weigh that king? might should have had it weighed in for the CCA STAR Tourney.

I was thinking the same thing, it looks bigger than my 52# king that I caught several years ago off the party boats.

Fishn4Fun · Post by **Fishn4Fun** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:41 pm

FlounderGuru84 wrote: Nice king Patrick! Did you get a chance to weigh it?

I did not weigh it. I did measure it and it was 54.5 inches long.

castnblast wrote:Those smaks are HUGE!!! BTW - did you guys weigh that king? might should have had it weighed in for the CCA STAR Tourney. Hard to tell how heavy it was, but it had some really nice girth! Great job! What type of baitfish were they chasing? Hope to see u at the tourney on the 30th!

I did not enter the Star Tournament this year for the first time in awhile so I will probably catch lots of huge fish this summer and some tagged reds. I plan on coming to your tournament as long as the conditions are good.

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