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I'm certain Trophyhunter has a few of them. LOL

Thanks Chris

Bait was the usual sardines. We fly lined a bunch of them and used sinkers to get them down but these schools wanted nothing to do with bait. We caught two blue sharks on bait after dark and the two biggest BF were caught on sardines after dark.

Well the sad story is there were maybe four experienced guys with a setup able to cast 125' to 150' into each of the 50 or more boils we came on. The mates had the right gear so you had to nudge your way to jockey position on the bow. Fish would sound deep after a few casts so you had to make the first cast count. Stick baits were what the wanted and a cast beyon the school or in the middle of it or just on the edge would be a 90% hookup. This was something new for my son and I and on a scale of 10 I told the one captain it was a 15. I would have been happy with one fish. I caught two of my five myself. The rest were hookups by the mates who then handed off to anyone who was ready. They had both the knowledge and gear to do so and then stayed with the person they handed off to to coach and finally gaff them. I rented two 30# and two 50# rods with Avet reels but since they were lever drags and didn't have what I was used to (a brake system) I struggled to get more than a 50' cast without a birdnest. I used them for a couple of hours the first day then they spend the rest of the time in the rack. Action was very fast and furious so no time to deal with a birdnest. MY son decided to buy a rod and reel when we got there so with that we were able to catch a few on our own using a 100gram butterfly jig. The fish were feeding on pinky sizes anchovies and wanted nothing to do with live bait except the two 60-80# bluefin caught after dark down deep after a long soak. I chose to have them "process" them and put them in vacuum bags. I have maybe 30 pounds of fish in 5 bags of each 4 pounds and 3 bags of collars but I will repack them into something more manageable. It appears all of the other boats in the general vincinity caught single digits each day. We really did well and if we were all as competent as the mates I believe could have caught over 200 fish. Food was good and everyone go along jut fine. I think everyone left their ego at the dock.

Looking to do a 1.5 day trip and maybe a 3/4 day trip. Would like to catch Albies (LOL) and Dorado.

I doubt that has been any different globally since Moses's time. If we have learned one thing in 5000 years it's you can change human nature. Psyche is Psyche irregardless if we have been to the depths of the oceans or walked on the moon. Granted we have the history of others at our disposal to read of but most will undoubtedly gasp but inevitably follow the same path despite the latest technology.

The wax is good stuff. Cases feel like it takes less effort to size them.

Yes they are hitting cards again this afternoon. Good Luck Gents.

I turned off everything but there are two default that are automatic and not accessible. I don't like seeing the notification popup everytime I log on.

Not at all. It will say pending until the results are posted. It's normal.

About the same as Tecate at 4.5

Still Pending as of 10:50 today.

What lube are you using? A little Imperial Sizing Wax works great. The best was when Dillon came out with the spray in the aerosol can but they took it off the market after a few years. When they did I went to Hornady One Shot but it wasn't as good as the Dillon.

First place I would start is the Hunt Unit Info section of the AZG&F Dept website. You will from what I have heard get info from AZG&F about a Sheep Seminar invite. Definitely go to it and once you have the info on which tag you drew I would contact Guides. As you found out there are not many tags given out so people with tags will be very tight lipped.

Yeah G&F Reports are a thing of the past unfortunately.

I have the P22 with the longer barrel and it isn't finicky at all. Very ergonomic too only issue I have with it is the barrel nut for loosens up which drives me crazy but it is just on the longer barrel model.

Thanks for the suggestion. My sons truck has a hard bed cover so that should help quite a bit.

Heard of one posted today on FB.

It just kept taking line and making runs. Dead shrimp on the bottom in the marsh in a couple of feet of water. Though I was snagged until it moved and I set the hook, then it was on. Made about five runs and at about the 25 minute mark rolled and I saw it was a red. Never know what you will hook into down there. Finally got it in the boat and took a pic and released it. It was about 37" long. I was using a Calcutta 250 with 20# Flouroclear on a 7' Medium Action St Croix rod about 5:30 PM.

Better late than never.

Not looking to fight anything for more than about 30 minutes. That Redfish in my avatar was 30-35 minutes. Watched my son fight a yellowfin that was about 135 for 30 minutes and a bit later my buddys daughter land a marlin after about 45 minutes. At 66 years old I have caught plenty of fish from Tarpon in Puerto Rico to Grayling in Alaska. I just enjoy it for what it is and am trying to fill my bucket list before the sand runs out of my hourglass and enjoy it with as many people as I can. I usually do catch and release for bucket list fish. But to me every fish is a trophy and a memory as are the people who where there at the time or the really special times when it was just me, the rod and the fish.

Definately Not!!

Where are you located?

I dont want to catch anything over 50#'s

Is that Superior in the lower right?