A photo of Don  Smith 's catch

Caught By

Don Smith
7/15/2018 4:30:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwwnUcC22MQ Kids are out of town, so I cajoled my wife into fishing with me today.  We struggled to net bait around the poles out of Mayport, but got enough for a full livewell and a little bit of chum and didn't break the beach until almost 10:30.  But we got to Pablo grounds and hooked up with a king in the first ten minutes or so, so I thought it would be a banner day.  Trolled around for another 90 minutes when I saw a splash by the medium line.  I grabbed the rod and fed out a little line to let the lil' pogie run free, then WHAM! big splash and let's when I realized, "Holy Expletive! It's a sailfish!" Off he ran and we cleaned up the other lines and chased him down.  It was a nice one and I had the treble in his pectoral fin and the wire and leader wrapped around his bill a few times, so he wasn't going anywhere...

Catch Details

Sailfish
Mayport

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Slow-trolled menhaden on stinger rig
7 ft. 3 in. in.
70 lb.
65 ft.
Everyone

Catch Conditions

94°F
S at 14mph
rising

Comments
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    1. Don Smith 0
      I'm not sure you can view the YouTube. Maybe you can if I comment.
    2. Don Smith 0
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwwnUcC22MQ

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