Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

SeaMasterZ@aol.com

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I never thought of them as being babies, just stuffed things hanging on walls, hehehe<br /><br />
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KennyKenCan

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Re: Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

What size hook did you use to catch that?<br /><br />Kenny
 

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Re: Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

believe it or not, I fish with hooks almost small enough to catch those guys, I used to love fishing with thread and tiny hooks and catching minnows, and once the tide was high enough to get the boat out of the slip, haul up the main minnie trap and go fluking and weakfishing - oh yeah, weakfish will inhale a minnie/squid set up like a speckled seagoing tornado<br /><br />just as a test, I loaded thread on a reel I had redone with teflon drag washers and synthetic lube, landed a seven pound ten ounce weakfish on thread that broke at just under a pound test - stick THAT in your IGFA record book and smoke it, lol<br /><br />and you thought polyester was something they made cheap suits out of!<br /><br /> :p
 

neumanns

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Re: Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

Cool picture. As for the thread fishing.... Let me think on that one a while. Yep ray deffinatly had to much time on his hands that day. :eek:
 

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Re: Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

I didnt catch the sailfish, lol<br /><br />but the rest of its true, I get bored, my old man would unleash his giant club of a fishing rod, put enough squid on to choke a (sea) horse, and winch in fish<br /><br />I loved taking my Apollo Mini Spin out there in the bay, and see what I could catch with lite lines<br /><br />dont get me wrong, I would keep a big rod in the water, but it was just sorta there, I had much more fun bringing in decent fish on gear WAY too small<br /><br />and yeah, many many MANY times, buh bye line, zzzzzzzzing GONE, but thats the way it goes, thats the biz when you play light on the bay<br /><br />but Ill tell ya what<br /><br />land a nice size weakie on thread sometimes<br /><br />your heart is in your mouth for an hour, screaming curses, reeling like crazy when the turn and run<br /><br />and when that fish finally comes to the net, you are never more alive<br /><br />and thats what fishing is all about for me<br /><br /> :)
 

splugeeman

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Re: Awwwww! A baby sailfish!

Got mine on my wall...8 1/2 feet long ..weighed 110lbs took almost an hour to get it in the boat :D
 
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