A fat Swordfish

[shine]

trusty seacraft delivers again

[DonV]

SWEEEEET!!!!!!

I know what's for dinner for a few months!!

[Capt Chuck]

Nice Work Joel !! Any extra steaks ?

[WildBill]

Dang Joel, Haven't you caught one on about every trip you tried?
Pretty darn close, sure looks like you got em figured out.

Way to go!

[martin]

Awesome catch!!!!

[gofastsandman]

Jealous much? Ok, so I recently picked up an electra mate 920 and a Penn 9/0 with wire line. Looks to be SS and not monel. Mint except for the blown out side plate. The reef always wins. So I got a new side plate and bearing/ carrier from Matt @ Lott Bros.

Need Cliff`s notes. Can I deep drop with wire line w/ a top shot of flouro? Have an old Lott 80 class full roller, but need a bent butt and swivel tip. I have some Lee`s rod holders
lying around waiting for that other boat ,but do you think I could use a backing plate and not rip the cap off my Slackah?

Willing to trade info for delicious sauce recipes.

Cheers,
GFS

[Bryan A.]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

Jealous much? Ok, so I recently picked up an electra mate 920 and a Penn 9/0 with wire line. Looks to be SS and not monel. Mint except for the blown out side plate. The reef always wins. So I got a new side plate and bearing/ carrier from Matt @ Lott Bros.

Need Cliff`s notes. Can I deep drop with wire line w/ a top shot of flouro? Have an old Lott 80 class full roller, but need a bent butt and swivel tip. I have some Lee`s rod holders
lying around waiting for that other boat ,but do you think I could use a backing plate and not rip the cap off my Slackah?

Willing to trade info for delicious sauce recipes.

Cheers,
GFS

The wire line is going to work against you with the current. Not real familiar with how you florida boys do it, but I would say bite the bullet anf change over to spectra or dyneema.

Nice sword BTW!!!!

[shine]

Haven't you caught one on about every trip you tried?
Pretty darn close, sure looks like you got em figured out.

I wish , but I might be onto something recently, last 3 trips have hooked up and/or landed fish. Before that it was about a 30% chance. Getting the bites and hooking up is more than half the battle. There is a lot to learn and Im just getting started.

GFS, Im not sure how well the wire will work, I do know one old school guy who has done it that way. With 3 mph current, the line needs to be narrow or you never get to bottom. The 80 and 100 hollow core are the same diameter and they can be spliced. My previous rod had 130 braid on it and I could not get to bottom even with 17 lbs of weight.

but do you think I could use a backing plate and not rip the cap off my Slackah?

its a lot of pressure, at strike Im probably at 30+ lbs of drag and you can see the cap flexing a bit. I think the swivel base is pretty much mandatory for me

Its something completely difference from any other type of fishing, another way to enjoy the Ocean

[gofastsandman]

The wire itself is thin. About the dia of copper beak wire.

Fun learning new things.

Is that a Dolphin electric?