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| Me and JEC crossed the state line this morning with thoughts of tripletail. We met up with our guide around 7:30 and started fishing. We gave away 2 baits at the first stop before I drew first blood but it wasn't what we were hoping for... 
It was about a 6 lb. sheepshead (total guess on my part based on one I caught this spring of similar size that I weighed with Capt. Wes's Boca Grip). JEC is a fairly big boy and he refrained from throwing our host overboard when he cussed that it was "only a sheepshead." The captain was of course joking, but he was upset that it wasn't the target species. I however was vindicated as I had already lost 2 baits to that little thief before I finally caught it. Next stop I actually saw my first tripletail ever. I was wired like I saw a tub club cobia or something- it was fun! I threw to the fish but then thought I had snagged the piling- tripletail are big tough fish. It wasn't the piling I snagged, it was the fish, and here it is... 
JEC is holding that small fish on the left- it was 27 inches long and the guide said it was probably 18 lbs. or so, but my fish was definitely larger- must have been a bad camera angle! Well, I wanted Jamie (JEC) to catch a fish so he took on the next one. Those of you that know Jamie know he is a meat fisherman and does not play. Those of you that know me know that I am out there for fun and don't care if I keep fish or not. Well, JEC hooks that 27 incher in the photo above and it's the biggest fish he's ever caught- he's cupping the spool to keep it from running and the guide is yelling at him to let the fish run before the hook straightens and it's basically pandemonium. I just hang out laughing my arse off and take some photos... 
Well, we are having a great time and the action gets better- we are finding fish at every spot and marveling at our guide's ability to see fish- I spot a few and JEC even spots some despite his lack of polarized glasses- that boy needs some Costas! I hook up a fish and the fight is on- we can see the fish AND I PULL THE HOOK! !@#$%^&*(). The fish was running drag and I thought it was as good as caught when the hook pulled. Dang it! I caught one more and Jamie got another one (bigger than mine %!@#$&*). I was reminded of the cobias I lost while tournament fishing with Gump- bummer. But we finished out the day with a HUGE heavy bag of pearly white fillets and had a great time. We'll be going again. 
A great day on the water came to an end but we were looking forward to making a post on the forum. Thanks for reading and please reply with any comments. If you want to go contact Captain Will Manci at 251-269-7463. Also at http://www.easternshoreoutfitters.org/. mdrobe2
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Mike, I had a blast! The guide was a great, and I am ready to do it again.
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Ruby Red Lip
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Nice catches!!!! Did you guys stick to the South East end of the Bay where you launched, or did you cross over and fish the west side? Those tripletails are quit the fish.... They are definately on my target list in the near future.  Jason
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Snapper
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Jason- I honestly don't know where we were and if we weren't with our guide we would not have caught half the fish we did- he took us to some spots that only he knows about. He used a GPS to find the honey holes. NO WAY Jamie and I would have found them on our own. Tripletail are a fantastic species and probably underfished before this post. I think they'll be getting some pressure now. Sorry I don't know more about our route- as you know I had to ask the forum members just to get directions to where we were going.
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| Cool pics and report. A friend of mine caught one by accident once. Using cut bait bottom fishing. It was as big as his cooler lid......probably weight around 10 pounds or so. 
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Ruby Red Lip
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Thought I'd give it a shot. I know they catch them over on the west side of the bay but am unsure about the east side. Next time you'll have to throw me an invite  
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