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8/7/10 Report: 1st V21 Billfish!
After getting the motor fixed last week (fuel pump) I decided to trailer it down for the weekend to South Myrtle to take my nephew Ross fishing. It was me, Ross, his dad Robin, Flyfishin and Fly's brother Cory.
Saturday the 5 of us woke at 5:30 am and made our usual stops for coffee/biscuit, ice, bait and headed out. We pulled dead baits in the 79 degree water for kings and spanish at a spot 13 miles off the beach. We picked at the spanish throughout the morning but the kings never showed. Flyfishin threw a casting spoon off the bow and has about as much action doing that as we did pulling the baits.  Cory behind the wheel and Flyfishin casting up front   Robin  At one time we thought we had a king and put Ross on the rod. It felt like a big fish and he did a great job. Come to find out it was a 5 lb spanish that ended up in a shark or cudas mouth. The tension finally lightened and Ross reeled in the head! Ross on the rod  Flyfishin showing Ross the ropes  The catch!   Here is Ross with another one he caught:    So everything was going as planned when at 11:59 am, precisely, I heard the right short do a 1 second BZZZT.....I asked if anybody did that, they said NO....so I quickly popped it into freespool in the rod holder for about 6 - 8 seconds. Rod started bouncing and I tighted it down...FISH ON!! Little did we know if was a SAIL! We quickly figured it out when Cory picked up the rod, started working him and he cleared the water with a huge splash. We worked him in fairly quickly - probably too quickly. Once beside the boat FlyFishing got both hands on the bill as I scrambled to get a pic. The fish seemed calm at first but quickly showed that he was GREEN and became furious about humans touching his bill. He thrashed for a moment then popped loose from Fly's grasp. The line snapped and he was free. I did get one pic of him on the way in with his bill out of the water. First V21 Sail!  Back at the house it was time for a few pics. Ross and the catch    Fish bag   Random shots    My new favorite seating arrangement...sittin on the throw cushion  Cool house 
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08-09-2010, 10:10 AM
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Great report as usual...congrats on the Sailfish....lets get a better picture next time will ya?
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08-09-2010, 10:23 AM
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LMAO RW! Hindsight is 20/20....easy to see the few things we did wrong now but needless to say the adreneline was pumping HARD. Cory's hands were still shaking 15 minutes later! That fish was huge. All pics were cellphone pics to and the dang shutter speed is S L O W on that thing. If I woud have had a better cam I could have gotten some cool shots. Live and learn!
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08-09-2010, 11:43 AM
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Awsome sailfish, saw one last weekend around St. Simons Island Ga. You gonna smoke the spanish?
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1984 Wellcraft V20 Steplift Cuddy 2004 200 HP Evenrude USCG Captain Brent Highsmith Kayak.Fish.StCatherines Mothership Charters email [email protected]
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08-09-2010, 11:53 AM
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Thanks guys. This will be talked about for a very long time! Wish we had a better pic.
FWB - fried and grilled on the Spanish. I've never smoked fish. What temp? How do you do it?
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08-09-2010, 12:25 PM
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HEHEHE! Not this time. We were too nervous about the release and I was at least partially bummed about not getting a better pic. Nobody believes anything without a pic, ya know?
Now I want some 50's so I can go after the marlin. 
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