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|  07.25.11 - Guale Girl - 40mi bottom 
			
			So I took a buddy who spends all his time in the marsh grass stalking Redfish on his first offshore bottom fishin trip yesterday.  Seas werent too bad on the way out and a lil' sloppy on the way in due to a south wind. Baited up at G reef and me and Jamie hooked up with 2 nice Snapper right on the first drop. He seems to think these reds pull a tad harder!!!!!  We left G and went to the 40mi to find pretty water and a solid B-liner bite. This was the first time I have seen them at every number we dropped on. THEY WERE THICK!!!!! At one point we started movin around just to get away from them. We moved to my southern-most number and had a good bite there also with more reds, B-liners and Seabass. Then Jamie snags the bottom or at least I thought it was the bottom till I saw the head shake.  After Jamie whomped on this fish for awhile, or maybe it was the other way around, He started making ground. I thought we were in for a 60lb Gag but turns out to be the biggest Nurse I've ever seen!!!! I'd say he was all over 9-9.5' and somewhere around the 300lb mark. For reference, the mooring cleat in that pic is 6" long. We cut the line and sent him/her on their way. For a newbie offshore/bottom fisherman Jamie did very well but that's no surprise and it wouldn't surprise me if we see him out again where the big boys are. Also had a manatee waitin for a drink when we got to the dock which was a nice ending to the day 5 Reds to 15Lbs limit of B-liners in as much time as it took to type this line limit of BSB 1 black Margate 1 mogan of a Nurse shark, no doubt a state record..... 
				__________________ - The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt" | 
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			ssired, you... well you know. Thanks for the great post anyway! At least you played with the Manatee. 
				__________________ '75 Cuddy with '00 Johnson Ocean Pro 150 horse Benny | 
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			SS very nice, you got good numbers!
		 
				__________________ Willy 1986 V20 Old School 1992 V20 1992 150 Yamaha 1997 HydraSport 2250 Vector 2009 17' G3 Outfitter "G Spot" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDebw...eature=related "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid on a hand on. I don't do these things to others and I require the same from them" JW | 
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			Looks like and awesome day! Congats!  That nurse shark looks fun.   
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			wow, NICE!!!!
		 
				__________________ Sorry to say that I no longer have a 1984 V20 :( | 
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			Thanks guys, its always a blast to be out there. Should have seen my "numbers" before I got married, then you'd be impressed  (the pics were better too!!!) 
				__________________ - The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt" | 
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			Hate to be the northerner to ask but what is a "B-liner"?  I never heard the term and I fish with my brother in Pompano Bch, FL quite a bit. 
				__________________ 1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc | 
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 Mingo snapper, vermillion snapper. They are small snappers, red in color, football size at best. Have a red ring (iris?) around their pupils. | 
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			Seems to be a Florida thing.  I mentioned that we caught a few B-liners to my dad who fishes pretty regularly and he asked the same thing and I had to explain as well.
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			Yea that is kind of funny.....I had never heard the name either (lived in FL for 15 years to boot) and within two days between talking to a friend on the phone, this site and another site I heard it used 3 times....was like WTF is a B-Linr????
		 
				__________________ 1986 V-20 1986 Yamaha 150 HP | 
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