Get to the pass and it doesn't look too bad and we head out to get some live bait.  First couple stops......no bait Figured James won't put us on fish till we get him some beer so.... Finally start catching bait at the 3rd stop.  Hama catches some ruby lips, white snapper, and a juvie AJ on the sabiki rig. Josh caught some rock fish/ white snapper.  Ken caught some mingos and white snapper.  John caught some white snapper and  baby red snappers.   With a good assortment of "candy"  we head off with great anticipation.

Don't know where we went but we were about 35 miles out (captain said so) .  Drop lines with live bait   Nothing!!!!  Move to new spot.  Drop lines.....nothing again   Move spot again..... Finally!!! John comes up with a nice Red Snapper Dang fed waters.... Every one else starts to catch the same red snapper I think.... (after all they are very rare)... John and I also caught a couple of flatties about 10 inches.

Getting late.... Time to get in the magical 9 mile line to try to get some blood in the fish box.  John gets the 1st keeper in the boat...Red snapper 19 inches (I think that same snapper followed us all the way in).  Then Josh gets his snapper followed by Ken then Hama.  Total, we put 5 red and 1 black in the box. 

Time hack----6:45 pm.  Captain says time to go home.....as we make it back to the pass, boats are headed out for the night (full moon).   Probably why we didn't get much...Make it back to dock by 7:30 pm. Clean the REEL FEISTY, shake hands and depart for home.  Had a great time with James and I enjoyed fishing with John, Josh, and Ken.  Might not have come away with a lot of fish but, Learned a few new tricks from Josh and John. Ken learned a lot (I think).  

And finally......Thanks to James for a great adventure...James can fill in about the short stop we made or he  doesn't have to.  Any trip on the REEL FEISTY is a great trip for me

SWEET OKOLE

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Hama....I'm in navarre this week and the trout bite is hot off the dock, also a few reds tossed in.  Shoot me a PM if you and your boy wanna come over and give it a shot.

heres where my snapper ended up...

http://fishthebridge.com/fishingforum/Topic99683-51-1.aspx

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And a special thanks to all the forum members for sharing so much info.Hope to meet all of you one day  

  

My thoughts:

Taking someone fishing is probably one of those good deeds that will have a real and profound affect on ALOT of other people, because every person who's had something nice done for them, wants to be able to do something nice for someone else. Eventually, one single good deed WILL turn into dozens of other good deeds!

I don't know about everyone else, but to be able to go fishing with James on his boat, gave me an unforgetable experience. Someday, I WILL BE "that guy!" I look forward to having a nice boat and taking others out fishing with no strings attached, just as James took me.

There were many neat things that I saw, or observed and learned on this trip:

#1 Ruby Red lip is not just a forum ranking, lol it is in fact a fish! and according to the crew, good bait!

#2 I was surprised that it takes 30-45 seconds for a one pound egg sinker to get your bait to the bottom! To put it in perspective, It's kinda like fishing off of the roof of a 35 story building.

#3 Seaweed, Rice and Spam makes a wonderful lunch. Spam-Muso-Bee, as Hama called it is great!!

#4 When you're holding a 6' leader, with the hook in one hand and the 1lb weight in the other hand it is possible for the 4' line in the middle to inadvertantly snag something like oh, say a tackle box and fling it overboard.....  lol oh, well could've been worse. At least it floated and we got it back quickly...

#5 GPS and Fishfinders are some amazing equipment that have a gazillion functions. (yes, it actually say's gazillion in the manual...)

#6 The term "Fishing over Live bottom" means: hmmmm, I'm still not really sure what that means.... but it's cool fishing lingo and I'll have to throw that term out there soon even though I don't know what it really means, the other person will think I do.

#7 Red Snapper can NOT be endangered... That's all we were catching!!!!

#8 I was wrong to think 24' is a good size boat to have, 34' is the right answer.

#9 It is impossible to pee off the back of the boat without getting your feet wet. hmmmm

#10 It is possible to lose a fish because you pulled his lips off.

#11 Sherman Cove is an A+ facility. Almost makes me wish I had married a military chick.

#12 A PVC "Tee Fitting" looped onto your belt works great as a fighting belt.

#13 Sabiki rigs actually work.

#14 There is no such thing as "Having Too Fast of a boat"

I had fun even catching bait. The Snapper I took home tasted great, I ate it the next day! I'm also real interested in making some of that "Cebichi" stuff Josh posted about.

I had a Great Time, I am thankful to have been invited. Thank you very much, again to James!

-Ken

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FYI to all - Pics added and some of my story added too.

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KNOW OF A FISH BEING ABUSED? I run a, "HOUSE FOR BATTERED FISH!"