40 Mile Reds. Georgia Style! - Part-2

By Author: cedricary
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Bottom fishing is simply my destiny, whether we target Trout and Red fish in shore, or Pompano 60 miles offshore at the R4 Navy Tower in 160+ ft. of water. I can't tolerate a day on the boat without fishing on the bottom.So, I decided to load up on the "Hoss Fly", a 30-ft. Topaz Captained by Rick Stallard.

A pleasant surprise awaited us in 70 ft. of water on the journey east.From the tower of the "Hoss Fly",we watched birds swoop and dive at the water from a mile away.

After a brutal battle with NO drag, Sean Parks and Chip Neal boated their first ever Red Snapper.What a feeling that is to see their faces when they have accomplished something they have never done.As I photographed the action, my partner, Matt Amie was still hooked up with a fish LONG after the Camera was put away. He asked me what I thought it could be.I had no answer.I just looked into his eyes and then down at the reel as a line poured off about four times our drift speed.

Ten minutes went by,and we finally could see some color. It was a nice Cobia! What a bonus! He made the first boat side appearance and then made a dashing run to the ...
... bottom again.Matt finally pulled the fish to the Gaff, but it took all he had left. I have never seen Matt hand off a Rod, but I believe he was ready for. He may kill me for writing that! I swiped him in the head, and we threw him in the box.High five's and Screams engulfed the cockpit as we eased back to the marking. The Cobia had pulled us 200 yards from our initial hook up spot, so the crew had a chance to talk of how great the fish pulled and begged me to get those pictures developed quickly!

Drift after the drift produced fish, until finally, we had our limit of Red Snapper in the box, and the boys were beating down very much bad. We lost several NICE fish that our tackle simply could not handle, and we fish to pretty darn heavy, too.They may have been big Amberjack or Gag Grouper, but who knows. Usually, we can turn just about any bottom fish with the rigs we use, but the terminal tackles would not hold up to the test on a few of those fish.

Another day well noted for the 40 mile ledges.There are no secrets to this type of fishing.You simply need the ride to get there, and you'll catch fish. There are about 30 published numbers on this patch of the live bottom that can be picked up at the DNR office in Brunswick.Get your live bait at one of the artificial reefs on the way out,and the rest is just fishing'!
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