BUCKTAILS AND GULP

[hammer4reel]

Put a hurting on all kinds of flatfish 

[MGHunter66]

I dig flatties big enough to harpoon 

[SPEARFISH]

70 lbers

[Bucksnbows]

If anyone was wondering, that was video from last year's NJW&W trip.  Average fish that day as I recall....

[allmann]

do you continue fighting after they harpoon it or basically let them tire out and pull them up by the rope 

[hammer4reel]

3 hours ago, SPEARFISH said:

70 lbers

we had fish to a 100 on the bucktails on that trip.

on bait the fish weren't that big.

On the same rod many guys use to fluke was a fun fight

[hammer4reel]

3 hours ago, allmann said:

do you continue fighting after they harpoon it or basically let them tire out and pull them up by the rope 

fish is pretty much done fighting except for a possible run or two when they harpoon it.

harpoon isn't fool proof and saw some pull out quickly, 'they use it to help get it in position for when the shoot it to bring it into the boat as extra security .

 

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[MGHunter66]

33 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

they use it to help get it in position for when the shoot it to bring it into the boat as extra security .

Do they shoot em to keep people from getting hurt. I’d imagine one of thise flapping around violently could do a bit of damage. We had a big Cobia in Florida wreck a guys knee

[hammer4reel]

5 minutes ago, MGHunter66 said:

Do they shoot em to keep people from getting hurt. I’d imagine one of thise flapping around violently could do a bit of damage. We had a big Cobia in Florida wreck a guys knee

yes, anything over about 60 pounds they shot.

we brought a bunch in after we had already boxed a fish for the day.

On those they netted them,

throwing a wet towel over their eyes kept them somewhat docile,

when they weren't their tail hits the deck like a 15 pound sledge hammer

[allmann]

thanks    thats very interesting 

[Buck154]

15 hours ago, hammer4reel said:

when they weren't their tail hits the deck like a 15 pound sledge hammer

Cool video Dan. Wish my wife and I did more than one trip when we were there.

Definitely right. We only had them to 60 lbs and they have power in that tail. 

[fdsmiles]

you have to get an atlantic Dan,they fight better then the westies!!!!{lol}

[hammer4reel]

1 hour ago, fdsmiles said:

you have to get an atlantic Dan,they fight better then the westies!!!!{lol}

One of my fluke tourney partners had one in Nantucket last summer .

im looking for one over 200 now , and hoping for even larger than that .

 

[fdsmiles]

mine was 85lbs.i have caught 2 so far the other was small maybe 20lbs and was released.going up 3 more times to see if i can catch another.

[MGHunter66]

54 minutes ago, fdsmiles said:

mine was 85lbs.i have caught 2 so far the other was small maybe 20lbs and was released.going up 3 more times to see if i can catch another.

Can I ask how far offshore and how deep are you when fishing for them?