Long key bull

GetH00kedTV · 2015-07-04T21:06:10Z

Seeing all of these posts over the years of great fisherman such as Will, JD hammer, Picua , Rene and others I just had to go check out the bridges down there. And damn was I surprised of the number of sharks! We ended up staying in marathon and fished around the docks of our condo for bait, after nightfall several little tarpon were hanging around the lights and after playing with them awhile we decided to call it a night. The following day a local was cleaning his bounty after a day of fishing offshore and he ended up giving us several mahi carcasses and a blackfin carcass as well. That afternoon we took a trip to long key and i deployed the tuna , it wasn't long before it got picked up.[url][/url] I setup on the fish and gave it hell he immediately cut right and then towards me. I cranked hard and I cranked fast and put the breaks on em . After walking him down and to the beach it was a race to snap some pics and safely release this fish back. I couldn't believe it! My first bull on the first drop! The next night we are back on the long key grind and I Hook up to my first Cuda and a big one at that, my Saragosa handled it effortlessly and as we were going for the gaff shot he broke me off, Damn there goes some good bait . My buddy having never sharkfished before wanted to give it a shot on his 6/0 after seeing my bull, I advised him otherwise but he didn't care..... So set him up with a single hook rig with a mahi head and sent him on his way, I setup my 14/0 with a full Mahi on a double hook rig.... 15 mins roll by and my buddy's 6/0 clicks off he sets up but the fish drops it, then mine goes off almost instantaneously. After waiting a while for him to take the bait I engaged the drag and tightened up.... The fish drops it. 10 more minutes roll by and my buddy's on again ... This time he managed to stick this one and his line shoots out , he's on lockdown and his sideplayes are burning up, the fish wraps him around the poles and he ultimately breaks off... All of this within seconds ! My reel remained silent the remainder of the night. That bridge, there's something special about it... You step foot on that bridge well at least for me , a rush of excitement and anxiety comes over me knowing that this is the place of giants... Pretty epic trip especially for my first down in the keys, will definitely be back with a 130 for revenge! [url][/url] Any Guesses on weight? [url][/url]