nearly 8 foot bridge caught jewfish- tarpon j

team hot reelz · 2012-07-23T09:32:35Z

john and i both had two good sized southern rays laying in the freezers at home so we decide to take an adventure to the bridge to drop them and get a big shark. we sat and waited for 6-7 hours without a single run, even the tarpon didnt bite the entire time. it was looking like we were about to get skunked real bad, and then right when slack tide hit johns 12/0 gets a run that goes parallel to the bridge. he sets it and fights it for awhile not knowing what it is, its a goodsized fish and pulls drag out away from the bridge. meanwhile im grabbing everything we need to help land this fish i keep my headlight on the line the whole time. then the line goes under the bridge and the rod is at the point of snapping. the rod is an 8 foot 100 lb class rod and is definitely being pushed past its capabilities. i push the rod up and so does john, it takes everything we got to move the fish away from the pilings. just then it finally surfaces and its a massive goliath grouper. i guess its like a 5-6 foot goliath from the top of the bridge but when i get down there to land it i see the size of this things head and i immediately yell its eight foot man!! he runs down gets pics and measurements and we release it.7' 8" a true monster of the deep. congrats to john!

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JDHAMMER

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Thats one big Jewfish. Way to go guys.

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Posted : 07/27/2012 7:49 am

Sid Fishious

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wow! simply an amazing jewfish. biggest one i've seen.

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Posted : 07/30/2012 8:18 am

Blacktip Hunter

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Awesome grouper!

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Posted : 08/01/2012 7:07 pm

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