Joined
·
52 Posts
I had the opportunity to talk Mike Beane (captain of the Blue Dragon) into taking a few of us deep dropping Saturday on my boat and it turned out to be a great time. When I spoke with Mike on the phone the night before he asked what type of fish box I had and would it hold all our fish. I told him that if we managed to fill that fish box up with fish, we were probably headed to jail because we would be WAY over our limit! Well, Mike put us on the fish and proved me wrong. No jail time, but a full fish box and only the legal limit to do it.
We headed out of Rudee at 5:00am and pointed east for a long run. Hit the tile grounds a few hours later and started catching really nice tiles. A few dogs mixed in, but within an hour or so, we had our limit of tiles and a few nice sea bass. This was too easy for Mike so I threw him a challenge and said let's go catch something interesting and BIG. Mike smiled and pointed us further east. Next spot we drop down with the big baits and start the drift. One of the guys gets a bite, but no solid pull. Reel al the way back up (seemed like 5 minutes at least) and the bait comes back with only the head.
I would have liked to have seen that one. We catch a few Black Bellie Rose Fish and Mike says lets move again. Next spot, we drop down and one of the guys feels a bite so he sets the hook and snags. Or so we thought.... After a few seconds the "snag" comes up a about 20 cranks and then rips drag back to the bottom.:bigfish: This goes on for about 10 minutes and then he finally starts gaining line, but whatever he has hooked into, its heavy. Mike's smile has now turned into laughter. 30 minutes later we gaff a giant Golden Tile. The fish would barely fit into the box and Mike looks at me, laughs, and says "I thought you said we would go to jail if we filled your box!" Sometimes its nice to be wrong. By now I can hear the wind whistling through the rigger wires and the waves are starting to break so we picked up and headed home at 16 knots. Snotty! Back at Rudee at 6:30pm.
Weighed the tile at the Fishing Center and it weighed 55lbs. I am told the state record is 56lbs. Bottom line, if you get the chance to fish with Mike, you better have a BIG fishbox!
Please ignore the time stamp on the photo, I borrowed my son's camera and did not set the date.
We headed out of Rudee at 5:00am and pointed east for a long run. Hit the tile grounds a few hours later and started catching really nice tiles. A few dogs mixed in, but within an hour or so, we had our limit of tiles and a few nice sea bass. This was too easy for Mike so I threw him a challenge and said let's go catch something interesting and BIG. Mike smiled and pointed us further east. Next spot we drop down with the big baits and start the drift. One of the guys gets a bite, but no solid pull. Reel al the way back up (seemed like 5 minutes at least) and the bait comes back with only the head.
I would have liked to have seen that one. We catch a few Black Bellie Rose Fish and Mike says lets move again. Next spot, we drop down and one of the guys feels a bite so he sets the hook and snags. Or so we thought.... After a few seconds the "snag" comes up a about 20 cranks and then rips drag back to the bottom.:bigfish: This goes on for about 10 minutes and then he finally starts gaining line, but whatever he has hooked into, its heavy. Mike's smile has now turned into laughter. 30 minutes later we gaff a giant Golden Tile. The fish would barely fit into the box and Mike looks at me, laughs, and says "I thought you said we would go to jail if we filled your box!" Sometimes its nice to be wrong. By now I can hear the wind whistling through the rigger wires and the waves are starting to break so we picked up and headed home at 16 knots. Snotty! Back at Rudee at 6:30pm. Weighed the tile at the Fishing Center and it weighed 55lbs. I am told the state record is 56lbs. Bottom line, if you get the chance to fish with Mike, you better have a BIG fishbox!
Please ignore the time stamp on the photo, I borrowed my son's camera and did not set the date.
