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Jason Slocum · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 328

I was disapointed on how long of walk it was from the parking lot, but I eventully made my out to the tip in search of Kings and Spanish, but they werent there. Fortunatly there were lots of TARPON! There was a school of about a dozen from 3-5 feet rolling in the channel! Started chunkin everything in the box and about 30 minutes I was hooked up. Unfortunatly it never made the famous jump but on the bright side it ended up being a 24" red with the biggest gut I have seen!

Upon further inspection I found 10 menhaden lodged inside.

Who said reds werent oppertunistic feeders? My lab wasnt too happy that I didnt bring her along.

Jason Slocum

rabbit · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:36 am Post subject:

Nice report and pics. Very Happy

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Permit · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:13 am Post subject:

Nice red, that is a hellavu gut, home slice had the munchies. Also, thats awesome to hear the Tarpon were rolling at Packery.....its only a matter of time before we have a nice population of them frequenting inshore. Thanks for the report.
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skunked · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject:

How come you did'nt catch any with a gut like that at the FLW event in Cocodrie. Were you holding out on Gerald?

Jason Slocum · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 328

The reds in La are 2X bigger than the ones in Texas. On my 3rd cast of the trip I caught my first La red I saw the head and immediatly said its oversize. put it on the checkit stick and it was only 25" Shocked

The fish we were on had really long tails. On the short end they would be 25-26 and on the long side they would be 27 1/16 or a 1/4. Jason

Nailsy · Pony Mullet Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 84

Nice fish!! I bet you could of killed em on a corky fatboy.
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skunked · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:46 am Post subject:

Jason,

Did you guys drink all of the 1/2 gallon of Captain Morgan I left behind?

Jason Slocum · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 328

no I think the locals needed it more than us. Jason

kyle · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

every red i have ever caught at the packery jetties looks like that, some of the really dark ones remind me of footballs, only place ive ever seen them that fat
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NaplesJohn · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Looks like it was trying to audition for a role in a large mouth bass show!!! Laughing

FINS · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

Nice Catch, fish for supper, bait for next trip! Atleast we know they feed on menhadden. On this topic did anyone ever see that red that was caught near Baffin sometime ago that had the rattlesnake inside its stomach? That would have been neat to see also.

skunked · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:45 am Post subject:

Jason,

Tell Grant that I will be home in about 3 or 4 weeks. We'll get together and do a little fishing.

Larry

SurfRunner · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

Wow! That red was a serious glutton! Shocked

Good report!
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