My florida trip (two world records and 6 new species for me)

[Delawareriver]

Spent 2 and a half days in the keys and one day walking canals of south florida. Conditions were horrible with a steady 20mph wind all making it tough fishing. First day was only an afternoon. I shot a small baracuda off the the dock before we hit the flats and shot a second small cuda. Sunday we had plans to get up early and hit the blue water early. Woke up to a nasty thunderstorm and had more storms moving through. Finally late morning the thunder and lightning broke down to just showers so we hit the water. Shot a nice mangrove snapper (new world and state record) off the dock while captain got the boat ready. Hit the few spots with only a few small grunts, yellow tail snapper, small strawberry grouper, and blue runners on the rods. Tried drifting with nothing going on, tried deeper then found some floating weeds. Went to work with bucktails and went 1 for 3 on mahi. Captain wanted to put a few in the cooler before we started messing with the bows but wasn't meant to be. Called it a day,
Monday the winds picked up over 25 mph so we stayed in shore behind the mangrove islands and shot and rod/reeled the flats. Managed to shoot few southern stinrays up to 60lbs but nothing else going on.
Tuesday I had to drop my buddy off at the airport at noon so walked the canals. Little windy but managed to find a bunch of fish. Managed a few talpia, plecos, 3 bullseye snakeheads, and 1 mayan cichlid (new world and state record). Overall was a great trip even with the tough conditions and on a positive note got the invite to come back when ever I wanted so the captain can show what the fishing is typically like. I'll post some pictures in a min

[Delawareriver]

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[bunker dunker]

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some great looking fish.

[HerringKing]

What a trip! Nice job!

[acabtp]

wow! http://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.njfishing.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[kcritch]

Daaaayyyyuuuummm!!! Awesome trip and nice gathering of species. Now ya gotta start hounding the bow and arrow companies for sponsorship money for them world records...big bucks baby! :D

[Chrisper4694]

what do those locals think about you coming in from jersey and taking their records!! suck it florida!!

2 records...ok trip i guess :rolleyes: hahaha, congrats man

[Delawareriver]

Daaaayyyyuuuummm!!! Awesome trip and nice gathering of species. Now ya gotta start hounding the bow and arrow companies for sponsorship money for them world records...big bucks baby! :D

Haha been there done that with pro staffs. A lot more work then guys realize plus most require you to use 100% their products. Every piece of equipment I feel is the best is from different companies for example I use ams arrows, rpm reel seat, g-string bowstring, several different lines depending on conditions and species I'm after, muzzys reels and use a custom bow. Bit am working with a knives company and working on a few other sweet deals

[FASTEDDIE29]

$HIT!!!!! Way to go on the state/world record and all the new species. This looks like one hell of a trip despite the tough conditions! Good stuff dude!!!!

AWESOME PICS!!!!:D

??? Did you take your state record Grey Snapper to a local restaurant to have it prepared???

[Delawareriver]

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[icebadger]

outstanding achievements. congratulations on your state/world records ,now you went and got-er-done bro:cool:glad to see you had a safe and successful trip.

[Esox Luciano]

That's what's up!!! Kickin ass & taking names across the board!! Sounds and looks like you definitely didn't let the weather get the best of you, way to stick it out. Congrats on the great catches, and new records!!

Certificates look GREAT By the way!!!! :D:D:D:D

[AndyS]

All I can say is WOW !!!