Fish Report for 1-5-2017

Heartbreaker

1-5-2017
Bill Cavanaugh
https://www.intrepid.net

Hi Everyone, We ended up having a very similar day as we had yesterday. Steady action on 20 to 200 pound fish. Late in the afternoon, Dale Lethcoe hooked a monster that would not stop. As his outfit got spooled, we dumped his rod and reel over the side with a backup, dumped that back up over the side with another back up, and dumped a second back up over the side so we had three outfits in the water, all spooled. At this point we pulled the anchor and chased the fish. About an hour and a half later we had the fish at color, one more half circle and we had the fish at gaff. The fish made one last direction change, chaffed the 100# fluorocarbon, and it broke off. Right there. About 2 feet from gaff. It was a heartbreaking loss. I estimate that fish to be in the mid 200 pound range. Everyone did their part. No mistakes were made. It was just one of those fish that would not give up. We will be here again tomorrow. We have one more day before we have to start heading for home. The attached picture is of Shauna Barton with one of the bigger fish we boated today, about a 180. Good work Shauna!


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