Fishing Solo 20 Miles Out and Something I’ve NEVER Seen Before Happened!

So, I got out on the water right around sunrise and headed out. The plan today was to head out 15 to 20 miles, jump around to a few different spots, do some scouting, look for some new areas, and if I found something that looked good, drop down with a jig or other artificial, and just check it out. But I did run into a bunch of popup storms. I was having to scoot around quite a bit, so I didn't get in as much fishing as I'd hoped. But the times that I got to stop on a few good spots were very productive. All right, guys. We're about 20 miles out. We're between some domes and fads and stuff. So, we're going to jump from spot to spot. But while we do it, I'm going to troll this nomad between spots. See if we can hook something on the way to the next one. See, I just got a short little piece of wire on here. So, the early trolling between spots was not productive, but that did change later in the day. So, I got to the first spot that I was going to jig at, and it had a lot of good marks. So, I got down my Chaos Fishing high-speed rod and dropped to the bottom. And it didn't take long for the action to start. And here's just a little tip my buddy Mikey showed me that uh if you want your jig to fall faster, if it's not falling fast enough and it's kind of fluttering down and you want to get down to the bottom quick, you just put the line between two fingers and just put a little light tension and it makes that jig fall vertically instead of back and forth horizontally. Makes it get down there a lot faster. Damn. What I got? Doesn't feel like a trigger. What this is very weird, very weird behaving. Thanks. Holy moly. Look at that double red grouper. One of them's a keeper. For sure one of them's a peep. They both might be keepers. All right, guys. That's pretty awesome. Double red grouper. Let's get a tape on these guys. Ow. Ow. Oh, yeah. That one's a keeper for sure. Don't think this guy is now. He's about 18. So, we'll let him go back down. gone. This guy's getting bled. All right. Spring. Sweet. That's not a vermilion. Oh, little red snapper. Oh, yeah. All right, I'm on. A lot of times when I'm taking a break or getting a drink, I'll leave my jig down there just about a foot off the bottom and leave my rod in the rod holder. And surprisingly it gets hit a lot like that drifting. It's fighting like a grouper. Yep. Baby red. I continued getting good marks on the fish finder. So, I just decided to drift this area for a while and drop the jig while I was drifting. Come on. be another keeper grouper. Ah, another short That's better maybe. Come on. Where are the big ones at? Oh yeah, that's better. That's keeper red grouper. Unless it's foul hooked. Ah, keeper Vermillion. It seemed like each cast the fish got a little bit smaller, so it was time to move on to a new spot. So, this bait didn't seem to be running right. So, I was pulling it up to check it. I was just going to reel it up. And while I was reeling, all of a sudden, it got hammered. Oh god, I'm on. Crap. Crap. Come on. Don't know what I got. Feels pretty good though. What is it? Oh, stupid bonita. Gosh dang it. Oh, great. Whoa, about lost my That was pretty lucky. I don't know how that happened. All right. Good shark bait for John. So, I tried to get to some more of my reef spots, but these popup storms just kept blowing up over me. So, I decided to just kind of troll around and see what I could get. All right, we're on something good here. That doesn't feel like a That doesn't feel like a bonita. Did he come off or is he swimming at me? Oh, he's swimming at me. What is it? Another stupid bonita. Golly look like a giant bonita. Oh no, it's a nice smoker king. All right, fat king. See if I can gaff him. Keep his head in the water. He's trying to make a run. Got him. All right. I've learned when you're landing a gaff fish and you're putting your rod in the holder, always loosen the drag. Nice fat king. All right, big old fat king. Ah, golly. So strong. Let's get him in the smoker. Get him in the cooler. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. Sorry there wasn't more action in it, but some days just go like that. But I just tried to make the best of what I had. So, tight lines everybody. I'll see you on the next one.