20lb King

KayakMike · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:42 am

Went out in search of Mr. T-Poon this morning. Saw some pogies down south but they were so tight in the surf they were tough to snag and fish. I did see one or two poons literally in the surf. By midmorning nothing was happening and bait was scarce, so I moved.

Wife informed me pogies near the kids surf camp were getting waxed - it figures when I drive 25 miles south they're right in my backyard

By the time I got there they had moved to the pier and south, so I launched in S. Jax Beach and chased for a couple hours.

Never did hook up with any poons although I saw a couple - tons of sharks. Thought I had a poon because this fish did not act like a shark and what do you know it was a 20lb King! Conventiently enough the Nut Deep guys were right behind me and I traded them the fish for a pic and a gaff.

WarEagle1 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:08 am **Posts:** 236

Sweet!

joedaddy · **Joined:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:32 am **Posts:** 140

Nice fish! what did you feed him?

KayakMike · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:44 pm

He ate a live pogie on one of my tarpon rigs. A cajun thunder with 80lb fluoro and a 14/0 circle hook :toothy7:

He was mouth hooked so long as I had pressure on him his teeth didnt touch the leader. It was a bit abraided. If I was hunting for kings I'd use a wire rig with some trebles, not what he hit.

One Liner · **Joined:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:44 pm **Posts:** 72

That is one sweet King! How long was the fight? Did it smoke off alot of line?

islandspeed2001 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:59 pm

Surprises are always welcome

Great to see you got out there today. I was driving down the beach this afternoon and wondered why I wasn't out there. Congrats on the King :cheers:

JohnYaksJax · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:08 pm

WTG KayakMike!!!.....a "King for a King".....and I mean that in the most positive way!! Congrats!!!

What rod/reel combo and line type and test were on that rig???

Way to chase them down and keep at it....good going!!
JohnYaksJax

BearsGoneFishing · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:59 pm

Way to go Mike

Very nice King

Ton of sharks in our area just everywhere last time I was out two weeks ago.

JeffreyMcGovern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:59 pm

Great shot Mike! :cheers:

Bet that was a heck of a nice battle. Sounds like you earned that one for all the running around you had to do.

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KayakMike · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:38 pm

Lord am I overweight - I have been advised to wear a shirt next time

fishesfromtupperware · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:43 pm

Nice Fishy Mike!

(didn't Chappy tell you he caught his 'poon in your backyard?) :lol:

MAN! That water looks GREAT!

We went out of Nassau Sound Monday morning and felt like we'd been through the spin cycle :laughing5:

Saw a few spectacular crashes with pogies flying everywhere, but we didn't do anything.

BTW: How does a shark act? I was hooked up for a long while with something that ran like scalded cat, then my visibly frayed 100lbs flouro tippet came back at me. I'd like to fool myself into thinking it was something other than a shark.

kayakfishingpc · **Joined:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:32 pm **Posts:** 260

WTG Mike! The water temps dropped down here and didn't see a single one last week glad to see you saw them at least!

rasco13 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:32 pm **Posts:** 550

WTG thats one nice fish great catch

tdrott · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:43 pm

Nice king Mike :-B

Jag · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2010 6:54 am **Posts:** 153

KayakMike wrote:

Lord am I overweight - I have been advised to wear a shirt next time

In my book you are downright svelte.

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