Deep Dropping 2/16

PhishingPhanatic · Post by **PhishingPhanatic** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:36 pm

Went out of PE with a couple friends, plan was to deep drop for golden tiles. Hooked one (it was a nice one too, easy 20 lber) and when it was floating on the surface about 10 feet from the boat, the 80 lb Power Pro on my friend's electric reel just popped, nothing rubbing or abrading it. Lost the fish, 5 lb weight, deep drop rig and light, I told him he should have used Jerry Brown instead. Picked up some rosies as by-catch, then made a move for barrelfish. Caught 4 of them on 5 drops, all nice fish in the 20-30 lb range. Haven't tried any yet (will tonight) but the other guys said they are awesome, similar to tilefish but sweeter.

gruntking · Post by **gruntking** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:42 pm

nice fish guy bet your thumb is killing you huh

PhishingPhanatic · Post by **PhishingPhanatic** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:38 pm

gruntking wrote:nice fish guy bet your thumb is killing you huh

For sure, I had to put ice on it this morning to bring down the swelling.

gruntking · Post by **gruntking** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:50 pm

lmao ive seen that befor

gruntking · Post by **gruntking** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:51 am

well have you had the chance to cook any of that up ?

PhishingPhanatic · Post by **PhishingPhanatic** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:20 am

Yep, it is really good. Consistency is similar to grouper, but it tastes more like tilefish. Very firm, white, sweet flakey meat.

joenofishhere · Post by **joenofishhere** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:23 pm

You guys killed it!

onemullet · Post by **onemullet** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:40 pm

...nice!

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