My first Sailfish

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My first Sailfish

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Caught this on a charter boat last week about a mile off Ft. Lauderdale. Was caught on a live goggle eye. Measured in at 89".
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Awesome picture! was that the only one caught that day?
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Yes that was the only one caught on our boat. I was using one of the boats spinning rod/reel to be honest I have no idea what kind it was or the line that was on it. Here are some more pictures of the fight. Maybe you guys can tell from the pics.


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Thanks guys.....is 6500 baitrunner a pretty decent reel? It's on sale at dicks for like $119. I do a lot of surf fishing and the first reel I bought was a Opus 5000 last summer....but I want to replace it soon.
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I like my 4500 and im ready to move up...the baitrunner feature is awesome but other rods have something similar. Im interested to hear about the feedback on this reel.
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Come to think of it I have had my reel for a long time too and with no problems. I guess mine is about yrs old and works like a charm. Maybe ill just get a 6500 on a stronger rod. That outta handle some stuff.
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The 6500 is a great reel Mine has landed numerous snook up to 30 lbs. to many big tarpon to count , 50 lb. dolphin, and loads of sharks up to 150 lbs. I love the freelin e feature when fishing on piers or bridges.
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I love my 3500, and I like using my 6500 for bigger fish. The features are great... Im thinking of getting the 4500 just to round out the collection.
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Well I guess this is the Sailfish page then. Nick got this off Juno, he popped it off at the side of the pier but it didnt make it so I snagged it off the bottom and we brought up and smoked it. Caught on a Gog.
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Nice Sail
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this is my first sail ever caught... it was a long time before i ever fished off a boat.
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surf_junkie wrote:Thanks guys.....is 6500 baitrunner a pretty decent reel? It's on sale at dicks for like $119. I do a lot of surf fishing and the first reel I bought was a Opus 5000 last summer....but I want to replace it soon.
I've got a pair of 4500's...I like them quite a bit. $119 sounds like a good deal to me, I paid quite a bit more than that for my 4500's. A quick google "shimano 6500 baitrunner" will show you the cheapest price though.
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Gio caught it gut hook it a lot of bleeding .we had to send him to da smoker mmmmmm taste it like ham.Sail its bigger that gio lol.
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dunno what happen lets try again sorry.
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Nice one. I still haven't caught one yet.
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bolo wrote:Nice one. I still haven't caught one yet.

me either bolo :mrgreen: dont feel bad .son caught it capt chase it great feeling tho.
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I've watched 2 pairs come up and swat the bait only to swim away hooked up to watch him jump off and had 2 lines go off on the kites and the one I picked had a 5 lb tuna. The other was a sail. My day will come. Oh and I'm not complaining about the tuna either !
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I dont get a lot of boat rides and when I do its not for trolling so this was the first Sail I ever got and it was this year.
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I nailed my first out with CJ on 4/9/10. Awesome fight jumped 5-6 times very cool to watch. Released and swam away. Very cool Experiece. I've since caught another one a bit bigger but didnt pull that one out of the water.
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nice sails guys :thumleft:
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