Keyport Seahawk - Doormat time!

[Chrisper4694]

Late report...headed out for seabass and found pretty much a dink fest with only a few keepers. we bounced around but just couldn't get any kind of keeper ratio.

Headed in to switch over to fluke fishing and we caught the tail end of a decent bite window. John whacked a nice keeper pretty quick on a bucktail rig and a few minutes later a fish knocked so much slack in my line it probably took a good 2 seconds for me to catch up to it and set the hook. He did his little magic carpet ride, but I managed to get him in on the light setup.

first doormat of the year for me...also my first fluke of the year...crap did i just ruin my entire season

[njfish4life]

Awesome fish Chris. Congrats

[ALS Mako]

Congrats. Weight or measure? Just curious. Sweet catch

[SaltLife1980]

What did it weigh??

[shrimpman steve]

Nice fish. Don’t know how big it is but won’t be getting bigger

[rumster]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

What did it weigh??

My guess is around 7- 8 lbs. Certainly not the fish that you have in your profile, but a beautiful fish none the less.... Congratulations on the catch.

[reason162]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

...a fish knocked so much slack in my line it probably took a good 2 seconds for me to catch up to it and set the hook.

Every 7+ fluke I've caught slacked me up...it's a hallmark of a big fluke jig bite. Excellent job!

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by rumster

My guess is around 7- 8 lbs. Certainly not the fish that you have in your profile, but a beautiful fish none the less.... Congratulations on the catch.

Still a great catch! Nice fish! Tight lines

Chris,

Beautiful fish my friend. What was the length? Hard to say at the angle but guessing 27" - 28" maybe. Good way to start the season.

Tom

[rwp2101]

Nice fish and thanks for the sea bass tips a couple weeks back that was the right depth!