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40 Mile Reds. Georgia Style! - Part-1

We all have that tendency to whine a little when someone says, "It's a 40 mile run, but the fish ought to be there".Well, let me take all the doubts out of making that long run decision.If bottom fishing is your game,the Red Snapper is biting as good as last year,if not a little better.

The opportunity arose for me to make the long run in comfort to do some bottom fishing.So,I decided to load up on the "Hoss Fly",a 30-ft.Topaz Captained by Rick Stallard.Once again, I was off to the 40-mile ledge southeast of the Georgia Coast.My favorite place to fish on our small, but fertile 100 - mile coastline.

A pleasant surprise awaited us in 70 feet.of water on the journey east.From the tower of the "Hoss Fly",we watched birds swoop and dive at the water from a mile away. When we got close, the answer was clear.The bait marked up in textbook form on the CVS 106 bottom machine.We knew the bait was not going to be a problem after that marking!Goggle Eyes by the thousands swarmed with the structure along with sardines the length of an unsharpened pencil.

We heard tale of some very large Boston Mackerel in the area, but our Sabiki's boasted only Goggles and Sardines.I did not see that as a problem.  The size of the baits we caught was plenty big enough to get my adrenaline pumping,and after about 60 baits were in the well,we headed east another 20 miles.

As we approached the holy numbers,we talked of how good the fishing has been,and how good it BETTER be today! Capt. Matt Amie and I retired our beanbags and began making bottom rigs. Within a few short minutes,we had 6 rigs ready to send down as we idled slowly up to the number I had programmed in the GPS. We were ready.We all stared at the CVS 106 waiting for the bottom to blow up on the screen.

Finally, after several passes, there she was.That beautiful,bright colored marking rising high off the bottom and pointing sharply into the current. Rick screamed for the crew to "Send ‘em!" I just watched on the first go-round to see the brutal "butt whipping'"get put on some of our crew members who had never caught a Red Snapper.I watched eagerly as the 16 ounce weight peeled line off the Tidewater GOLD 30 Reels as they carried the live Sardines to the bottom.

The crew quickly slammed the levers on the reels to strike,and I instructed them to make 3 full reels off the bottom to prevent any hang up on the structure.It was about 5 seconds, and the screaming and feet shuffling began!There's nothing quite like hearing the screams of a happy Angler hooked up with a BIG fish and the Captain on the Radio in the background telling his partners "We are Tripled Up!"

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i can't decide on which new bowling ball to get.?

okay so ive been bowling about 9 years and finally made my varsity bowling team this year (season actually just ended today) and i want a new bowling ball to practice with all summer and use next season. right now i have an ebonite tornado and its just not hooking enough to my liking. i dont want a major hook but i dont want to have to throw a straight line at the pocket to get a strike (i dont have a high rev rate either and the lanes i bowl on are medium to high oil so im not getting any movement out of my tornado). i was thinking ebonite playmaker, brunswick swarm, storm virtual gravity, hammer anger raw, or black widow bite. any suggestions?

As a High School Coach myself, I see this type of transition pretty regularly. The jump from a Tornado to a Virtual Gravity is pretty dramatic and possibly unnecessary, but to be sure, I would take the following into consideration.

If you are (or have the potential) above 180, I would consider the higher performance balls like the VG and Hammers but if you are below 180, the Playmaker is a pretty good bang for the buck.

Just about anything you buy is going to react better than the Tornado which is an entry-level reactive resin ball with a very mild surface. Based on the info in your question, you would want to go with a more aggressive surface, mid RG (2.5-2.9) ball.

I would say the Hammer Bite would be a nice choice. The VG is an awesome ball but probably too aggressive. I had a few of my guys switch to the Cell Pearl which is a great medium oil ball.

There are so many choices out there and many of them are good. The most important thing is that you go to a good pro shop that will work with you to make the right decision.

Best of Luck!

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