[KILSONG]

Chris had his two tarpon ever upto 150 lbs in Florida last week and he had his first ever cobia and grouper on jigs in NC yesterday.
He even oufished me on jigs by 4:1.
From the start, it seemed he was determind to catch groupers on jigs and stayed on jigging most of time while I was playing with jigs and baits. He even caught grouper with his first ever Mid Knot which he tyed by himself. His four grouper catches on jigs ia a quiet accomplishments as grouper bites were very slow everywhere due to big swell and dirty water.
I am not surprised even if he catches shark on a jig on his upcoming shark tournament.

It was so calm in the morning and I thought we would kill grouper not knowing there was big swell outside.

Don't fish on a center console without bean bags. Chris was so impressed with the bean bags, he said he would arrange group purchase of bean bas for Noreast members.

A huge battleship welcomed us on the way out.

Chris showed us how to catch fish on jigs.

Later, he even showed us how to catch grouper on baits.

 

[GrouperHawg]

I was really surprised that jigs worked in such dirty water.
Kil caught the biggest on a jig also.The inshore currents &
big swell made anchoring and fishing terrible.Still was fun
with good fishermen aboard.

 

[Hunt n' Fish]

Ha! Thanks Kil, for the report, the pics and the kudos. I did get a hands on, one-on-one lesson from one of the best around. Thank you very much, for the lessons and the invite.

Hawg! Thank you for taking me out yesterday on a fun trip and letting us fish jigs despite the less than great conditions.

Chris

 

[bretabaker]

nice catches. did the diamond jigs work better than other jigs? how did the plastics work?

chip had a bean bag as well. CT fell asleep in one, even thought we were getting tossed around in some bad seas

Kil - do you primarily use the longer cod-like rods to jig grouper? If so, I think I may need another rod built

 

[capttrav]

Way to get them Chris. Kil nice pictures too. Even with the wrong conditions you guys had success!

 

[SwellRider]

Kil, Glad you and Chris had a good trip with Joe yesterday. With that swell I took the day off to go surfing. Hope the Tuna fishing is as good to you as the NC Grouper. I'll be making a trip up north to fish some Tuna this summer, going to take Adam up on using the 32 Regulator I'll need you to go with me on that one. Here's some pic's of the Jarret Bay I will be fishing this summer for some of the Open party Trips as well as private trips, the boat on the lift is my 26' cc. Talk to you soon. Ken Mullen