Bought me an offshore boat and caught some offshore fish.

[Sparkles]

Very cool! What's the story on Tilefish? Never heard of that one before.

Deep drop fish
Tastes like lobster


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[Sparkles]

I had the leader in my hands at 45 minutes then it got really upset and took about 500 ft of line. Then at the 4 hr mark we could see our leader and it took about 1000 ft of line.



I have been involved with plenty of 1 hr fights, a few 2 hrs, maybe one 3 hr but at hours 4,5 and 6 you expect for something to go wrong...it is a battle of wills...he made a mistake before we did.



When we gaffed it that big bill was all over the place.



It went like this.



Me: I have the leader, get the harpoon and gaff.



Friend 1 grabs the harpoon, friend 2 grabs the gaff.



Me: hit it with the harpoon as soon as you see it.



Friend 1: drills it with the harpoon in the dark.



Friend 2: puts a gaff in its head (perfect shot)



We all grab gaffs and stick it with 3 gaffs in the head..fish proceeds to lose its mind.



Friend 2: (while holding the gaff and getting beat up) "what do we do now"



Me: we hold it right here till it dies



So that's how the 6 1/2 hr fight ended.

Very cool
Sounds like you got this offshore thing just about dialed already


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[UrbanBuck]

Cool

[mpotts]

great write up! thanks for sharing.

[Killer]

I thought the Captain of the boat was supposed to be in all the pics! Congrats Ryan you have this down to an art!

The 6 1/2 hour fight was epic! You have ruined Grant in a good way!!

I got a suggestion teach your deckhand how to drive the boat then you can spend more time fishing and picture taking!

[SwampRanger]

great times!

[rvd]

Nice work and congrats on getting your own rig!

[Ron]

Way too cool!

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

I bet the most spoken words you hear is "Can I go?" That is just awesome.

[FlightCancelled]

Congrats on boat and swordfish.

[Devin]

Very nice!

[hog smacker]

Oh he just drives around until he stumbles on to a few fish

It's true!!!

Some people make it all complicated and have plans and stuff when they head offshore.

[TexasWicked1]

Very cool.