I had two lines in the water with big Pin Fish as bait. I didn't get a bite for over an hour and then I finally got an 18 inch Gag that I released. Then I had a tremendous hit. I could not even get the rod out of the rod holder. The fish must have wrapped itself around some structure and finally the line snapped.
Two minutes later I had another rod bender and it got wrapped around something in the same area, but I started circling the area with the electric motor trying to get untangled. I had the fish on for at least a half-hour. I could not give up because I left my tackle box on the dock so I didn't even have a knife with me to cut the line. I tried to snap the line but it would not break. After a while I opened the bail and put the rod in the rod holder. I picked it up about 5 minutes later and the fish was loose. It was a 26 inch Gag Grouper.
I have a lot of Pin Fish if anyone needs any. Last week Captain Carlos put a Pin Fish trap off my dock but when he pulled it up before he went fishing it was empty. When he came back from fishing he pulled it up and I had to run downstairs to help him pull it up because it was so heavy. You could not have fit another fish in the trap.
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