Non-Fly Unlimited Tropical Gear Fishing Dirtbaggery Thread

[PhilR]

Dang, this is awesome. I need to get back over there. I got a little flounder blind casting for bones a few years ago. It might have been bigger than the palm of my hand....

 

[Smith]

Really great set of pictures.

 

[BCO]

Nice work!
Curious what species is this with the serious looking grillz?
SF

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What is the flat nosed snarky lookin guy in the second pic ? Great posts, keep them coming. Thx

 

[SurfnFish]

Big Island Hilo side..?

 

[veilside180sx]

Hey @Mingo I'm curious what kind of boat that is?

Pretty interesting hull. Can't recall seeing one quite like that.

I love boats every bit as much as I love being a gear fishing dirt bag

22’ World Cat if I had to guess.

 

[SilverFly]

Great thread. Just need a few more blowfish to balance out all the jobfish.

 

[SilverFly]

Threadfin butterfly fish caught using a bobber and shrimp in Kapoho Bay ... now under 30' of lava .

 

[FerrousTortoise]

2lb test on a green strip. She thought she was stuck

 

[alpinetrout]

It’s a green jobfish or uku. Awesome species!

They'll eat flies too, but with a disgusting lack of dirtbaggery...

 

[Mingo]

Big Island Hilo side..?

BI, Kona side.

 

[Mingo]

They'll eat flies too, but with a disgusting lack of dirtbaggery...

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now THAT is a perfect specimen!

 

[Mingo]

Great thread. Just need a few more blowfish to balance out all the jobfish.

LMAO for sure, but the pics I have are mainly ones caught on fly. I'll look for some that were dirt bagged up.....

 

[Mingo]

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2lb test on a green strip. She thought she was stuck

that's an awesome papio, nice job!

 

[Mingo]

22’ World Cat if I had to guess.

20' Glacier Bay.

 

[Mingo]

What is the flat nosed snarky lookin guy in the second pic ? Great posts, keep them coming. Thx

That's the distortion from the water making the nose look rather "shovellish" like that....it's a 5'ish galapagos shark. We had to deal with way too many sharks over the weekend....total pains in the ass.

 

[MarshRat]

Bought my wife a baitcaster and had to give it a test run.

 

[clarkman]

God damn, I dunno how I missed this thread. Great shit!

 

[skyrise]

No pics as this was another really tough year with big waves and wind and rain (like to have sent back home). Did see one milkfish caught the first day we got there. Then nothing the rest of our time. papio we’re finally seen on our last day but had to pack & leave. You know conditions are bad when they are surfing out in front of the beaches i fish.

 

[Mingo]

No pics as this was another really tough year with big waves and wind and rain (like to have sent back home). Did see one milkfish caught the first day we got there. Then nothing the rest of our time. papio we’re finally seen on our last day but had to pack & leave. You know conditions are bad when they are surfing out in front of the beaches i fish.

yeah things have been brutal lately.

 

[mems]

Time to go bottom