
Come May.......
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By Dave Sipler
Last "Mother's Day" I took my Mom out to a close reef. A set of scattered lime rock ledges. She bottom fishing with light gear and had a ball pulling up Porgies and small Red Snappers on shrimp that I cast netted on the beach. JUMBOS! But no "pogies". My intended target. While we were out there, she was amazed at all the baitfish and as we drifted a few spots, she said, "What are all these huge fish following us?" I told her, "Spadefish". Kinda tough to catch, as they are Jellyfish eaters. As we drifted from one spot to another, and then eventually anchored up. They were around the boat, a good 75% of the day. Some looked to be 20 pounders. {%image_id=52948%} I've caught a few 10 pounders back in my offshore bottom fishing crazed days, but haven't even attempted to give them a try. If offshore in the summer I'm usually concerned with really big Sharks and Cuda's....I use the Cuda's as bait. BIG SHARK VIDEO: https://youtu.be/baOv2AFK5Zg?list=PLK-ee3q-bFR01xfQ7IPegllOqkfvAlKrJ Too make a long story short... This year it'll all be about "those friendly Spadefish"... How? I'll leave a secret for now. But, if they swim around us. I bet we'll fill the boat with them. -No size limit -No bag limit Stand by and watch when it happens. SUBSCRIBE to my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/captdavessportfishing {%image_id=52567%} {%image_id=52562%}