A Tale About A Kid and His Goats
 

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Every now and then even a yellowtail advocate, needs to keep the primary jigs high and dry to keep the stock hooks from rusting. Well, if I had the opportunity those hooks will be driven straight into the jaws of a hungry tail, but with the bitter cold, surface action is minimal at the moment. But the cold brought with it many opportunities for some incredible action to include some really massive goats.

Now when someone thinks about sheephead they never compare them to a species such as yellowtail or white seabass because majority of the time they are not targeted. I am will tell you right now that large sheephead are right next to yellowtail when it comes to fighting capabilities. Pound for pound sheephead are the hardest drag pulling SOBs swimming in the water. Not only will they burn drag off a reel, but they have the kelp forest and rocks to help them out with getting free from gaff hooks. Hurdles that even the best tackle cannot help an angler avoid.

So after about a week of scouting I finally hit the mother lode of “donkey” class sheephead. At first glance on the finder this spot was identical to the area surrounding it, but after a couple of drops it became apparent this place is special. Normally most areas yield sheep around 3 lbs or less with a good one weighing 6 lbs. With this spot I found, 6 lbs was average! No kidding, I released around 8 goats that were around 6 lbs.

Reminder- This is an average pull.
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I fished this spot with the goal of bringing up a 20 lbs goat. Call it a near impossible goal, but I hooked into some that I simply couldn’t stop. Sure there were Black Sea Bass around, but I know when a goat is hooked and the wrong kind is hooked. Even with 25 lbs of drag and 40 lb test I was getting “rocked”. After about an hour I left the new found spot with a limit of trophy class goats up to 13 lbs, the smallest was 6 lbs.

So I leave this spot alone until the next time I decide to knock on their door raising them as if I was an Egypt kid farming goats. Next time I will come armed with 50 lb test and rods to match. Until next time donks!

BTW: I was using squid.

Here's a little comparison to give you an idea. With a pull from the big goat spot.
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Almost forgot your prized 'catch of the day'


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EPIC!!! Thanks for the report and photos!:you_rock:

What a day Kevin.

Congrats on the pretty fish.:cheers1:

Kevin awesome catches buddy........:cheers1:


Are those seeker rods??:D


Just don't get too carried away with your goat love!!!

Why do you look wet? Did you dive in the water or something?

hahaaha this photo wasn't yesterday. That my friend is a story for another day.:D

Damn those are nice....:luxhello:

Nice pig goats Kevin!

what do you call the kid with alot goats? A rancher!

And i thought my 6lb reds were huge. Those are some huge fish Mcnuggets kevin. WTG!! :cheers1:


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A truly awesome catch, and that includes the reds and salmon groupers. Hell, if those large sheephead are 13lbs that large Red must be pushing 6 or 7lbs at least, and the same for that large salmon grouper. Definitely feeling :D, but good for you.

Those are two different hauls. Thanks for the compliment and those reds the big one is around 8.

Nice pic Ryan and Gabe...................... and you Eric.:D

Nice sheep herding. That must have been a blast!

Goat killer!!!!

SWEET!

Those are some impressive goats man!:luxhello:

No hay cabras en La Jolla

:iagree:

Tha-a-a-ats not ba-a-a-a-ad...

ok I know..that was bad...
nice haul Kid!

Those sheeps are nice.

What fish finder are you using on your Revo?

Lowrance HDS 5

Nice Brother!...Very Nice Indeed!!!

Straight herding goats......:farmer:

Bring those tasty morsels into my restaurant and ill
cook up a feast......

I am going to have to take you up on that!

Very Nice Fish!!

GBF

Sea Samurai aka the Chupacabra. :D

Baaa. NICE REPORT SAMURAII MASTER
 

Kevin,

Thanks for the report and congrats. Back in the day we would use crawdads for them from our longboards but I never had a stringer like that. I am not even sure that it is legal to use crawdads (crayfish) now. Anyways, I love this 21st century fishing from kayaks with peddals or without and incredible bait tanks. It is just opening so many unique opportunities. Leif

Shame on You
 

Kevin your slaying all the fish F U :the_finger: . just kidding.

I say kid,you must take me with you to that spot or I will starve.i will pick you up just let me know what day.
:paddleersmilie::reel: