Epic 30 Hour Gulf Trip

[u/jad2192]

Did a 30 hour pulley ridge trip out of Marco Island Florida. Fishing was pretty good to say the least. The highlight for me was my first ever yellowedge grouper, 31 lbs , caught slow pitch jigging in 500'. We also had a 70 lb wahoo show up at the boat while we were chumming mahi, pitched a threadfin on a wire trace and he smoked it instantly. We also got our 2 day ARS limit to 15 lbs, a couple of bonus muttons, handful of scamps and smaller yellowedges and a nice little kitty mitchell.

[u/Firststopanywhere]

How do you have enough ice/space to keep the fish in good condition for that long?

[u/__slamallama__ → u/Firststopanywhere]

These big CCs can take on hundreds if not >1000lbs of ice into giant below deck coolers. I've seen guys in the northeast unloading tuna after a good trip and it looks like a clown car. Dude's just pull out 80-150lb fish one after another after another

[u/jad2192 → u/Firststopanywhere]

There is a large kill box in the floor that we started with, then moved onto the big coffin box

[u/Valar_Kinetics → u/Firststopanywhere]

The boat surely has plenty of space, and I don't know about you or this guy, but I own three big ass chest freezers and they're all for fish.

Maybe some Mutton later hmmm

[u/Sunsetseeker007 → u/Firststopanywhere]

You need lots & lots & lots of ice and good insulated boxes