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On the last episode of Into the Blue, Captains Scott Walker and Steve Rodger took off into the green (as Walker put it) of the Gulf of Mexico, just north of Big Pine Key. While their aim was to catch permit, they came across cobia, African pompano, and a BIG goliath grouper. Read more on Waypoint HERE.
WORKING THE CONDITIONS
The pair of anglers has had a great day so far with their grouper and cobia catch, but now it’s time to get after what they came here for: the permit. Rodger speeds his Yellowfin boat over to a wreck that he believes will hold what they’re looking for. But as clouds roll in, the conditions are about to swing away from their favor. As mentioned in Part 1, sight-fishing is the best way to catch permit. And the clouds will make that much more difficult for the Into the Blue crew. As the Yellowfin approaches the wreck, it becomes clear that, in addition to the clouds, the water visibility is not going to help either. Read more on Waypoint HERE.
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GETTING THE BAIT TO THE FISH
Now that the fish are marked, it’s simply a matter of getting the bait down to them. They’re using live crab as bait, which has more weight to it than most live baits, but it will take a little finessing of their setup to get that crab into just the right spot. Read more on Waypoint HERE.
DETECTING A BITE
According to Rodger, detecting a permit bite takes some getting used to. When a permit eats a crab, it sucks it in and crushes it. “It’s a hard bite to detect because that crab is so hard that, when [the permit] crushes it, everything falls apart and you’re not connected anymore,” says Rodger, “So you really gotta be in tune with your line. You either want to be bringing in your slack real slow or feeling it as it goes out. If you think you feel a bump, you start cranking.” Read more on Waypoint HERE.
