Offshore Black Seabass Part 2

This is part two of a two part Black Sea Bass bottom fishing trip. Filmed off the coast of Georgia in Grays Reef about 35 miles out due East of Sapelo Island. Fished a 25ft Wellcraft with twin Yamahas. Video features Capt. Mark Noble and my Dad and myself alternating as the fishing guest.
Part One is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7ixVcT4aY
Check out Mark's website at http://www.georgiafishing.net

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• offshore
• seabass
• georgia
• fishing
• angling
• deep
• sea
• bottom

[chipleader14]

I see that you said these were legal size there. Are Seabass naturally this small there? You said multiple times that these were nice sized fish. I know around here these are baby sized compared to the seabass we catch. Not saying anything bad about you, just wondering if these are actually big for the area?

[Seaboss2004]

At the time this was filmed which was 2005 or 2006, these fish were legal size as mandated by the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources. A size increase was mandated by the DNR in 2007 to 12 inches up from the 10 inches you see here.

[webmoss]

Wow, Georgia gets to keep tiny seabass? I wish Rhode Island had the same leniency. Our minimums are 12". Lucky you!

[Seaboss2004]

Size limits have been increased since this video was filmed.

[azninvazn123]

nice fishing. wut kind of bait did u guys use?

[Seaboss2004]

We were using frozen spanish macks. Bait that was a bit frozen was easier to hook onto the bait.

[chipleader14]

@Seaboss2004

I understand that, but I'm saying that just because it's legal size doesn't mean it's big. Around here we catch seabass much larger than that, and I was wondering if you had them that big down there, or if the fish you caught were considered large fish.

[leopardgeckoboy5]

i use cut squids

[mosescotton]

Do you ever fish around Shellman's Bluff?

[BioEco22]

how big do they get?

[bbjboi]

do they get any bigger down in georgia seem small compared to the eastside