2025 11 07 bottom fish

Smith and Son's Bluefin 36 hr tuna fishing. November 7, 2025.

Bottom fishing on the way out for beeliner/vermilion snapper. I did much better with small thin hooks than others.

I got pretty sea sick, so my fishing time was limited. Sucks for me.

#beeliner #vermilion #vermilionsnapper #deapsea #fishing #offshore #chumming

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Seaguar Blue label fluorocarbon leader, 50lb
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Penn Fathom 15XNLD2 (I'm using an older discontinued model).
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