searunner

I was in Mexico Bay a week ago and I was targeting browns.  52 degrees was down about 90 feet.  I only had one release and I was able to get the huge brown to the back of the boat.  As I went to net it, it just drifted away.  I never noticed how it was hooked, but it must have been hanging by a tread.  It had to be in the 19 pound range.  

Because of a recent thread on this forum, I just checked my downrigger cable counters.  Two of them were in sync at 104 feet, one was 93 feet, and the forth was 112 feet.  So when I hooked that brown, I thought that I had all (3) downriggers at about 90 feet, because the thermocline was very specific.  Another 3 feet down and I was at 47 degrees.  Come to find out, the big brown hit on the rigger that was probably down around 100 feet, well below where I would have thought, but very close to the bottom.  

So check your downrigger cable counters.  The other thing that I recently saw on this forum was a comment from a charter captain, it might have been captain Rich.  I think he was saying, shut off your temperature probe..........spread out your lures beyond the thermocline where you think you should be targeting.  Food for thought.

Next Tuesday, I will arrive in the Polaski area for a few days. I plan to go out of the Mexico Point launch and target browns. I would appreciate any advice on debth of water, debth of lure, etc. What temperature should I be looking for?

Thanks.