Post by goindeep on Jun 6, 2010 20:47:06 GMT -5
Got a last minute call for a chance to go offshore this weekend for pretty cheap, so I had to jump on it since I couldnt make the James Gang trip like I hoped to...I met Fishonfishoff (Rich) and his brother-in-law at Rich's place in Bradenton at 6:30am, and we headed over to the captain's house and were on our way offshore by 7am. We went about 35 miles out...perfect weather all day, mostly overcast which kept the heat down...
We went looking for Red Snapper, and we found them, with all 3 of us taking home our limit. My first bait down, I pulled up a nice ARS, the first keeper of the day. For the next 4 hours or so we stayed busy for the most part...the Lemon Sharks decided to crash our party today though, we must have hooked around 9 or 10 of those bastards in the 3-4 foot range...every time we moved to a new spot they would find us again. At least it made the lulls in the action kinda fun (but annoying lol). I took a short video of one of em for the hell of it since we werent bringing any onto the boat. We saw a few schools of AJs here and there as well, but they didnt want to cooperate, so we didnt get any...Also saw some small Mahi...the captain's wife Mary hooked one for a minute but it came unhooked and we didnt see any more after that.
Some Mangos also showed up today, we ended up with 4 nice ones in the 16-20 inch range. They were hitting jigs with greenbacks on the spinning rods. Of course there were also some big breakoffs of who-knows-what...Rich was on the bad end of a few of those today...We also got into some short Red grouper and Rich caught a short Scamp.
Rich's bro-in-law had the hot hand, pulling in the biggest ARS of the day, a 28 inch 11+ pounder. He also caught a 23 inch gag and a nice keeper Triggerfish.
The total keeper tally for the day:[/u]
8 Red Snapper (biggest 28 inches)
4 Mangrove Snapper (biggest 20 inches)
1 Gag Grouper (23 inches)
1 Triggerfish (about 18 inches)
The Captain kept his limit of ARS and the biggest Mango of the day, and we took home the rest. It was a great day on the water, perfect weather and lots of fun. Cant wait to get out there again....
Party crasher:
One of my keeper ARS:
Fish box getting full:
Cooler full:
That big Red Snapper is 28 inches...it makes the gag look small:
Rich's BIL with the catch of the day. That thing was a PIG!
Rich with a fatty:
Double down baby!
Triggerfish:
Closer up: YIKES!
We went looking for Red Snapper, and we found them, with all 3 of us taking home our limit. My first bait down, I pulled up a nice ARS, the first keeper of the day. For the next 4 hours or so we stayed busy for the most part...the Lemon Sharks decided to crash our party today though, we must have hooked around 9 or 10 of those bastards in the 3-4 foot range...every time we moved to a new spot they would find us again. At least it made the lulls in the action kinda fun (but annoying lol). I took a short video of one of em for the hell of it since we werent bringing any onto the boat. We saw a few schools of AJs here and there as well, but they didnt want to cooperate, so we didnt get any...Also saw some small Mahi...the captain's wife Mary hooked one for a minute but it came unhooked and we didnt see any more after that.
Some Mangos also showed up today, we ended up with 4 nice ones in the 16-20 inch range. They were hitting jigs with greenbacks on the spinning rods. Of course there were also some big breakoffs of who-knows-what...Rich was on the bad end of a few of those today...We also got into some short Red grouper and Rich caught a short Scamp.
Rich's bro-in-law had the hot hand, pulling in the biggest ARS of the day, a 28 inch 11+ pounder. He also caught a 23 inch gag and a nice keeper Triggerfish.
The total keeper tally for the day:[/u]
8 Red Snapper (biggest 28 inches)
4 Mangrove Snapper (biggest 20 inches)
1 Gag Grouper (23 inches)
1 Triggerfish (about 18 inches)
The Captain kept his limit of ARS and the biggest Mango of the day, and we took home the rest. It was a great day on the water, perfect weather and lots of fun. Cant wait to get out there again....
Party crasher:
One of my keeper ARS:
Fish box getting full:
Cooler full:
That big Red Snapper is 28 inches...it makes the gag look small:
Rich's BIL with the catch of the day. That thing was a PIG!
Rich with a fatty:
Double down baby!
Triggerfish:
Closer up: YIKES!
