Offshore thang, June 4th, 2011...Snapper central!!

[goindeep]

Gonna make this short and sweet. Went 35 miles out with Rich (aka fishonfishoff) and a couple of friends to try to hunt down some of those elusive and endangered Red Snapper , and we had a blast. Launched from Bradenton at about 6:30am and made the trip out to 110-120 feet and hammered fish most of the day. Baits used were frozen sardines, frozen greenbacks/threadfins, and live pinfish. We fished til around 1:00pm or so and headed back in before it got too hot.

What we brought home: 7 American Red Snapper, 7 Mangrove Snapper, a Triggerfish, and a Small but legal Yellow Tail Snapper.

Throwbacks included 4 keeper Gags from 23-28 inches, a bunch of 18-19 inch Red Grouper, and 5 or 6 NICE Amberjacks.



We also caught couple of Bonito and hooked a couple of nice sized lemon sharks that we didnt put in the boat.

A few of the Red Snapper were pretty nice, but none were real BIG hogs. We DID however, get 2 REAL nice Mangos, the biggest Ive ever seen, measuring in at 24 and 26 inches. Crazy!

Overall it was a great day, lots of fun, and I cant wait to get back out and do it again!!!!


The haul at the dock:


24 inch Goozer Grover


Monster Mango - 26 incher!!!


Amberjack


Rich with an AJ


Nice lil ARS


Another shot of that ridiculous Mango


Soon-to-be-dinner


Ashley with a Red


Bookends

[riverviewsteve]

Great report goingdeep. Nice photos. Thanks for sharing.
Sure looks like a fun day. To bad you couldn't keep the groupers.
riverviewsteve

[bill jacques]

Way to go guys.. that got to be the biggest Mango

[grouperscooper]

Nice goozers goindeep.

[BigDawg71]

Awesome

[iceman]

Wow, very nice for 35 miles out. I would like to get a trip set up with fishonfishoff if he does chartering.

[gerard1031]

Man, talk about a successful trip! Fantastic!

[goindeep]

Jun 5, 2011 12:12:27 GMT -5 iceman said:

Wow, very nice for 35 miles out. I would like to get a trip set up with fishonfishoff if he does chartering.

This trip was on a private boat, not an actual charter. A friend of Rich's invited us out, and we had to jump at the chance

[SkyJay]

Hey Steve and Rich tight work on your trip there guys. (Had to reup your thread Steve so I could respond with the phone) cant believe you guys kept them baby Mangoos on a Red Snapper trip though lol great report and pics! I bet that big ole Goo came up pissed off didn't she... Mean damn predator right there! best Mango Ive seen in a while. Hope they keep chewin. Congrats

[bucsfan4ever]

Looks like some seriously good times there. Pretty good eating too.

[iceman]

Good for ya'll...

[havetofish]

WTG Steve,

Anybody check for what the record is for a Mango, never seen one that big.

[goindeep]

Jun 8, 2011 15:52:02 GMT -5 havetofish said:

WTG Steve,

Anybody check for what the record is for a Mango, never seen one that big.

Here it is: www.igfa.org/records/Fish-Records.aspx?LC=ATR&Fish=Snapper,%20grey

Snapper, Grey (aka Mangrove):
Weight: 17lbs 0oz
Place:Port Canaveral, FL
Date: June 14, 1992
Angler: Steve Maddox


Thats a whopper. The one we caught was probably 10-12lbs.

[goindeep]

Jun 5, 2011 19:09:57 GMT -5 SkyJay said:

Hey Steve and Rich tight work on your trip there guys. (Had to reup your thread Steve so I could respond with the phone) cant believe you guys kept them baby Mangoos on a Red Snapper trip though lol great report and pics! I bet that big ole Goo came up pissed off didn't she... Mean damn predator right there! best Mango Ive seen in a while. Hope they keep chewin. Congrats

Thanks man!

Good luck on your upcomin trip, Im sure your report will be a bit better than mine

[TheOnlineFisherman]

Great news! I'm going out about 40 miles off Sarasota this Friday the 10th with Captain Ryan Rolland! Hopefully I have the same luck!