SW FL-Bonita Beach: Shark-Battles, Snapper, Sheepshead, Hogs
Wednesday, I headed further offshore, with seas calm, to about 20 miles west of New Move, where I fished in 45 ft, employing live shrimp, with lengthy-time customers Jim McGrath and Invoice Crockett. The duo caught a keeper hogfish at fourteen inches, 4 keeper mangrove snapper to fourteen inches, and four 14-inch porgies (joltheads and whitebone.) They unveiled grunts, scaled-down porgies, porkfish, and scamp, red and gag grouper shorts.
Thursday, I fished in thirty ft, using reside shrimp, with recurrent consumer, Ron Musick, and pals, Eddie Alfonse, Bob Mayer, and Kay Daugherty. The team caught fourteen big sheepshead to 19 ½ inches, thireteen wonderful mangrove snapper to sixteen ½ inches, two keeper hogfish at 14 and 15 inches, two keeper porkfish, and grunts. They unveiled fifteen smaller sized sheepshead, alongside with a 22-inch gag grouper, which is at present out-of-time.
John Pound, son-in-regulation, Dan Bow, and pals Al Armstrong and Troy Bouchard put in Friday fishing with me, in 70 ft, about 36 miles west of New Move. We encountered another large sandbar shark, as Id done on an offshore journey the prior week. This a single was another 200-pounder, and we videoed the ensuing battle, then launched the monster, which had eaten a blue runner. We also introduced a fifty percent-dozen amberjacks, all about 20 inches, a 22-inch bluefish, ten triggerfish shorts, a dozen porgies, and a bunch of grunts, all caught on reside shrimp. The guys did preserve 1 big whitebone porgy that measured 18 inches. They also caught 10 wonderful mangrove snapper, the largest of individuals also measuring almost eighteen inches.
Saturday morning, Gary Hested, eight-12 months-old grandson, Nathan Faga, and eleven-year-outdated grandson, Kade Faga, fished Estero Bay with me. Making use of reside shrimp, the trio caught three redfish, two of which were keepers at 19 inches, two pompano, 1 of which was a fifteen-inch keeper, and a 19-inch trout. We introduced a 25-inch snook, a puffer-fish and a handful of ladyfish.
Monday morning, two/20, looked good on shore but, offshore, small craft advisories and five-to-7-foot seas thwarted the gulf fishing excursion I had scheduled.
By Tuesday early morning, seas had been calming and, although it was nevertheless a minor sloppy heading out, it calmed down considerably by noon. I headed out of New Move to fish in 30 feet with Ron Musick, Eddie Alfonse, Dick Arnett, Bob Mayer, and Larry Laudick. We did really nicely with snapper and sheepshead, ending up with 20-5 nice mangrove snapper to 17 inches, eighteen very good-sized sheepshead to 17 inches, and one particular keeper triggerfish at thirteen inches. The team unveiled gag grouper to 21 inches, red grouper shorts, small porgies, grunts, and blue runners.
Wednesday, I headed offshore, about 20 miles west of New Pass, with John Rankin, Bert VanKooten, Peter Crego, Gary Jackson, Norm Grieve, and Brian Ostrowski. We blended a little activity-fishing with a whole lot of food-fishing. We acquired our sports-resolve with an additional one of the huge sandbar sharks that have been biting recently. This one particular was yet another 200-pounder, and we videoed the fight just before releasing it. The rest of our fishing was committed to mainly snapper and sheepshead. The team caught ten great mangrove snapper to 17 inches, six large sheepshead to twenty inches, a 14-inch, keeper triggerfish, porgies and grunts. They unveiled gag grouper to twenty inches, alongside with two hogfish shorts.
Regular consumer Mike Connealy fished with me Thursday early morning, alongside with his nephew, Quinton Connealy and his spouse, Jill. The winds had altered course and picked up velocity given that the day prior to, so we determined to stay near shore and fish the reefs off Bonita Seashore. Even there, we had three-to-4 foot seas most of the early morning. We did effectively with snapper and sheepshead, however, catching ten nice-sized sheepshead to 17 inches and fifteen mangrove snapper to eleven inches, along with a fourteen-inch triggerfish-keeper and five Spanish mackerel, all caught on are living shrimp. We launched two gag grouper shorts.
Friday, winds and seas were even rougher than Thursday, but my a few hardy anglers, Karl Buckholz, Matt Brady, and Mike Bramwell, wanted to fish the close to-shore reefs, instead than the back-bay, so we headed out there with a lot of are living shrimp. The gag grouper ended up thick out there, and the group caught and introduced many of these to 23 inches. We also had numerous break-offs, most likely by greater gags. We caught seven good sheepshead to 17 inches, about three Spanish mackerel to 18 inches, and a fourteen ½-inch flounder.
Saturday and Sunday brought a neat entrance with seas of 5-to-7 feet and 25-knot winds. I remained securely in port. My Monday, seas were predicted to tranquil to two-to-4 feet nevertheless, my celebration scheduled to fish the gulf did not think it would be relaxed sufficient for them, and canceled their trip.
The picture revealed is of angler, Dan Bow, with an 18-inch mangrove snapper, caught on are living shrimp, on a current offshore trip.
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