SW FL-Bonita Beach:Grouper to 32 inches reluctantly released!
Thursday, it was lastly calm adequate to head offshore, with two-to-several foot seas, so I headed out about fifteen miles with long time consumer, Ron Musick and his usual crew of buddies, Dick, Fred, Invoice and Eddie. We fished with live shrimp in 38 ft off Naples. The guys caught two keeper mangrove snapper, fourteen keeper lane snapper, a half-dozen great porgies, ten grunts, and two keeper sheepshead. They unveiled tons of mangrove snapper shorts, more compact porgies, a porkfish, a little hogfish, and a lot of red and gag grouper shorts.
Friday early morning was even now chilly, but it warmed up speedily, and soon it felt like SW FL once more! Seas ended up tranquil, and I headed offshore about 19 ½ miles west of New Pass to fish with live shrimp in 43 ft. Tim Gustin, his son Chase, and buddy, Clark McCloud, had been waiting considering that weather canceled their unique options to fish on TuesdayIt was worth the wait around: The trio caught seventeen nice mangrove snapper to 17 ½ inches, 4 porkfish, a mess of porgies, and grunts. They introduced some yellowtail snapper shorts, and determined to launch all their other catches apart from the mangrove snapper, as they had plenty of those. They reluctantly launched a 23 ½ inch gag grouper, which ate a shrimp, as nicely as a beautiful 31 ½ inch gag that ate a porgy. Gag grouper are at present out-of season.
Saturday early morning, I had an inshore trip with Sal Rodando and Bob Walker. We fished Estero Bay, making use of live shrimp. The tide was fairly gradual so the fishing action wasn’t stellar, but the men managed to catch a pair keeper-sized sheepshead. They released a 17-inch redfish, lots of scaled-down sheepshead and snapper, and ladyfish.
My next day on the drinking water was Tuesday, one/10/twelve, when I fished with Ron Musick and close friends, Dick, Fred and Eddie, all of whom had fished with me the previous Thursday. We headed out to forty five feet, about 21 miles west of New Pass to look for some of those huge mangrove snapper I had been catching out there final Friday. We didnt locate any really that large, but we did catch a half- dozen keepers to 14 inches, and launched a whole great deal of smaller mangs. We also caught 7 keeper lane snapper, and launched tons of lane shorts. We stored 7 wonderful porgies out of a mess of individuals caught, and we introduced a couple of brief triggerfish, alongside with about forty red grouper to 19 ½ inches. We utilised live shrimp for all our catches.
Wednesday introduced rain and gusty winds, as yet another weather front approached. I remained in port. But Thursday, I fished Estero Bay with Robin Latham and Chris Welch. We baited with reside shrimp, and caught 5 keeper sheepshead to 17 ½ inchesa 17 ½ inch, a 17-inch, a 15-inch and a pair of 14-inch sheepies. The men also caught two redfish, one particular of which was a keeper at twenty inches, and the other one particular 17 inches and introduced. We also caught two keeper mangrove snapper at eleven inches each.
Seas got rough after again, with an additional cold entrance that achieved the area Friday afternoon. I canceled my planned offshore charter for Saturday.
The picture shown is of yours really, Captain Dave, with a 31 ½ inch gag grouper, caught on a porgy and introduced ( due to closed time) on an offshore excursion January sixth.
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