Full Moon snapper Bite 10/29

Veikx

Ventured offshore to fish the back side of this full moon we had, loaded the well with pilchards and a couple 5 gal buckets for use as chummers. Conditions were favorable with a 3' swell on the ride out with a beautiful sunset. Set up in 60' on some small structure and started fishing right around 9pm. The bite was consistent with most fish in the 14-17" range, right off the bat. We used 20lb flourocarbon with a knocker rig with shrimp or pilchards. The moon rose and the bite shut off tremendously. The largest mangrove was 22" along with two right at 20" to accompany the yeti. I did land a nice 33 1/2" cobia that also made the box. A larger cobia in the 40lb size range came to check out the lights but was disinterested in our smaller pilchards and shrimps.

fishdish

Nice catch!!

RMD

Solid work!

cpr

nice

tileman

REAL NICE BOX Bravo thanks for the report

larrywitt

Another great report. Do you have a spotter looking for the crab traps to avoid?
larrywitt

Veikx

Most of the traps are out to the south right now, I have another report to post up
From yesterday. Otherwise yes I'll typically be up on the bow with a spotlight.

frankiez

Nice catch Veikx.

Sheep

Nice catch. Offshore fishing at night is great, can't beat that. Excellent eating.

wellcraft

cooler full of prizes! Nice going out there

Veikx

Heading back offshore tonight for some more snapper.

RMD

Do you guys navigate at night? Do you have FLIR?

Veikx

Yessir, radar runs on a 1 mile range. Sometimes I'll post up with a spotlight if stone crab pots are absolutely everywhere. Other than that we just run, longest one way we have done at night was 130 miles down to the southwest to 260'.

RMD

Veikx wrote: »

Yessir, radar runs on a 1 mile range. Sometimes I'll post up with a spotlight if stone crab pots are absolutely everywhere. Other than that we just run, longest one way we have done at night was 130 miles down to the southwest to 260'.

I'm not worried about running way out there at night, it's sometimes a challenge to see the channel markers and buoys when we come back home in the pitch dark.

Veikx

I'm not too concerned about the buoys, yes they can wrap but it's the least of my worries. Radar will pick up all of the markers however.

nuclearfishn

Dam. That's a nice snapper.
Good job!

Veikx

My mangrove snapper made the featured photo in today's news press under the fishing section.