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Doc Stressor
Senior MemberHomosassa, FLPosts: 2,784 Captain
Offshore Homosassa - 9/26
Doc Stressor
Senior MemberHomosassa, FLPosts: 2,784 Captain
My wife had a really bad heart attack 3 months ago and I've been pretty much stuck at home taking care of her. She is finally doing better and with a scheduled visit from Home Healthcare on Tuesday, I felt confident enough to take a day off to see what's happening offshore. So I grabbed Kyle and ran out to the old red grouper areas in 50-55 ft.
It was a really hot day with little wind, which kind of took a toll on my endurance and enthusiasm. The bite was slow with no keeper red grouper and the gags would not move away from the rocks, which is their typical summertime pattern. That led to more than a few cutoffs. But we managed 2 keeper gags between 26 and 29 inches on cut bait and 2 nice hogs on shrimp.
Red snapper are all over the place in 55' or more. Most are getting to be a really nice size and it was fun catching and releasing them on jigs.
It was really great to be back on the water. The day that my wife had the heart attack back in June, we were just leaving the river at the edge of cell phone range when she called me. I told her to call 911 and turned around right away. So I had a lot of anxiety being out of touch with her on the water again. But she was fine and probably glad to have me out of her hair for a day. I hope to get out more regularly once it cools down.
It was a really hot day with little wind, which kind of took a toll on my endurance and enthusiasm. The bite was slow with no keeper red grouper and the gags would not move away from the rocks, which is their typical summertime pattern. That led to more than a few cutoffs. But we managed 2 keeper gags between 26 and 29 inches on cut bait and 2 nice hogs on shrimp.
Red snapper are all over the place in 55' or more. Most are getting to be a really nice size and it was fun catching and releasing them on jigs.
It was really great to be back on the water. The day that my wife had the heart attack back in June, we were just leaving the river at the edge of cell phone range when she called me. I told her to call 911 and turned around right away. So I had a lot of anxiety being out of touch with her on the water again. But she was fine and probably glad to have me out of her hair for a day. I hope to get out more regularly once it cools down.
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Nice job on the fishing. Looks like those gags were trying to get in the rocks. Scratches on their backs.
Hope the Mrs. continues to get better. I'm sure she would rather be out there fishing.
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much better and on the mend. Hope she continues to improve and glad to hear
You were able to get a day on the water
I will keep her continued recovery in our prayers
Regards
Bob & Linda
Also great to hear the Mrs on the way back....
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Thanks for all of your kind wishes and prayers. Eileen has been doing better each week since they took her off of a drug called amiodarone 3 weeks ago. I was causing all sorts of neuropathies that affected her thinking, vision, hearing, balance, and manual dexterity. Only problem is that it can take up to a year for that stuff to get out of your system. The balance problem was really bad. She kept getting nauseous, passing out, and falling. We had 3 trips to the ER since she got back home a month and a half ago. So I couldn't leave her alone. But she has had no falls of dizzy spells since she got off the medication and her head is clearing up as well. As long as I can get somebody to check in on her during the day I feel OK about going fishing again.
As for the scratches on those gags, both were rocked up for a while before we could land them. I hate fishing for them over the summer. You have to keep moving around from rock pile to rock pile dropping the baits right on their heads. You might get a few bites with most ending up as cut offs and that's it. The only redeeming thing is that once the bite is over, you get a better chance of catching hogfish if you drop a shrimp or crab.