Long run , calm seas C. River 2/25/21

capt louie

Been a long time due to weather and closing of grouper among "other" things since fishing the gulf.
JTS (John) was wanting to run his boat so we picked yesterday.  Good choice !


Was chilly heading out at 8am but calm enough , so we ran to a rock in 53'. And , someone was fishing it...
Ran 7 miles farther and set the hook on a good looking spot. I tried a new hogfish rig I dreamed up that has a small pink float above the bait as an attractor ?  Well , it worked but no hogs at first. Grunts , small grouper and a big flounder came to it. 
It needs a little tweaking but shows promise. 

Box was steadily filling with more BIG grunts and another flounder and mangrove snapper. 



Made a couple of moves there with about 5 hogfish caught (all short) and more grunts. Left for another stop in 36' and small snapper , and hogs etc. there. Water was 63 all day incoming tide all morning and swapped out about 2:30 . Shrimp was the main bait. Seen a couple of decent bait schools deep so that's encouraging. Water was super clear. Could see bottom in 35'.
Thanks to JTS for the ride !

tankered

Nothing wrong with that day.

xmuskyguide

Great day to be out. 

Slacker

fun out there and you never know what is next

love the big grunts and flounder bonus

Jts

Was just a great day to be on the water.  We put in at the end of Fort Island Trail and when we got back the FWC was there to check our catch.  First time I have seen them out since COVID, so maybe things are getting back to normal.

mburke001 aka TripleB

Nice

Alex from GA

With Covid and the wind I didn't buy a salt water license this year.  Looks like a good day to me.

Moon Shadow

Nice cooler shot.

capt louie

Odd , no red snapper..

Soda Popinski

it's worth it just to be out there when it's that calm IMO.  Yea i love catching fish but that just looks incredible.  

Wishin i was fishin

Nice trip! Between not finding the time and the weather, my fishing efforts have been pretty weak lately. A couple subpar trips kinda sums up the start to the year so far. 

Big Bend Brian

Nice report Capt Louie! I too love those grunts & black seabass!
Isn't it just crazy that you can go some 20+ miles offshore and someone is fishing a spot you intended to fish!
Show's you that there are no secrets out there....
Brian