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• MulletFord TampaPosts: 211 Deckhand

  February 2021 #2

  sandypossum89 said:

  I have some really solid ARS numbers I am willing to trade for some hogfish numbers. Can’t seem to find um on my own

  I am down. I have plenty ARS numbers but am always open to more! What depth are they?

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• rchipbrown Posts: 20 Deckhand

  February 2021 #3

  What area are your numbers around? My hogfish numbers would be off of LBK/AMI.  I would want numbers back that are accessible from Longboat Pass.
  
  

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• Reel-Lucky Oldsmar, FLPosts: 3,449 Moderator

  February 2021 #4

  I don't know where you fish out of, however, get to 45'-65' out of John's Pass, use your bottom machine on bottom zoom, manual settings, and start looking and dropping baits. Where there are grunts there are hogs, they're both wrasses and hang together. Bring lots of shrimp and start weeding through the grunts, you'll get hogs. Much more rewarding than having to trade for numbers. There's a reason the Great American Grunt Hunt has a Hogfish division.

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• grey2112 Posts: 368 Deckhand

  February 2021 #5

  Get in touch with me. I spearfish a lot and target Hogs. Would love to have some ARS numbers as it is my wife's favorite fish but I just can't seem to find them.

  
  

  I have thousands of numbers.
  

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• Gagheaven TampaPosts: 1 Greenhorn

  March 2021 #6

  
  
  Good hogfish spot - start here and look around nearby. One and a half ounce hog balls. 
  

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• grey2112 Posts: 368 Deckhand

  March 2021 #7

  That's right on top of the RJ Thompson, isn't it?  I've dove it many times and rarely saw hogs there, but that was years ago and maybe things have changed.
  

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