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Snaphappy
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Yankee Capt Tortugas July 13-15
Snaphappy
Posts: 1,427 Officer
I headed out on another 3 day trip with the Yankee Capt this past weekend. I was pleased to see several familiar faces had already arrived. It's nice to fish with friends! The light load (15 people I think) gave us a ton of room. We left the dock at ten and started fishing just after sun up Friday morning. My first bait down brought up a mutton! The bite didn't last though and only a few fish were caught on the first stop. Seemed like that was the theme for the entire first half of the trip. A steady pick but nothing that really fired off.
We fished 120ft the first day and night. Gulf stream currents kept us from going out deeper so you had to weed thru the ever present yellowtails but if you kept putting down good baits you would be rewarded with muttons and groupers. A couple really nice blacks were caught as well as several red grouper and red hinds. A really impressive Nassau Grouper was caught and quickly realesed as well as a couple Jewfish.
On Saturday the wind picked up a bit and the bite slowed WAY down. We fished pretty shallow the last night fishing patch reefs in 60 ft. A few decent mangroves were caught and few muttons. I would rather fish deep but one thing is for certain, those muttons fight like mad in that shallow water! Pretty fun stuff when they would bite.
Overall it was a fun trip with a lot of good laughs aided by practical jokes and sleep deprivation. The bite could've been a bit better but no one went home empty handed. I believe we had 8 or nine totes. I ended up with 22 mutts 3 red grouper and a few grovers.
A big thanks to Captains Greg and Lyndon, mates Josh and Chad, greenhorn mate Jake, and galley chef Joe for another good time.
Cool looking little yellowfin grouper
Josh the Jolly Farmer helps me show off my mutton and my cool shades.
We fished 120ft the first day and night. Gulf stream currents kept us from going out deeper so you had to weed thru the ever present yellowtails but if you kept putting down good baits you would be rewarded with muttons and groupers. A couple really nice blacks were caught as well as several red grouper and red hinds. A really impressive Nassau Grouper was caught and quickly realesed as well as a couple Jewfish.
On Saturday the wind picked up a bit and the bite slowed WAY down. We fished pretty shallow the last night fishing patch reefs in 60 ft. A few decent mangroves were caught and few muttons. I would rather fish deep but one thing is for certain, those muttons fight like mad in that shallow water! Pretty fun stuff when they would bite.
Overall it was a fun trip with a lot of good laughs aided by practical jokes and sleep deprivation. The bite could've been a bit better but no one went home empty handed. I believe we had 8 or nine totes. I ended up with 22 mutts 3 red grouper and a few grovers.
A big thanks to Captains Greg and Lyndon, mates Josh and Chad, greenhorn mate Jake, and galley chef Joe for another good time.
Cool looking little yellowfin grouper
Josh the Jolly Farmer helps me show off my mutton and my cool shades.
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Thanks for taking the time to write.
Greg
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So here we are less than 2 months from my next trip and I'm the only one with a spot reserved according to the YC website. I only bring this up now because if there are not another 10 or 12 guys to sign up the boat will never leave the dock and that would really suck.
I was out on the Yankee Capt last year on the same dates (it's my birthday) and it was the first trip of the season. We had a full boat, very calm seas, and everyone caught a ton of fish. If your thinking of getting on a trip this fall choose this one! More than likely it will be early enough to beat the first cold front of the year and conditions will be great.
http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?17988-Yankee-Capt-Sept-23-25-Muttons-and-Blacks&highlight=Snaphappy
The second page has some good photos
I have seen Capt Greg reply to this question before and he said there is no set number as there are several factors to consider. I can say I have been on a couple trips with as few as fourteen.