Went out Monday but only caught some trash fish. Wind seem to work against us all day.
Tuesday we got some Reds & Crockers. My wife had the only keeper, 18.5" Red on white Yellow Tail Snapper jigs with shrimp.
Wednesday my son got a Flounder with Zman but it was just under 16". I hooked into 3 sharks. All 3 took a half spool on 40 & 60# braid before breaking off. One did blow up the top of the water just as my line popped. Got one decent Ray in & watched a Bonnet blow up all around our boat while we were beached but couldn’t get him to take anything.
Down side was I lost my brand new cast net to oysters$$$$$
I’d like to thanks Kerry & SplitTailBasics for there help👍
Going to try again tomorrow, hopefully we have good luck.
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That’s what it’s all about right there. Great report and pics! 
Depending on the tears you can repair the holes with braided line. It takes some patience but it does the trick. Just tie basic knots along the tear. Hope you get into them on your next trip!!
Thanks guys. I tried my best but i couldn’t get it off the bottom & the water was over my head. It ripped it beyond fixing.
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Very nice, keep em coming. Sorry about the cast net. If you are throwing one down that way, you are going to snag some oysters at some point. Mine has been repaired many times and is probably about ready to be retired.
Nice report! Sorry your kid couldn’t keep that flounder. I’m good with the new creel limits, but I’d like to see the size go back down to 12" . I love that size scaled and pan fried whole.
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Awesome Job!!!
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Even at 16" you don’t get much meat off a Flounder fillet. Best to cross cut buth sides & pan fry whole.
We went today & caught a bunch of 12 to 16" Grouper. Not sure what kind. I think we took a pic of one, will try find it.
@areeldrag I gotcha…one thing that I do with a stuck casting net is grab the net by the horn and then reach down as far as I can to grab the net in the middle and pull outward…not the whole net but just grab one side. The net still rips but not as much…hope this makes sense.
I think so, I will try that next time. I would say hopefully there won’t be a next time but I know that’s not true.
Yessir. Juvies live inshore near structure
We caught all of rhem around docks.