PJ, Jeff and I had a short day today with obligations to start our return trip by 2PM. We decided to go deep anyway. Got bait on the beach at sunup and headed off in a steadily building Westerly flow. By the time we hit 135’ it was a solid 3’ and 12-15kts. of wind, we set out the spread early and did a little high speed troll until 160’. The high speed only turned up a 20# king and we set the trap at normal trolling speeds for the last 10 miles out to 220’, where we planned to bottom fish for a bit. Took two mahi in 155’, I released one boatside and stuck one in the box and we pushed on. Nothing else, not one piece of weed, the temperature gauge didn’t move, all the west wind had blown the water out I figured. By now we only had one 10# dolphin and we moved in on the bottom #'s. The wind was still whipping and fortunately the current was moving to the South, the combined forces, although uncomfortable, made for minimal drift. By now it was noon and we only had 2 hours to make up lost ground. It took a while to figure out the bite but we eventually did. With pogies out on drift lines and 3 of us on the bottom we started to catch, nothing huge but we got what we went for. A dolphin here, a grouper there, throw in a couple of snapper and we ended with a respectable box. Rolled in at 2PM in a bumpy but flattening ocean.
The Haul
The Warsaw
If you ever think your bait is to big, that is a legal snapper in the warsaw’s mouth!
Totals:
7 grouper
8 dolphin
2 snapper
1 big shark
The usuals
quote:Originally posted by buckwheat8282
I'll be the guy drinking Pabst on a 85 montauk with a clemson flag hangin from the stern light, going about 6 knots,. . .hopefully we'll have some ladies with us, but I think that might be wishfull thinking at this point.
I must have missed the boat. thought red snapper closed 6/1? Iv’e read the reports out of Stuart Fla.been a little confused!
If it got any better I couldn’t stand it.
The council has voted for a closure, but it has not been approved by NMFS at this point. If\when it does get approval, there will be a 30 day comment period before it is signed into law. So, it's still "in process" at this point, but not in effect. So, at a MINIMUM you have 30 days left, but the count doesn't start ticking until it get's approved (if it does)...
Nice grouper PJ! I should have been there! *&(%%$$#!
Thank’s Chris,hould been great to have you,but i may not be able to catch lots of fish,but on Courtland’s boat i am the warsaw master:wink:call me if you want to get out there,cant promise you any big fish but i will try…
Courtland again thank you for a great trip,hope everything goes well on thursday,cant wait to do it again…
Nice day there… where was the water Courtland… we are going tomorrow…
26 cape horn 200 yamahas
The water is waaaaayyyyyy out. Probably 1000’, I did hear of a very respectable catch from the BFT area on Saturday. Might be worth the run, good luck.
