So with a nice weather window and not 1 but 2 cancellations this week, it was time to run out and bend some rods. We left around 9pm on tuesday, hoping to get out to the 180 ft depths and find some big girls ready to eat. We made a few stops on the way out to catch bait. A mix of Pinfish and Spot tails were added to the livewell for the long ride out. To my surprise, there wasnt a whole lot of bottom activity to be seen on the ride out. The few shows we did see ended up being big balls of squirrel fish.. that was even in deep 150+ ft of water... Once to the end destination, we circled around but didnt have much of a show. We dropped down the anchor and put out a chum bag... Tide was running back up the anchor line oppossed to the wind. We spent about an hour or two here with no luck. Tried pulling anchor and it was stuck hard... ended up loosing the anchor... We made our way back in stopping at spots along the way. More shows of squirrel fish.... We ran back in and our luck swung in the 120 ft line. We set up on a wreck in search of some ajs for the box. We were not dissappointed. 3 baits down had 3 immediate hookups. All 3 fish landed... Theis story continued thru much of the morning into the early afternoon. AJs and barracuda made up the majority of our hook ups. Tom got to use his new butterfly jigs with some pretty good success. He had a nice 20-25 lb jack crevalle at the surface that popped his leader when he tried to lift it by the leader... A couple red grouper were added out in 115 ft of water, and another in the 70ish ft range. Had a blast fishing with you guys and looking forward to doing it again! Tight Lines!

Met up with a crew of 4 to head offshore in search of some fun fishing. It was spectacular. From the near glass like water conditions, to the cool weather, down to the excellent bite we had all day. The group faired well on Lane Snapper, Porgies, lots and lots of red grouper throwback size fish as well as 2 Red Grouper that joined them for dinner. The highlight fish of the day was a beautiful 31" Gag Grouper that hit like a freight train. It did everything it could to get back to its hole, but Neil was having no part of that! Congrats on a great fish! I look forward to seeing you and the guys again next year. Tight Lines!

Headed out from Redfish Pass looking for a good grouper bite. First drop was in 75 ft of water. TONS of short red grouper to 19.75 of an inch. Mixed in were some quality lane snapper and jolthead porgies. John hooks into a good one and first grouper a tad over 26" goes in the box. Kept catching 18-19" inch fish. Pushed out to 85 ft of water. Story of the day continued with good vermillion and lane snapper, and lots of short red grouper. After a couple missed connections, another 22" RG was added to the fish box. Pushed out a little further to 90 ft, where the saga of lanes and vermillion, along with a metric ton of short red grouper. We did manage 2 more legal RGs before calling it a day as the winds and seas began churning with the approaching cold front. I think all in all, we boated over 100 grouper, along with all the snapper, porgies and misc fish. Was a beautiful day to be out on the water. Look forward to having you guys back out for some more action. Tight Lines!

Met up at the dock at 7 AM to head out for some fishing. The weather conditions were a little less than ideal, with a steady 20 knot wind out of the NE. We didnt let conditions deter us. We pushed out of Boca Grande Pass about 20 miles in search of a bottom bite. The lane snapper bite was great, with some good size ones coming over the side. We managed a few short red grouper as well. Got ready to change spots and our youngest angler wasnt feeling so great and wanted to head back in. We started heading in and with the boat moving, he begin to feel better. Made the call to try fishing one of the artificial reefs/wrecks on the way back in. We marked a good show, and dropped down some bottom baits as well as put out a flatline. About 15 minutes goes by and the flatline goes off. The fish turned out to be a cobia which unfortunately came unglued. We put the flat line out again, and had 2 hits on it, as well as a couple big hits on the bottom that just didnt come to fruition. The bite slowed and we decided to see if we couldn't troll up some action. This was the perfect call. We deployed two lines, one with a big spoon, the second with a large lipped diving plug. The diving plug got all the action. It was hit after hit of good size barracudas as well as kingfish. We landed several, lost a couple due to some high flying acrobatics, and lost another kingfish to a much larger predator. Winds and seas laid down for a most pleasurable ride back in. Was a great time and look forward to the next Salty Fishing Adventure.

Headed offshore today **hidden content**) for a 1/2 day of fishing with a family of 5 visiting from CT. We met up at the cape yacht club at 6AM and made the run the run out thru redfish pass. We get to 65 ft of water, and dropped down lines. This was the two daughters first fishing trip. They both took no time in getting their first fish, a lane snapper! We continued picking away at the Lanes with a few undersize grouper mixed in. On our second drift, Sam (Dad) picked up a nice 22" Red Grouper. Mom (Kate) and Owen (son) continued catching snapper and short grouper. On our third and final drift, Sam hooked into another good fish which turned out to be a 21.5" Red Grouper. Not to be outdone, Owens rod doubles over. After a vigourous fight, up comes a solid and fat 26" Grouper! Seas layed down for a gorgeous and smooth ride back. THe two youngins loved the bean bags and slept on the way out and the way in! Congrats on the great fish guys. Sam and Kate, you guys have a beatiful family and it was my pleasure having you guys out. Till next time, Tight Lines!

Today, headed out with Michelle, Ted, Jacob , Katie and Darryl. They were a bit pressed for time, having some afternoon plans, so we made the best of our day. making long runs on a 1/2 day is always risky as we dont get a whole lot of fishing time if we run far. But often times the quality fish make up for it. We made a long run to try and play with some hard pulling amberjack. This trip, the amberjack we did hook were freight trains and kept running back into the wreck and popping us off. Jacob got a hit off the bottom which quickly sounded and began swimming along the surface. Turned out to be a nice cobia which measured in at 39" to the fork. High fives and lines back out. A few bottom break offs and then the flat line goes off. Darryl is fighting what I though was a cuda, but came unglued about 15 ft from under the boat and I never got a great look at him. In hindsight, it was probably a kingfish. Quickly tossed out another live bait and it gets inhaled, and the reels spool screamed. It dumped a solid 200 plus yards in seconds, and got into the backing before we were able to turns its head. We chased it down and we're able to get it gaffed pretty quickly. Beautiful Smoker king for Ted. Two beautiful Fish made the fish box and plenty of good eats for this wonderful family.