1/2 day of fishing

Had Joe and Rick from Boston down on vacation looking to bend some rods. We left from the Punta Rassa boat ramp in fort myers for an offshore fishing trip off sanibel. Met up around 7AM and headed out around the lighthouse.  The small fry bait is pretty thick right now just off the beaches, and there were lots of spanish macks free jumping and eating well. We put out a spoon and a yo zuri minnow and picked up a few. We had one decent king hit that ran off some line but came unglued. We moved on out to 50 ft of water and it was pretty barren. Moved on out to 65 ft and we got into the Lanes and Jolt Head Porgies pretty good. My group didn't want to keep any fish, but we would have had a good 50-60 keepers today in a  short window. We had a few red grouper, most of which were small in the 12-14 inch range. We had one that came in about a 1/2 inch short of the 20" minimum. The action was pretty steady with your baits getting hit nearly immediately and the hot bait was cut squid on either a knocker rig or carolina rig. Sea conditions were great and it continued to lay down as we ran back in. Was a fun day out on the water...