Cape Coral - Fort Myers - Sanibel
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The weather Gods blessed us with a gorgeous day to be on the water. We took advantage and ran out a little deeper looking for the solid bite. The Lane and Vermillion snapper were happy to cooperate with lots of fish coming up over the side for the fish fry. The grouper bite came later in the day with a flurry of them caught. Two legal sized grouper joined us for dinner with the biggest being roughly 26". We fished with a plethora of live baits including pinfish, sardines, squirrel fish and spottails, along with fresh cut squid.. The largest fish came on none other than the vertical jig being bounced off the bottom. Was a great day with a great crew. Tight Lines!
Had a nice weather day with smooth seas laying down as the day progressed. We started out chasing amberjacks. The fish were on the finicky side and were not agressively eating, but we did manage a few hook ups including landing a nice 36" fish! A few others broke off and/or bent out the hooks. We also managed a fun drag screaming barracuda on the lighter tackle. We decided to move and look for some bottom fish. We caught lots of grouper that were 18-19 inches (need to be 20 inches minimum to keep). Lots of jolthead porgies, vermilion and lane snapper joined in on the fun. A keeper grouper was added to the box. We finally called it a day and made the long trek back in to clean the fish. Lots of fillets for these guys!
Had a group of 5 join me to make the run offshore. They too had never had the thrill of an AJ. We marched out to 95 ft of water and were greeted by another swarm of ajs. They were VERY FINICKY. The vertical jig came out and seemed to be the hot ticket. They took turns reeling in the fish. Our two youngest anglers handled the ajs like pros! Grandpa is definitely teaching them right! After everyone had their turn, We ran in a bit shallower to work on some other tasty treats. Lots of snapper and porgies, along with another keeper grouper were added to the box. Weather was about as flat as it could be, and we were blessed to spend it out fishing.
Today We headed offshore from Ft Myers, out to 90 ft of water and were rewarded with lots of ajs circling the boat. We dropped down the first bait which was quickly inhaled but got the better of us. Dropped down the vertical jig and it was game on. We proceded to put a handful in the boat and decided to keep 2 for dinner. We did get a nice would have been legal gag grouper as well which was released to be caught again.
We moved in a little shallower and got into the snapper and grouper hot and heavy. Vermillions, Lanes and a couple nice mangroves made the box along with some more porgies. The grouper bite was crazy. We must have caught at least 50 of them. We were able to box 1, with a lot of these fish just shy of the 20" minimum. The hot bait for the grouper was none other than the vertical jig. Weather layed down as the day progressed and we had a nice ride back to the dock. When it comes to offshore fishing, its always nice when the weather cooperates. Today we had a nice weather day with smooth seas laying down as the day progressed. We started out chasing amberjacks. The fish were on the finicky side and were not agressively eating, but we did manage a few hook ups including landing a nice 36" fish! A few others broke off and/or bent out the hooks. We also managed a fun drag screaming barracuda on the lighter tackle. We decided to move and look for some bottom fish. We caught lots of grouper that were 18-19 inches (need to be 20 inches minimum to keep). Lots of jolthead porgies, vermilion and lane snapper joined in on the fun. A keeper grouper was added to the box. We finally called it a day and made the long trek back in to clean the fish. Lots of fillets for these guys!
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