blackfins groupers oh my

Friday was pretty much slick calm with 1 ft seas and very little wind.  We ran out of boca grande pass and set up shop in 105 ft of water. Got a couple nice yellowtail snapper, a couple nice porgies, a nice triggerfish and a couple legal red grouper.  Had some surface activity with big splashed so I deployed a flatline with a frozen sardine.... Didnt take long and the rod bent over but quickly unglued with just the lips of the sardine left. Pitched out another and within 2 minutes the drag was screaming and the fish was off to the races.  After a solid fight, the beautiful blackfin was gaffed and high fives all around.  
Deployed another flat line but no more action.  We pushed on out a bit deeper and dropped in 120 ft. We had a couple whopper hits that got the best of us and got back to their hole. Another good red grouper was added to the box.  Deployed flat line here as well and landed a good size bonita. Flat line went off again and was absolutely dumping line. ended up pulling the hook after 6 or 7 minutes... another nice blackfin... We worked the area and got several more big hook ups that ultimately beat our anglers back to their hole.  
All in all another great day on the water in SWFL.