[Topsail Angler]

I headed out this morning at 4:45 to go off shore grouper fishing. There were six of us in two boats (identical 19' Maycrafts). We left the inlet around 6AM and headed straight for an area 30 miles SSE of the inlet. We fished there and a couple spots 8 miles east of there. We caught a bunch of red grouper, some keeper size but no huge ones. Also caught a bunch of short ones and some short Gag grouper.

Water temp out there was 64 degrees on the surface. We had very calm seas in the morning but was a bit snotty for the ride home.

Here's a picture of the ones I brought home.