[brickphil]

Made a plan to do some offshore bottom bouncing this past Wednesday. NCSF and his buddy along with me and another head out to live bottom areas. Started a little rough with the 10-15kt winds, but luckily it was westerly and we were headed south.......ish. So we rode in the trough all the way with ease.

We get to the first spot, and I'm not marking anything to drop on....NOTHING! And I knew well enough, we just caught in excess of 20 grouper on this same spot! That was just at a week earlier. So, I said we will drop on it anyway, they are just hiding in the ledges.

Well, if it wasn't NCSF's first drop, it was his second! BAM! Fish on! He gets the smell of the skunk out of the boat before it was even smelly!


Flops a 33"er over the side and off the woooohoooo's go!

I manage my personal best trigger fish at 23" ish and pink snapper at 18" (which put him close to 4lbs) and a few grouper....maybe even the biggest of the day.


I'll get a phone that I can snap pictures with one day, but here are a few taken when we were out and some when we got back.

 

[Island Man]

Looks like a nice haul, Im due a trip like that.

 

[brickphil]

Looks like a nice haul, Im due a trip like that.

We only have to the end of December for grouper. You want a fillet? I've got way to much and don't want to freeze any. I'm going to clean these in the morning if you want a slab.

 

[dogsandwolves]

looks like fun day rite there!

 

[Island Man]

Yesir gimme a holler

We only have to the end of December for grouper. You want a fillet? I've got way to much and don't want to freeze any. I'm going to clean these in the morning if you want a slab.

 

[Neilslure]

Shouldnt you have been at work on a wednesday like the rest of us?

 

[dbeam]

Great report, glad you had such a great day and such good company.

Darrell

 

[brickphil]

Shouldnt you have been at work on a wednesday like the rest of us?

Yes I should have.....but you know how them priorities are.

 

[brickphil]

Great report, glad you had such a great day and such good company.

Darrell

I did have some good company aboard. And he out fished me!

 

[NCStateFisher]

had a ball brother hate im back to reality. remember though if it ain't a trite it ain't gonna get much ncangler love this time of year

 

[brickphil]

had a ball brother hate im back to reality. remember though if it ain't a trite it ain't gonna get much ncangler love this time of year

Hard to get back to work and actually focus on it........... when you take off for a week at a time.

Sorry we didn't catch 40, but as always, it was a blast!