Tuesday, I fished again in 45 feet out of New Pass, with live and frozen bait. We caught five keeper yellowtail snapper, lane snapper to 12 inches, and Spanish mackerel to 22 inches. We released grouper shorts, and were broken off once by a goliath grouper and once by a barracuda.
Wednesday, fishing the Bonita reefs, we used live shrimp and cut bait to catch Spanish mackerel. We had a goliath bite three times, but were unable to raise him to the surface. Fishing eight miles out of New Pass on Thursday, we used the jack cravalle we caught as bait for goliath grouper, and released an eighty-pounder.
I fished the ledges 19 miles out of New Pass on Friday. We caught keeper yellowtails, porgies and grunts on live shrimp there. We moved to a second area, where we caught some blue runners to use as shark bait, and released a 4 foot nurse shark there.
Saturday, I fished in 38 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp to catch keeper mangrove snapper, then used jack cravalle to lure some bigger fish for sport. We released two goliath grouper at 40 and 60 pounds, and a 25 pound nurse shark.
The photo shown is of a 21 inch red grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip.
