Tuesday, fishing 5 miles out of New Pass with Chris Polasic and fiancée, Muriel Taylor, we used live shrimp to catch three king mackerel to 32 inches, and triggerfish. We lost four big kings that broke the line.
I fished Estero Bay toward Wiggins Pass again on Wednesday, with Bob Titmas, Sr., son Bob, and grandson Jake. We caught two keeper redfish, a 4 pound cravalle jack, and we released small snapper, using live shrimp.
Bud Glancer and friend, Steve, fished in 30 feet, about five miles west of Wiggins Pass with me on Thursday. We caught three king mackerel to 30 inches, Spanish mackerel to 28 inches, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, triggerfish and grunts, all on live shrimp.
Friday, Jerry & Barbara Rudan fished with me, about 6 miles out of New Pass. We caught nine king mackerel to 29 inches, kept four of those, and released the rest. We also caught four keeper mangrove snapper. Seas started to build just before we headed in, with a storm front to the north, around Tampa.
Saturday, seas were 3-4 feet, but Mick Moritz and friends decided to give the artificial reefs a try. We used live shrimp to catch nine keeper lane snapper, and we released gag grouper shorts and blue runners. We used one of the blue runners as goliath bait, and caught a goliath grouper over 200 pounds, which Mick photographed and released.
The photo shown is a pair of kingfish caught on a recent offshore trip.
