Fishing Tuesday in 45 feet out of New Pass, we caught keeper mangrove snapper, porgies, grunts, and released small grouper. There was barely any tide movement, and fishing was a little slow, with lots of bites from smaller fish.
I fished Wednesday, in 35 to 45 feet out of New Pass, with live shrimp. We caught a nice mess of lane snapper, grunts, and keeper sheepshead. There was some light red tide to the south and west off Naples, but no dead fish around.
I fished Thursday, about 19 miles west of New Pass, in a new spot I scouted out earlier this week. We cleaned up on nice lane snapper—thirty of them about 13 inches, and caught four nice-sized porgies and fifteen big grunts. We released lots of gags to 18 inches, red grouper to fourteen inches, and lane snapper that we just did not need.
A rainy weather front predicted to come through overnight on Friday arrived early Friday morning, which cancelled Friday’s offshore plans.
Saturday, I fished central Estero Bay. We released whiting and snook to 20 inches, and caught a 17 inch sheepshead.
