More nice kings, Spanish, mangs, lanes, sheepies: Bonita Bea

[fishbuster]

I fished about five miles out of New Pass Monday with Richard Heimlich and Jeff Kirk. Seas were about four foot most of the morning, but it was worth it. Using live shrimp, and chumming with live blue runners, we caught several keeper king mackerel, and released all but a 45 inch, 22 pounder (see photo), and a 28 inch king. We also caught sheepshead to 19 inches.

Tuesday was rough offshore again, but my anglers once again decided to brave it. On a catch & release trip, we chummed with blue runners, and fished with live shrimp again, in 30 feet out of New Pass. We caught king mackerel to 40 inches, Spanish mackerel to 30 inches, and small mangrove snapper, lane snapper, and sheepshead.

Fishing Thursday, we used live shrimp in 30 feet, at the reefs out of New Pass, to catch a keeper Spanish mackerel. Two sheepshead about 16 inches, a 14 inch triggerfish, a keeper mangrove snapper and fifteen keeper lane snapper.

A cold front came through the area Thursday night, and kicked the winds and seas up for Friday and Saturday, so I had to cancel my fishing plans for those days.

[Surffisher]

very nice

[fishbuster]

Thanks--got into the kings again yesterday, and got a nice one--will post later this week. Good fishing to you, Dave