From Scott.
Here are three more pics.
One is the six fish from Friday's trip
Second is a picture of Amy holding the largest snapper that she caught. It is 24" long.
The third is a nice picture of a shrimp boat late morning on 8/14/09.
Below is the story of Friday's trip:
As the Gulf stays fairly flat we are taking advantage of every moment. We (Amy, Meg Meredith and me) went out again on Friday. Left Conn Brown around 10:30 am. We had two objectives: (1) trade beer for shrimp again because is was effortless and incredibly beneficial on Wednesday and (2) catch our limit of Snapper.
We started looking for the Captain Bligh again for our shrimp trade. However; this proved to be much more difficult than anticipated. Neither he nor any of his fellow shrimpers were in the same vicinity. We went from south to north covering a 10 mile stretch until we found a cluster of shrimpers but he was not to be found. I lost track of the number of boats we approached; at least 10. No one wanted to trade. Wednesday's barter was deceptively easy. I will always carry beer with me in anticipation of making a trade but I will no longer consider it a sure thing.
After the unsuccessful search for shrimp we moved on to rigs for the Snapper. Since our search for shrimp took us so far north, we found ourselves a long way from the rig that was so productive on Wednesday. We tried several new rigs and came up empty. Rather than trying more new rigs I made the decision to make the run to Wednesday's honey hole. As luck would have it there was a boat parked in "our spot" on the rig. We made several attempts at drifting lines around the rig but found nothing. Another 5 miles out was a spot with reported under water structure. We went for it and it has turned into my new favorite fishing spot. We picked up one snapper that measured 17". We picked up another 5 ranging from 21" to 24". We had several large pulls that spit the hook. We could have picked up our last 2 to make a limit but the seas were getting rough and it was getting late.
We were 30 miles from the jetties at this point and the water was choppy. We were going with the waves but it was still a rough ride in the Mako21. Sitting in place and catching fish is the easy part about this offshore stuff. Riding in a boat for an hour and half in rough waves after being in the sun all day is the part that makes it an exhausting experience. Oh but don't forget about unloading and cleaning the boat; then cleaning the fish. Meredith and I finished cleaning fish at 11:00 pm last night.
All that being said, I would not trade it for anything. My family and I enjoy the experience and the freedom of being in the crystal blue waters of the Gulf.
Here are three more pics.
One is the six fish from Friday's trip
Second is a picture of Amy holding the largest snapper that she caught. It is 24" long.
The third is a nice picture of a shrimp boat late morning on 8/14/09.
Below is the story of Friday's trip:
As the Gulf stays fairly flat we are taking advantage of every moment. We (Amy, Meg Meredith and me) went out again on Friday. Left Conn Brown around 10:30 am. We had two objectives: (1) trade beer for shrimp again because is was effortless and incredibly beneficial on Wednesday and (2) catch our limit of Snapper.
We started looking for the Captain Bligh again for our shrimp trade. However; this proved to be much more difficult than anticipated. Neither he nor any of his fellow shrimpers were in the same vicinity. We went from south to north covering a 10 mile stretch until we found a cluster of shrimpers but he was not to be found. I lost track of the number of boats we approached; at least 10. No one wanted to trade. Wednesday's barter was deceptively easy. I will always carry beer with me in anticipation of making a trade but I will no longer consider it a sure thing.
After the unsuccessful search for shrimp we moved on to rigs for the Snapper. Since our search for shrimp took us so far north, we found ourselves a long way from the rig that was so productive on Wednesday. We tried several new rigs and came up empty. Rather than trying more new rigs I made the decision to make the run to Wednesday's honey hole. As luck would have it there was a boat parked in "our spot" on the rig. We made several attempts at drifting lines around the rig but found nothing. Another 5 miles out was a spot with reported under water structure. We went for it and it has turned into my new favorite fishing spot. We picked up one snapper that measured 17". We picked up another 5 ranging from 21" to 24". We had several large pulls that spit the hook. We could have picked up our last 2 to make a limit but the seas were getting rough and it was getting late.
We were 30 miles from the jetties at this point and the water was choppy. We were going with the waves but it was still a rough ride in the Mako21. Sitting in place and catching fish is the easy part about this offshore stuff. Riding in a boat for an hour and half in rough waves after being in the sun all day is the part that makes it an exhausting experience. Oh but don't forget about unloading and cleaning the boat; then cleaning the fish. Meredith and I finished cleaning fish at 11:00 pm last night.
All that being said, I would not trade it for anything. My family and I enjoy the experience and the freedom of being in the crystal blue waters of the Gulf.
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