Here is Scott's story of their trip from Sunday a week ago.

Ray and I went offshore on Sunday.  We had Solei, Esai, and Meredith with us also.  Weather was a little rough and the way out.  It took us almost two hours to reach our first stop.  We were trying for Ling, Grouper, and Dog Snapper but none were cooperative.  We then started moving closer to shore to get into state waters.  On our way we stopped at a few shrimp boats to make a trade but none were willing to engage.  We did find a few Ling.  We got the first one to take a bait and brought it boat-side but it was too small to keep.  They need to be 37".  The second Ling was big and it bit on the bait but the hook did not set.  We kept moving in closer and started fishing our snapper holes.  The bite was slow but steady.  Typically when you get into the snapper it becomes a feeding frenzy but today was different.  The fish appeared to be "scattered" or maybe just not too interested in feeding.  Not sure what attribute it to.  Regardless we ended the day with 15 snapper.  A great haul of fillets.  Ray did hook up with a large keeper sized Ling near the end of the day.  He fought it for a short while and it was boat-side for a second when I tried to gaf it.  Unfortunately my gaf shot did not find its target, the line line wrapped around the gaf and got cut.  Needless to say I felt terrible.  Everything happens so fast.  You try to get the fish in the boat before the line snaps or the hook pulls out then something goes wrong and the fish swims away.  Another lesson learned . . . don't rush the gaf shot.  Oh well, this will inspire us to head back out again on the next good weather window!