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The Rotory is in state waters and therefor closed for Gag Grouper :smt012 Yes I know that the Rotory reef was in State waters but not Barge 24. I'm just looking to catch something and was wondering if anyone had any reports from these areas. I understand that grouper move in shallow in the Fall and...

I will be heading down to Panacea next week and was really wanting to know a near shore fishing report. Hope to fish around the Rotory Reef and Barge 24 area if the seas cooperate. Anyone have any reports from these areas? Any Grouper moved in to the 35' depths yet? Kings? Any info would be greatly ...

Trip report: It was a mixed bag. We trout fished Friday morning and only boated 4 keepers before heading out to Barge 24 where we caught a ton of pink mouth grunts. We only kept 2 that were big enough to fillet. Also caught three keeper seabass, and one nice Spanish. Saturday was much better. We had...

I would like to post a trip report with pics but looks like you would need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a pic????help!

I’m just curious if anyone is catching anything out around Ochlocknee Shoals and/or the Rotary Reef area? I hardly ever see any catches posted from these near shore reefs. I will be down this weekend to fish out of Panacea and thought about trying some bottom fishing out around these areas. What mig...

I'm headed down to Panacea this Friday to do some fishing and maybe scalloping as well. I've never scalloped before and was wondering what are the closest scalloping grounds to Panacea. I will be putting in at Mashes Sands and thought about heading over to the grass flats around the Shell Point area...

I’m relatively new to the Panacea area and the Big Bend for that matter. I’ve only fished out of Panacea two times and that was back in the Spring. I’m thinking about making a trip down in a couple of weeks but was wondering if it would be worth the expense. What is the fishing like in late July in ...

Thanks guys....all good advice! I especially like the idea to use the separate tank to identify if the problem is in the carbs or the fuel system leading up to the carbs. Just a little more history on the motor. The boat had set up for some time before I bought it. It had approx a half tank of gas i...

I recently bought a Key West with a 2003 Mercury Salt Water Series Outboard. The motor runs good when you throttle it on plane but the thing just won't stay idling. It will idle for just a second and then quit. Isn't there an idle setting on these carbs that may rectify the problem. Before I take it...

I’m heading down next week for only my second trip ever to the Panacea area. We will be staying in a place on the bay on the gulf side of the bridge. Since I’ve not yet learned where to fish and when I was hoping for a little advice to point me in the right direction. When we were down in March we c...

Is there any where to launch and park in Alligator Bay at low tide? I was there back in March and the only ramp that I could have launched at during low tide was the ramp out on the cape before you get to the Marina but there was no where to park???

Thanks guys....both cylinders checked about 142 PSI!

I am considering purchasing a 1989 48 HP Johnson boat motor but the motor has been setting up a couple of years. I want to test the compression but I've never performed one of these tests before. In my "how to" searching I'm getting more questions than answers so I need help understanding ...

My 1989 Yamaha Pro50 has a burnt lower piston that is bypassing. I am selling as is for parts or maybe someone wants to re-build. The controls are included. $275 OBRO.

I'm looking to possibly re-power my J16 Skiff with a 2000 Honda 40 HP (Model BF40AY).The motor does not come with the steering cable and I was wondering if I might get lucky and the old cable from my 1989 Yamaha Pro50 might hook up to it? I'm also looking at possibly re-powering with a 1989 48 HP Jo...