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Lol, at least it wasn't a hardhead but a sheep fin going through a fingernail wasnt fun. Funny thing I have never had fried sheepshead, I've broiled them, grilled them, stuffed them with crab, and made fish tacos on the blackstone with them.

Man look a here this is the most reports on this board ...

Interesting, I have not caught a hogfish over this way, I have only caught them back towards steinhatchee. Good trip nonetheless.

The Aucilla makes me want to finish my jonboat project cause I for sure aint putting a 24ft bay boat in there.

Well I planned a trip for the fall that never materialized with a supplier rep and we got together and set a date in April when I would be done planting corn. Well I get a phone call, hey man can my boss come too? Sure bring him, itll be calm and the weather looks great.



Yeah, about that 7 day ...

John21:6 wrote: March 30th, 2026, 4:21 pm Good report. Catching one puffer is fun.

Great video of the goliath.

That what's weird, the last 2 trips all I have gotten to hit the jig has been puffers

A good time, except for the fuel bill, I see we should have ran out to 90ft to find the fire trucks.

Well March came around and I had to pay what I owed for a research trial on a product I formulated. The researcher wanted a sheepshead trip so I decided we'd take my boat one day and a guide for another day. And I even bought a fancy new quest trolling motor since my current terrova shaft is to ...

I'm also looking for my first red of 2026, my bride is wanting to go so when I finish laying floors I think we'll take a day trip.

A lot of nice boats and a good reminder that I got a great deal on my boat

What are your favorite ways to prepare grunts for a meal, not bait?


Small ones I cut like a bream and fry them, ones big enough to filet I normally grill on the Blackstone with old bay and taijin for fish tacos, old bay, Tuscan herb butter, and dillo dust if they are going with rice instead ...

I can't believe people throw grunts back lol, they are way too good in the grease or on the Blackstone for that

Yeah them were not caught in the river, they were caught in a creek over towards big pass. I don't fish the river, I can't stand retards fishing in the middle of the channel

Definitely no complaints, I love making fish tacos from grunts so while we didn't find grouper we had plenty of tacos

After the good offshore trip we had before Christmas I got the itch and decided the weather looked good enough to throw a trip together last week. My boss knows if I take off a random day during the week the weather must be right to run offshore :-D



Unfortunately I had to get through a meeting ...

Remember every boat is a compromise. It’s not just about length. If you want to fish offshore primarily, you will want a longer boat, with a deeper-V, and higher gunnels/sides. All these features will work against you if you want to fish in shallow water. A bay boat can fish in kinda shallow water ...