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For Sunday, November 24, the marine forecast called for frigid temperatures along with light winds and calm seas. So I gathered my crew for what might be the last trip to target red snapper for a few months.

On the ride to Carrabelle, the truck thermometer gave an outside air temperature of 35 ...

Governor DeSantis added 17 days to the GOM Recreational Red Snapper Season.

The full updated schedule for the remaining 2024 season is as follows:

November 22-24
November 28-30 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
December 6-8
December 13-15
December 20-22
December 24-31 (Christmas Eve through New Years Eve ...

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Boomhauer,

If you are having trouble shutting a cooler with 7 gags in it, YOU need a bigger cooler.

Like you, we’ve encountered copious numbers of gag grouper and red grouper on my boat. We’ve seen lots of evidence that should result in lengthening gag grouper season and red grouper season. We ...

This past weekend I saw a flyer at Kevin's Guns and Sporting Goods announcing the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' First Annual Ernie Stevenson Memorial Inshore Fishing Tournament. I am not affiliated with the tournament or FCA, but I had the privilege of knowing Ernie and fishing with him. Fishing ...

Is it OK to double team a big fish? Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. :wink:
Nice pics as always. I have to agree with you about the flawed science pertaining to our fish populations.


I wish I thought of your line "Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do." It's a good one ...

When I was in elementary school, my grandfather told me about the time he hooked a big shark while he was fishing with a guide near Naples. The shark pulled and pulled at the line as my grandfather tried to reel it in. At some point, my grandfather became exhausted from the fight and asked, “Can I ...

FTReelty wrote: October 16th, 2024, 9:51 am Great report! Glad weather finally got right and you got afterem.

Thanks.

fishinfool wrote: October 15th, 2024, 8:07 am It still surprises me to hear of people catching Gag Grouper since NOAA biologists say the populations are way down.
I'm glad you were able to get out and enjoy the waters and catch some fish. Great pics as always.

There is no shortage of gag grouper in the Big Bend area.

Favorable winds and sea conditions for offshore fishing finally returned to the Carrabelle area on Sunday. Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other storms made offshore fishing impossible. For weeks, I used my spare time to complain about the weather and to tie combinations of hooks, leaders, and ...

Fortunately, I still have a boat, not an insurance claim.

I think there are some rainbow runners in the first pics….
Nice variety of fish in all pics…..
Nice lockdowns too…. They are actually tasty.
Great post


Thanks for checking out my post. I think you are right about the rainbow runners being in one of the photos. When I drop a camera down, it's ...

Nice haul I need to drop my camehra overboard some…


I really started dropping a camera down not to see fish, but to see what the bottom looked like. I really just wanted to understand how sonar images compare to reality. At first, I figured that the camera would scare the fish off, but from ...

I bet those redfish were extremely upset that they had been hooked. Good report.