Offshore Econfina 1/3 - price of grouper went up

[PinFishKing]

Thick fog all the way out to 20 miles all day long. Left at 7:00 AM. Caught a few pinfish. Headed out fairly slow. Caught a few keepers in 20 to 25 foot trolling and bottom fishing. Caught many throw backs trolling and bottom fishing. Moved out deeper and caught better keepers. Kept our 4 gags and headed back to ramp around 5:30 PM.

Total for weekend:

$60 in gas for truck to ride from Columbus, GA and back.
$100 gas for boat at $2.56 a gallon.
$30 for beer and lunch.
$25 in plugs that were destroyed by the groupers.
$215 total for weekend.

over $50.00 per grouper for our 4 fish gag limit.

[tin can]

You just can't put a price on pleasure.

Glad ya got out there.

[Tom Keels]

Thick fog all the way out to 20 miles all day long. Left at 7:00 AM. Caught a few pinfish. Headed out fairly slow. Caught a few keepers in 20 to 25 foot trolling and bottom fishing. Caught many throw backs trolling and bottom fishing. Moved out deeper and caught better keepers. Kept our 4 gags and headed back to ramp around 5:30 PM.

Total for weekend:

$60 in gas for truck to ride from Columbus, GA and back.
$100 gas for boat at $2.56 a gallon.
$30 for beer and lunch.
$25 in plugs that were destroyed by the groupers.
$215 total for weekend.

over $50.00 per grouper for our 4 fish gag limit.

I could have helped.

[PinFishKing]

Tom- we thought about you too late. We had others coming but they were a last minute cancellation. Greg Junior came down with a kidney stone at the last minute. We caught the best fish on "jackpot"................remember that one?

[Tom Keels]

Tom- we thought about you too late. We had others coming but they were a last minute cancellation. Greg Junior came down with a kidney stone at the last minute. We caught the best fish on "jackpot"................remember that one?

Do I remember????

[What a mess]

I was thinking the same thing myself I could have brought some of my plugs to ruin, upped your limit and payed my part of the fuel bill.

I usually spend close to as much catching a few trout and redfish and only drive from Valdosta I still don't mind as long as I make it back safe though.

[Perch Jerker]

Total for weekend:

$60 in gas for truck to ride from Columbus, GA and back.
$100 gas for boat at $2.56 a gallon.
$30 for beer and lunch.
$25 in plugs that were destroyed by the groupers.
$215 total for weekend.

over $50.00 per grouper for our 4 fish gag limit.

What a bargain.

[Flint River Pirate]

But that $50 grouper was fresh!

[What a mess]

If you had four pounds of filets per fish it was cheaper than the store.

[Natureboy]

It was cheaper that 18 holes of golf with beer breaks though!

[wevans]

When I was getting some crab meat from Myway a couple weeks ago and there was a fella buying some Grouper. The smallest fish they had was around 10 pounds and it was over $50 for it "uncleaned"