I had a crew of 5, including myself, aboard Cuda"B" for a trip to get some more Red Snapper action while we still can. I followed my usual pattern and loaded the livewell with some large pinfish from D I Reef and then headed to a spot I had found last year that I was sure would hold some snapper. Cruising @ 20 kts, we ran about 1hr, 15min to some great live bottom in 105ft. I was having an issue with the windlass, so I told the crew to fish'em if they had'em while I worked on the problem. Well, they started catching as we were drifting away from the marker. It was fast action for about 20 minutes before we decided to pull up to the marker and anchor. Within 10 more minutes we had our 5 man limit of Red Snapper! Ron had the best one at 12 lbs! 
- Ron with his Big Snapper!
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We made the decision to find some rock bottom, on the hunt for grouper. We still had most of the pinfish in the livewell, so we found a spot in 70ft that looked good on the bottom machine. We anchored up and it was on again, only this time it was grouper, gags & reds! We would have stayed in the area longer but I had an issue with the port engine and we had to bring it back in! 
Back at the dock we had our limit of nice Red Snapper (10), 5 nice grouper, 1 kingfish, 1 triggerfish, a few lane & vermillion snapper and 5 nice seabass!
- A nice ending to a great day!
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Another great day on the Big Pond!
Light winds , low seas, & no oil (this far east hopefully),
Capt. Jay
