I went offshore with my buddy Ben yesterday (10-17-10). At the first spot (25'), I drop a 2-hook chicken rig with half a cigar minnow on each hook, and start loading the cooler with black fish. After a few minutes of that, Ben starts dropping live shiners to the bottom and catching short grouper. It looks like fun, so I join in. My first "big" hit of the day came shortly after, and had me cut off almost immediately,

. A few minutes later, Ben get's his first "big" hit of the day, and lands a barely legal Gag. The bite died completely shortly thereafter, so we headed to the next spot (30')
The next 2 spots (30-35') give us a few more black fish and grunts, but no grouper, so we decide to move on. The last spot of the day (45') was a little more exciting. We started catching short grouper again. I measured a red grouper that was about an inch short, Ben got broke off, we each lost what felt like a nice fish, and then Ben's rod gets slammed. After a few minutes, I gaff a Very Nice 14lb Red grouper

(On half a fillet of grunt!) I try the same thing, but get no love from the keeper size grouper, and then the bite died.
We headed in with one gag, one red and a box full of black fish and grunts.

We were both dissapointed that we didn't get any more grouper, but we each had a gallon bag full of meat at the end of the day. Sorry no pictures, forgot my camera and my phone.
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. ~Babylonian Proverb