St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Jhults11
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St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Decided to head out to the deep blue sea in search of some grouper and Aj's saturday with my wife, dad, and a first time offshore candidate from work who has been chomping at the bit. We pushed away from the dock at 740am into the pea soup. Foggy all the way to the bird rack...thank goodness for saved gps tracks. We headed to the flats and loaded the livewell with Pinfish and Blue Runners. At 9am we headed south into the slick calm ocean in pursuit of our bottom dwelling bounty. On the way out I couldnt help but notice the most boats offshore that I have seen in quite some time, good sight to see. We pulled up to the first hole in 30ft a few miles past buoy 24 and immediatly started putting short grouper in the boat..in addition to throwing two keeper gags back due to crossing into federal waters pursuing red grouper :smt010 ! We left their and went to the next hole out in 40ft. Once again, a short factory of red and gag grouper their. Well, after hitting our two better holes and having to throw back keeper gags and not having any luck on the reds, we made the call to run out to an Aj hole we havent fished in a while. No one disagreed seeing that it was the calmest we had seen all year. Running wot we made it to our 30 mile out AJ spot by about 1pm. Upon araival we were not dissapointed as we saw the depth finder light up "like a fat kids eyes at an all you can eat buffet". On my wifes first drop she was pinned to the rail and dragged around the back of the boat from gunnel to gunnel for about 10 minutes. Finally I stuck the gaff in her biggest AJ to date weighing in at an impressive 32 lbs. It was pure action for the next 2 hours until the tides went slack. My dad caught a few, my buddy chris who had never been offshore caught a few and has officially found a new passion, and of course my arms and back are still screamin at me today :o ! We pointed ol "Fin"alee N towards the hill at 3 and ran 30mph all the way in and were cleaning fish at the dock (Shell Island Fish Camp) by 415. Couldnt have asked for a better weather day and even better time with friends and family. -Tight Lines
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Kylie with her new personal best!
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Dad and his AJ
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Chris with his first keeper saltwater fish, what a way to break the ice :thumbup:
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Chris fighting the hog...
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Like fishing in a gold fish pond :-D
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Dad, Myself, and Kylie back at the dock
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Re: St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Very nice report!!
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AJ's rock
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Mygawd! :o
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Nice!
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Awesome report! :thumbup: :beer: salute1
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THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PERFECT DAY OF FISHIN TO ME. BOY WAS THAT WATER EVER CALM OR WHAT. I HAVE ONLY SEEN WATER THAT CALM OFF SHORE 1 TIME AND THAT WAS ABOUT 50 YRS. AGO. I HAVE SEEN IT CALM IN THE EARLY MORNIN AND THEN CHURN UP TO ALMOST GAIL FORCE BY NOON TIME. YA DID GOOD, CONGRATULATIONS.
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Good work!
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Thanks for the report.
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Nice pics, water looked nice. 8)
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Re: St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Awesome!!

How did you get all those fish and the boat in the bathtub! :-D
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Re: St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Nice catch!

Too bad soon as red snapper opens the AJs close
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Re: St. Marks Offshore 5-5-2012

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Nice catch!

Too bad soon as red snapper opens the AJs close
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