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First off shore post, other side

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Went out of St. Augustine on a charter, Saturday
we knew it would be a little rough in the afternoon.
Booked it many months ago. Had plans to go to the Gulfstream.
The five of us,wife, sister, brother in law, dad and my self left
the inlet at 6am on a 49 foot sportfisherman.
Things seemed to be choppy but doable 3=5 foot seas., about an hour out conditions worsened and we decide to stay closer in to work some artificial and natural bottoms. With the wind and waves it was very hard for the capt to hook
up on the spot, hoped to get a few grouper and snappers, but all we
left with was bait. Moved to another spot several miles a way 5 to 7foot seas made it a long trip. When we got there thing started to look up
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Pulled in this nice snapper with much effort, Let me tell you it's alot different pulling in a 20+ snapper from 100 feet with line stretch, than a 40lb grouper in 40 foot. My poor sister, never been sea-sick before, was having a hard time, you
know charters, keep going. Finished the day with many red snapper, a few lanes
be liners and a grouper. had fun with the Bonita (good chum u know)
Well even though the conditions were very tough, the capt put us on some good
fish, but because of break off and cudas, we didn't come back with what we hoped.Image

Still a day with lots of memories and great stories.
:drink: to smoother seas
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Post by mjsigns »

Great pictures RX-
Hope the rough seas didn't ruin the fun for everyone 1

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Nice mess of fish RX. :thumbup:
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Post by Greenbone »

Did I hear snapper fingers??? :lick: You still have my number, right??? :-D
Great catch-Dad have a good time??
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Post by chugbug »

Good catch...About how far did you go out? I've been wanting to fish off of that coast for a while now.
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Very good. :thumbup:
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Post by rx fisher »

WE only went out about 25 miles, because of the rough conditions.
The plan was to go 40 miles to the Gulfstream.
One boat that I know of did make it, a 75 footer, we were 50ft.
but it got damaged pretty well, they caught wahoo and dolphin.
Maybe next time.
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Post by RedMann »

I guess this comes under the small world category. I also fished out of St. Augustine on Saturday. Which marina did you go out of?
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Conch house
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Post by RedMann »

Nice place. We ate at the restaurant there Friday evening. We fished out of Commanche Cove. If I can get my act together I'll post a report. Glad you had a good trip. :thumbup:
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Post by Cranfield »

The World is indeed a small place, we have eaten at the Conch House quite a few times and my friend Barri Vickers has his boat Dos Amigos moored at Camachee Cove Harbour.

We have left there quite a few times for trips to The Ledge (blue water).
The Inlet can be quite a sobering experience, I don't know how many tide rips meet there, but on some states of the tide its like the Roaring Forties. :o

RedMann, it would be nice to see a report....any pictures ? :thumbup:
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Post by RedMann »

Cran -- I remember your post from last year about your St. Augustine trip. Talk about coincidence, our trip out of Commanche Cove last year was set for the same Saturday as your trip but the boat had engine problems and we had to re-schedule. :x So, we went 2 weeks later and with much less success that you had. :cry: My trip last weekend was not much better in terms of quantity of fish but we did do better in terms of quality. :thumbup: Upon receipt of requested assistance from webmaster Keels, I will post a pic to go with my report. :-D
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