TBA tourney

Post by **rocket** » August 5th, 2005, 10:40 pm

Left at C-Quarters at 0600 hrs this morning with a nasty storm just passing through to the east. We cleaned out our bait traps, and headed south. Captian said we should be fishing in 4 hrs

. He was heading deep!
We arrived around 11:00, and dropped lines. Me, and another crew member pulled up a couple of respectable gags right away.
My next drop doubled me over right away. I hauled in a 38 lb. grouper (that was fun!). We put a few more in the boat before moving.
Current picked up, and the bite was a lot slower. Lots of shorts, and some snapper.
Went through a few storms (nasty lightning), and got rained on quite a bit. Back at the hill at 5:45 for a 6:00 weigh in.
Total for the day was 82 lbs of grouper. That was enough to take second place. First place had 85 lbs. However with the big grouper, we won the Calcutta, and took the money. It was a nice payday!
Fished 72 miles offshore in, 175 feet of water.

Post by **Fish Masterson** » August 6th, 2005, 12:37 am

Good job

. When can I drop by and pick up my fillets

.

Post by **rocket** » August 6th, 2005, 7:12 pm

Gave most of the fish away, but kept some snapper for me

.
If'n you want some you better hustle, 'cause I'm fixing to blacken them up.

Post by **Eerman** » August 6th, 2005, 8:01 pm

Long ride...nice haul.

Post by **birddog** » August 6th, 2005, 9:34 pm

Heck of a nice grouper, Rocket. WTG.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » August 9th, 2005, 6:46 am

Nice Grouper for sure,

heck of a long ride.

Post by **rocket** » August 10th, 2005, 4:42 pm

Thanks guys, there were pictures taken, but I've yet to see them. Wish I had one.