Miss Jem and One More Time

[Chipola]

I am working up some float plans for my upcoming week off to fish (May4-11) and was wondering if hitting the following sites would be worthwhile: specifically Miss Jem, Carabelle Reef Barge, the C Tower or the Apalachicola City(which I believe is a sunken barge).

My fish of preference is grouper or snapper, with a few AJs thrown in for fun.

I'll be running my 19' ft Cape Horn fully outfitted. Have been successful out on the bridge spans, but looking for better opts.

[Tom Keels]

All should yeild snapper. Keeper grouper may be hard to come by. Franklin County Reef should be a good spot for AJ's and cobia.

[Chipola]

Thanks Tom,

Any suggestions on where to look (generally speaking of course) for Grouper?

[Tom Keels]

I would troll stretch 30's in 50-60 feet and look for hard bottom. The triangle between the Yamaha, One More Time and O tower has plenty of good bottom.

[Chipola]

Thanks again Tom. I've got an assortment of Stretch 30's to troll and I'll use my #53 Maptech chart and the Furuno 600 to find the hard bottom.

One more question, do you tie your Stretch 30s directly to an 80# plus leader or do you use a short wire leader. I've had a couple of lures fall prey to the sharp teeth of Kings when attached using mono.

thanks again.

[Tom Keels]

I have never used wire, and have never lost any to kings. However it is cheap insurance.