Posted: October 6th, 2007, 12:43 pm
How deep did you get the grouper? How deep did you get the grouper? BigBendFishing.Net
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How deep did you get the grouper? Posted: October 6th, 2007, 2:17 pm
Hit-n-miss, hate to give away secret spots but will say it was somewhere between 0 and 40 feet 
In all seriousness, wasn't like one of the recent reports where someone reported catching a keeper in 4 to 5 feet but wasn't beyond 40 either.
Forgot to give stats on the cobia -- wasn't the biggest landed on my boat but up there in the top 2 or 3... was a little over 37" long and around 24 pounds. Told Sharkman the following Monday at work that I missed his company... used to using a two man approach when landing keeper cobes, not juggling the rod with a big fish on while dancing around gear on the boat and handling the boga grip too
One last surprise follow-up from the trip... I had caught plenty of sharks before this last trip but never kept one for eating purposes. Knowing I wouldn't likely be back out for a while, I had some motivation to stock the freezer and kept the blacktip to give it a try. Soaked it overnight in italian dressing before cooking it and really liked it!!! Not real eager to get the mercury levels too high so don't think I'll make it my target fish of choice but from a taste stand point I found it to be better than I expected.
In all seriousness, wasn't like one of the recent reports where someone reported catching a keeper in 4 to 5 feet but wasn't beyond 40 either. Forgot to give stats on the cobia -- wasn't the biggest landed on my boat but up there in the top 2 or 3... was a little over 37" long and around 24 pounds. Told Sharkman the following Monday at work that I missed his company... used to using a two man approach when landing keeper cobes, not juggling the rod with a big fish on while dancing around gear on the boat and handling the boga grip too
One last surprise follow-up from the trip... I had caught plenty of sharks before this last trip but never kept one for eating purposes. Knowing I wouldn't likely be back out for a while, I had some motivation to stock the freezer and kept the blacktip to give it a try. Soaked it overnight in italian dressing before cooking it and really liked it!!! Not real eager to get the mercury levels too high so don't think I'll make it my target fish of choice but from a taste stand point I found it to be better than I expected.
Posted: October 9th, 2007, 8:29 am
I had just wanted to know the feasability of getting grouper out of Ecky in a bay boat. How far I would have to run to get to deep enough water, hence how deep? Posted: October 15th, 2007, 2:01 pm
Dang nice trip, good job.