Alligator Point 11-09-02
Posted: November 11th, 2002, 4:09 pm
Bad news - Good News!
First the bad, NOAA was forecasting 2-3ft building to 4ft before the real winds got here Sun. and Mon. WRONG! It was 4ft quickly building to 5-6ft and getting worse when we gave up fighting it at around 1:30- 2:00. We were just 5 miles off Dog Island Reef in 40ft. That was our first and only stop.
Now the good, the water temp has dropped down to about 65 already and the grouper seem to be doing what they do when it gets cooler, move in closer. Although it was very rough, we marked some fish in the 35 to 40 ft range. After getting an anchor on our marker, we started catching some decent grouper with live bait. We ended up with 6 fish over 24" and about that many shorts. The biggest being 30" around 15lbs. We also caught cooler full of key west grunts and one triggerfish on squid.
Not too bad for two guys battling mother nature for half a day. D. I. Reef is still holding pinfish so get them while you can.
Untill next time, lets all hope for some calm days in between these winter cold fronts. Capt. Jay
First the bad, NOAA was forecasting 2-3ft building to 4ft before the real winds got here Sun. and Mon. WRONG! It was 4ft quickly building to 5-6ft and getting worse when we gave up fighting it at around 1:30- 2:00. We were just 5 miles off Dog Island Reef in 40ft. That was our first and only stop.
Now the good, the water temp has dropped down to about 65 already and the grouper seem to be doing what they do when it gets cooler, move in closer. Although it was very rough, we marked some fish in the 35 to 40 ft range. After getting an anchor on our marker, we started catching some decent grouper with live bait. We ended up with 6 fish over 24" and about that many shorts. The biggest being 30" around 15lbs. We also caught cooler full of key west grunts and one triggerfish on squid.
Not too bad for two guys battling mother nature for half a day. D. I. Reef is still holding pinfish so get them while you can.
Untill next time, lets all hope for some calm days in between these winter cold fronts. Capt. Jay