Splashed the boat at 9 am and had 3 trout by 11.30 am when the wind died down giving us a window of opportunity to run to the reef. We were the 2nd boat to get there, quickly found a piece of property a few hundred yards from the other boat and stake our claim. Apparently the sheepies were there waiting for us. Of course, Calvin already had a fish on before I finished rigging my rod.
Calvin and I each put a couple of fish in the box in no time but Dave, being not that into sheephead fishing, was still doing a lot of "swing and a missed", but eventually got the hand of it. They were wide open with numerous doubles coming up at the same time.
I had a fish taking a lot of line as soon as it was hooked up and was showing reddish deep color ....... a hogfish! The trip was turning into barnyard fishing - sheeps and hogs round up.
By about 3 pm, we were running out of room in our cooler.
Of course, all the action on the boat was also catching a lot of attention. There were several boats anchored within casting distance from us. This big center console was shooting the gap between us and another boat not 20 yards away.
Of all the boats that crowded us, the one that took the cake was this (grumpy) "old man and the sea" on a 16' Skiff. He was trolling for grouper, weaving around all the boats but gave up after seeing us with all the action and came straight to us. He proceed to make a donut not 20 feet away around out boat (not exaggerating), then throw a marker less than 20 feet away and started drift fishing. I told him he could fish next to us, but has to shut the engine off as its scarring the fish. He then gave me a lecture about reef fishing and said I know nothing about fishing.
Sunday, the forecast was calling for 15 knots wind in the afternoon but was calm in the morning. We managed to run out to the reef again and caught 22 sheepies in less than 2 hours. Could have fish longer but it was becoming uncomfortable and we have Calvin on board. Came back to the flats and put 12 trout in 4 hours, including this 23'', before calling it a day. The trout were in 3' water, so all the fresh water was not a factor.
What we ended up in 2 days of fishing:
Saturday, about a dozen grunts, 5 trout, 2 hogs, and 31 sheepies.
Sunday, 12 trout and 22 sheepies.
Dang Breambuster I need to follow you one day at Keaton and get you to show me how to fish. How did you rig for the sheeps? You have Keaton down pat. 
Awesome catch! 
