Offshore(sort of) 2-14
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 8:53 pm
I met Tex over near Destin early this morning. I figured since the inshore bite has been awful lately, I may as well drive over there and at least bend a rod on some offshore fish. There was a light breeze out of the Northwest, and the seas were calm. Timing the waves completely wrong, I took two good ones over the bow which completely filled my seat area and splashed everything from my face down--Gotta love beach fishing in the winter.
Chris put me on one of his honey holes which was about a mile out and in close to 70 feet of water 8O .
The bite started slow, but I managed my first snapper after a couple drifts. A bit later I pulled up this nice 21 incher
Chris hooked a nice one, and after a pretty good fight with his new Van Stahl reel........
He pulled up this whopper 8O
I caught a few more up to about 23 inches
Chris, I had a great time kayak fishing for a species I hadn't tried for before. Pulling those fish off the bottom at that depth is harder than it looks. I can't wait to come do it again.
Chris put me on one of his honey holes which was about a mile out and in close to 70 feet of water 8O .
The bite started slow, but I managed my first snapper after a couple drifts. A bit later I pulled up this nice 21 incher
Chris hooked a nice one, and after a pretty good fight with his new Van Stahl reel........
He pulled up this whopper 8O
I caught a few more up to about 23 inches
Chris, I had a great time kayak fishing for a species I hadn't tried for before. Pulling those fish off the bottom at that depth is harder than it looks. I can't wait to come do it again.