Red Snapper June 1
Posted: June 2nd, 2011, 8:37 am
Tuesday night, I told the wife I would be getting up at the butt crack of dawn on Wednesday to throw a topwater plug. She asked why don't we go look for some red snapper instead. So I quickly put the Stradic away and started getting the 4/0 Penns out. Wasn't gonna be an early start cause she don't get up early on vacation. So finally headed south in the Jobu around 11:00. A little choppy on the way out so had to run around 20 mph out to get on station around 12:15. For a 20 ft bay boat, she handles it well. Tried to avoid anchoring by drifting, but no go. Drift was just too fast. So anchor it is. First attempt was just off the spot, so try again. Bottom looks good. Line down. Bam! 20 1/2" red snapper in the boat. Get it unhooked and in the ice chest and drop another bait when the wife grunts. She fights it to the top and land a 22 1/2" red snapper. It looks like it's gonna be a good day. Over the next 2 hours we pull about 20 more fish off of that hole. Unfortunately, no more snapper. At the end of the day brought home 2 red snapper, 3 red grouper and 5 black sea bass. Sea's were calmer on the ride in and the 115 Yamaha pushed the Jubu at 30 mph to get us back in an hour. Cleaned the boat. Cleaned the fish. Then had red snapper on the grill for dinner. Can't post pics on my IPad so they will come later. Hope the rest of snapper season is as good as opening day.
