Sweet St. Mark's Grouper

[nobitchin]

So happy to be able to put out at St. Marks and bring home our target species on our home turf, so to speak. I am seeing the benefit of giving a beloved and coveted local resource, a chance to rebound in a way that benefits us all. Caught a few 29"+ Gag's yesterday in 26-30 ft of water, on an afternoon trip.... Get out there. Have fun. Follow the rules. Look out for each other.

[John21:6]

I'm glad to hear you had a successful trip. Were you trolling or bottom fishing?

[BloodyChamp]

I know all about the home field mentality while fishing.

[bbb]

How many miles from the lighthouse to get in good 20-30ft grouper waters?

I've been going out of Mexico Beach and Lanark to stay around 6-10 miles.

[fishdux]

How many miles from the lighthouse to get in good 20-30ft grouper waters?

I've been going out of Mexico Beach and Lanark to stay around 6-10 miles.

Buoy 24 is a good depth and good starting point. You can find it on a chart.

[Salty Gator]

24 is about 14 miles from the lighthouse. Gets deeper much quicker out of carabelle and especially Mexico beach than st marks

[nobitchin]

We got on the water around 1:30 pm last Friday. Glass day, little to no wind, sunny. Threw the cast net at the dock, got our bait (big pin fish). Headed south found bottom and anchored. Hooked up to a big bull shark, felt like an F250 on the bottom hauling ass. Broke it off asap. It left us alone after that. Maneuvered boat over different sections of bottom. When we were catching black sea bass or ruby lip grunts, we let anchor line out or turned motor to move. Caught 3 gags in a row. Nice bottom, big bait. Live Pin and squid. Moved around a little bit more, nothing. Sun started doing that thing it does and we started our race to the dock. Got in before dark, but just in time for the no see um's to almost carry us away. Thanks!

[Greenbone]

This gag was caught 1 mile south of bird rack in 14 ' water over Thanksgiving holidays. Lucky for the gag, it was 23 ½ "