St. Marks 1/2 offshore

Post by **Reel Fun** » January 3rd, 2005, 9:02 am

Checked noaa 5am....3-5, then 2-4. Screw it...I'm going anyway.

Left Shields 8:30 am with my buddy Tom. Headed south from the Birdrack, with 1 ftrs from the NE. 13 miles to 30ft...Look'n good so far

Trolled and bottom fished...nodda

1-2 ftrs out of the east now 10:30...headed west to 60 ft, K Tower area 15 miles. Caught 5 vermillion snapper(I think, not Red) in 20 minutes.

SURPRISE...then 28" gag, on squid, 2 short gags, 24" gag, another shorty....they turned completely OFF at 12:30. Headed NE to 50 ft, at Oar2......5 boats there, we stopped for 15-20 minutes and picked up a 16" flounder. Made one more stop at 40ft....nodda. Back to the hill.....on GLASS, 33mph..cold one in hand

It sure was good get'n back out there

The weather couldn't have been better...and the seas were GREAT..noaa can kiss my glass........

Post by **qoutrage** » January 3rd, 2005, 9:34 am

Good to know they're still out there somewhare, RF.
'Have to believe, the metro guys forcast the seas last and over forcast for CYA purposes. That, and probably the junior guys working NY's weekend.
The Navy has been forcasting 0-2' for the past few days and the next couple, contrary to the NWS.
'Glad to hear y'all had a good day.

Post by **Chalk** » January 3rd, 2005, 9:45 am

WTG RF....

Post by **Reel Fun** » January 3rd, 2005, 10:23 am

Hey qoutrage...how do you get the Navy forcast ????(I'm sure others would like to know as well)

Post by **Chalk** » January 3rd, 2005, 10:33 am

BBF.net weather page..bottom link....

http://www.bigbendfishing.net/weather.htm

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » January 3rd, 2005, 8:54 pm

Good deal RF.

Post by **mjsigns** » January 3rd, 2005, 9:40 pm

At least you didn't waste alot of fuel

Post by **qoutrage** » January 4th, 2005, 7:28 am

Yeah RF, Chalk. Got the link on the BBF Wx page..pretty comprehenive for our local needs.
Not to steer you away from it, here's another couple of good sources of weather links.

One I used, when I was still working for a living- Mostly for flight planning purposes, but it has lots of other interesting stuff.
http://www.dispatcher.org/brief/adfbrief.html

And, another good one, but keyed on tropical weather.
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/corioli ... canes.html

I like the Navy forcast, because of their sophisticated data gathering capability. Read about it here.
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/SATEL ... index.html

Post by **Aucilla** » January 4th, 2005, 8:33 am

Sounds like a fun trip! Being mostly inshore, I am especially jealous of the flounder, of all things. As for that grouper, though, let me tell you about this: http://bigbendfishing.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5623

Post by **Reel Fun** » January 4th, 2005, 5:37 pm

Thanks for the weather links....

, and thanks for the GROUPER FLORENTINE recipe.....

It's printed and headed for the recipe file......looks like a good'n