LANARK VILLAGE 12-30, 1-1
Posted: January 3rd, 2005, 10:35 am
We left the marina around 7:15 and attempted to shoot straight out to try our luck for a few grouper. It was me and a friend of mine with our 3 boys ages 9-12. We got out around the west end of DI and were greeted by 3-4's and a little wind, so for the boy's sake we decided to anchor down on one of my favorite "close-in" holes for some rock bass and grunts. We stayed in one spot for about 4 hours and watched the youngsters boat about 120 rockies and numerous grunts. I got broke off by what seemed to be a nice grouper by the way of the bite. This caused the older guys to convince the youngsters that we should attempt to head out to find more fish like the one that just broke me off. They were hesitant at first, but then consented to take a break from catching so many more fish than the dads were 
.
We mosied on out to a spot in 70 ft. and started dropping LY's. Caught one nice red snapper right off and a short gag. After 30 minutes or so, no keeper grouper, so we headed back in to let the boys catch a few more rockies on our way back to the hill.
New Year's Day we headed back out and went back to the favorite inshore spot for the rockies. The boys caught about 50 more in 20 minutes or so. The seas were alot nicer than before, so we decided to head on out and try a few spots. We anchored up on the first hole, but could only manage shorts. We went to spot #2 and started catching short reds. After 45 minutes or so, the bigger ones turned on. We managed to boat 4 keeper grouper in an hour or so and a few red snapper. We started watching the sun go down and decided that we should head in being that we were 22 miles out and had wives waiting at home for a night out. The ride back in was like riding on marshmellows (as one of the boys said) much better than the way out. We made it back in at 6:15 and was back at home at 7:45 with a nice cooler of fish and just enough time to shower and catch a movie with the ladies. A good day to say the least and a wonderful way to ring in the New Year
TOTAL FOR 2 DAYS: 10? ROCKIES
1 RED GROUPER (26")
4 GAGS (22"-30")
LOTS OF LAUGHS & MEMORIES WITH OUR BOYS
WATER TEMP WAS ABOUT 62 ON BOTH DAYS. WE FISHED FOR THE GROUPER IN DEPTHS OF 55'-70' AND THEY BIT BOTH FROZEN LY'S AND SQUID. THE ROCKIES BIT ANYTHING THROWN AT THEM AND WE CAUGHT THEM IN 40'.
.We mosied on out to a spot in 70 ft. and started dropping LY's. Caught one nice red snapper right off and a short gag. After 30 minutes or so, no keeper grouper, so we headed back in to let the boys catch a few more rockies on our way back to the hill.
New Year's Day we headed back out and went back to the favorite inshore spot for the rockies. The boys caught about 50 more in 20 minutes or so. The seas were alot nicer than before, so we decided to head on out and try a few spots. We anchored up on the first hole, but could only manage shorts. We went to spot #2 and started catching short reds. After 45 minutes or so, the bigger ones turned on. We managed to boat 4 keeper grouper in an hour or so and a few red snapper. We started watching the sun go down and decided that we should head in being that we were 22 miles out and had wives waiting at home for a night out. The ride back in was like riding on marshmellows (as one of the boys said) much better than the way out. We made it back in at 6:15 and was back at home at 7:45 with a nice cooler of fish and just enough time to shower and catch a movie with the ladies. A good day to say the least and a wonderful way to ring in the New Year
TOTAL FOR 2 DAYS: 10? ROCKIES
1 RED GROUPER (26")
4 GAGS (22"-30")
LOTS OF LAUGHS & MEMORIES WITH OUR BOYS
WATER TEMP WAS ABOUT 62 ON BOTH DAYS. WE FISHED FOR THE GROUPER IN DEPTHS OF 55'-70' AND THEY BIT BOTH FROZEN LY'S AND SQUID. THE ROCKIES BIT ANYTHING THROWN AT THEM AND WE CAUGHT THEM IN 40'.