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I went off shore at Carrabelle about 17 to 20 miles. 70' Very calm seas which made for a great trip.

We caught close to 100 grouper and snapper that were 1/2 inch short. Several keepers. Most on cut LY and some on live blue runers. Also caught two four foot sharks, a king, a bonita and we had sever steel leaders cut off!

I did hear a report of a boat limiting out on dolphin the same day in 55 foot of water! Too bad it was not us!

Found several new spots that were awesome and can't wait to fish them next winter.

All in all a good day just not a lot of keepers.

We kept having schools of fish (2 foot long fish) about 50 yards to 100 yards from the boat hitting the water. Could not see what they were though. When ever we tried to get close to them we would scare them off. Wish I knew what they were and how to sneak up on them.

Wheresthefish wrote:We kept having schools of fish (2 foot long fish) about 50 yards to 100 yards from the boat hitting the water. Could not see what they were though. When ever we tried to get close to them we would scare them off. Wish I knew what they were and how to sneak up on them.

I imagine they were small bonita hitting minnows. They are honed in on those small bait fish and will refuse anything else of a different size or color. A very small spoon will sometimes take them if it can be thrown into the bait.

Luck,

EJ

Nice report, although the fish may not have all been keepers, at last you were kept busy.

We have seen shoals of bonita busting bait off St George Island and we caught a few by throwing a small silver spoon.
However, the shoals move so fast chasing the bait and then they break up, dive, then reform 100 yards away, its exhausting just trying to keep up with them, but great fun.

While not a bountiful trip, it sure sounds like a fruitful one