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Myself, son, ranaman, and his better half left the mashes ramp after 10 for an offshore adventure. WOW you do not get much room to exit out of that canal, if that's what you want to call it. So the plan was to head to 30 ft or so and troll to the first spot, now I have never trolled for Grouper, so this would be a different experience. I stripped of some braid to get past a few bad spots and rigged up ranaman's perch colored stretch 30, tossed it out behind the boat, and broke the line, darn guess I did not strip off far enough. Now in most circumstances one would slowly motor over to the plug and use a net off some sort to retrieve said plug, but remember the title off this thread. Well we motor over and one occupant of the boat decided he would try and reach over the side of the boat, barehanded to retrieve a plug with 3 sets of treble hooks, and yes you guessed it, Brandon promptly splashed overboard in 50 degree water guess you never seen people scramble so fast to haul him back in the boat. Lucky for him there was enough spare clothes, or he would have froze his off for the rest of the day.

Fishing was slow, very little water movement, and next to no current, I trolled up one keeper, then had issues with the motor wanting to overheat. Tried some numbers of ranaman and ended with 1 Grouper and some BSB. Was a might chilly under power, but not bad once stopped trying to catch. Nice day and good company.

You should give me a holler Don, Ida give ya a few pointers still not a bad haul sure wish you had a pic of the mermaid takin a dip

Nice box of fish....WTG....

Don where you at the convenient store by 27 in Wacissa late that afternoon? Saw a Key Largo like yours at the gas pumps on my way back from Econfina.

Yep we was there...

I bet the guy who fell in wondered why you brought ice for the fish ! He probably thought it was cold enough without it !

Nice set of fishes DS-

That little cut at mashes is nothing but a chute. I'd try to get on plane to shoot your boat through through that tiny slot.... You think that little cut is bad, you ought to try to launch at the Aucillia river ramp on a negative low tide....

What color is "ranaman's perch" ?

BTW - I use the landing net to retrieve stuff from the water...
(but only when I remember to bring it along )

I could see my son doing the same thing...