Lanark - April One

[EddieJoe]

Bill and I got on the water late (for me), at about 8:15. Couldn't get the sleepy buzzard up any earlier. Anyhow, conditions were pretty nice, SW winds about 5-10k, lite chop in the bay, 2-3 with swells offshore. Headed over to east pass first thing, but the tide had not completed changed and not much was happening. Caught one blue on the west end of Dog.
Headed offshore to first number in 45', just absolutely nothing there that would bite the bait, of any sort. Went farther offshore to number 2 in 55', just a few nibbles and a couple of undersized. To spot 3 in 55', one undersized, one legal gag at 24". Trolled for 30 minutes, nada.

Went in to Turkey Point area, caught a number of trout on jigs and shrimp, kept two. By two the wind was really howling out of the SW, at 15K. The bay was really kicking.

At least at my spots, grouper are still really scattered. Don't know if this is an unusual thing, but by April 1 I usually am doing pretty good on grouper. Not this year. Even so, fine day with a friend.

Luck,

EJ

[tin can]

I heard the same thing from someone else, yesterday. I don't know what's up with the grouper.

[qoutrage]

Thanks EJ. Sound like a good time trying to find em.
Seems everyone is having about the same luck with the grouper- pick up one here and there.
Heard reports of quite a few dead grouper in the mix of the red tide kill of last fall. That might be part of it.

[dstockwell]

Sounds like them Groupas are harder to come by.