Straight Hooked

posted by Davin on Oct 26

If you have never experienced this the first chance you get try it out.  You need to make sure you have at least two days of calm weather and preferably a full moon it makes it easier to see.  We went out on the 17 of October and had an awesome adventure.  I went out with a couple of my good friends about 40 miles out.  We uses squid and live bait fish we caught on the way out.  As soon as we anchored on the spot my friend dropped down a piece of squid and immediately was hit and brought up a nice size Grunt.  I wanted a something bigger so I dropped down one of our live baits.  Immediatly I was hit I pulled up a 24 inch Gag grouper.  I pulled up 3 keepers back to back.  This action made my friend change his fishing strategy, and he began to fish with live bait as well and caught 2 keepers Grouper back to back one gag one red.  As morning began to approach we continued catching nice grunt and the cooler was starting to look very nice.  We decided to start trolling at day break my friend got a nice king fish, and I got a nice Bonita.  The action was great I had something that decided it needed my plug more than I did so I had to let it go maybe I”ll catch him next time.  Before we left we stopped at one more spot and it was on from the moment we got there.  The action made my friends wife want to get in on it.  She caught 1 keeper red grouper and me and him put 6 more in the boat for a total of 12 Grouper, 1 King, 1 Trigger fish,1 Bonita, and 50 to 60 Grunts.  We headed in about 10am while everybody else were just coming out.  If you ever get the chance to do this type of fish jump on it you will not be disappointed.

posted by Davin on Jul 6

July first marked the official opening date for scallops season. If you have never tried this I highly recommend this. We went out on Friday July 4 got our limit and had a blast. Not only do you get to beat the summers heat but you are rewarded at the same time by being able to take advantage of the oceans booty. They are found in grassy areas and blend in well with the brownish grass patches so you have to know what you are looking for. When we get in a area that we may think they are we look for this brownish grass and try to see them swimming along. Once we stop and have the boat anchored we put on our snorkel mask and fins and jump in. All you need is a laundry bag to put them in while you are collecting them and another to to transfer them in when moving from one spot to another. We always leave the transfer bag in the water so that they can stay fresh. Your daily bag limit is 2 gallons per person or 10 per boat which ever is less. You should also need to have a dive flag, signal device, paddle, vessel registration, valid saltwater fishing license, and the appropriate number of life jackets. Remember while swimming try not to venture off more than 100 feet from the boat their are other boaters out there and you don’t want to have to be trying to dodge another boat.  Remember the last day for scalloping is September 10.   So I hope you give this a try and happy fishing.