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Full Version: Goliaths at the Reef; Gag Grouper off Sanibel: SW FL Fishbuster Dave
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[cool] I fished Thursday with Dean & Angela Lomack at the Bonita reefs. We caught and released a goliath grouper estimated at 100-150 pounds, using blue runners and porgies for bait. We used live shrimp to catch keeper mangrove snapper and triggerfish. Sunday, Ernie Kusterer fished with me on a 270 degree heading out of Big Carlos Pass, putting us about 31 miles off Sanibel. We had 5 foot seas out there, which made it slow-going coming in, but we figured it was worth it, after catching a 23 inch keeper gag grouper (on pinfish) and five nice mangrove snapper (on live shrimp). We released numerous red grouper shorts. The photo shown is of angler, Bob McCoy, with a 49 inch barracuda, photographed and released on a recent Fishbuster Charter (it looks like a 2-headed fish because of the silk-screened bass on Bob's T-shirt!) Find complete info and fish photo album at [url "http://www.fishbustercharters.com/"][#0000ff]www.fishbustercharters.com[/#0000ff][/url]
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