05-09-2024, 02:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2024, 03:28 PM by RockyRaab2.)
The couple I'm visiting arranged for a trip aboard a former charter captain. Very nice 26-ft center console. We went out only about five miles and used live pinfish for bait. Caught what he said would likely be his year's best haul of gag grouper (we lost count at a dozen in four hours) and all big to really big. His best ever went 32 inches and we caught two at 30, for example. Sadly, the season on those was closed, so no take home. Cobia was open - there's a cobia tourney going on now - but we released mine as being a bit small.
As soon as I figure out how to get photos from my phone to a real computer, I'll post some.
![[Image: 105.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/xkB3YkWY/105.jpg)
Beautiful start to day
![[Image: 113.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/G8YJpLCD/113.jpg)
First gag
![[Image: 20240508-074746.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/n9FkSyyQ/20240508-074746.jpg)
Fishing buds
![[Image: 20240508-092048.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/ppdCftQw/20240508-092048.jpg)
Getting bigger
![[Image: 20240508-095955.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/75FNrJv4/20240508-095955.jpg)
Baby cobia
![[Image: 20240508-102632.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/CdrkVnD2/20240508-102632.jpg)
Biggest grouper of the day
If I look disheveled in those pictures, it's because I'd already fought a huge ray and a moderate shark to the boat, neither of which we got photos of. By this time, I was at about a 4 on the 10-point pain chart and was - to be honest - whooped.
As soon as I figure out how to get photos from my phone to a real computer, I'll post some.
Beautiful start to day
First gag
Fishing buds
Getting bigger
Baby cobia
Biggest grouper of the day
If I look disheveled in those pictures, it's because I'd already fought a huge ray and a moderate shark to the boat, neither of which we got photos of. By this time, I was at about a 4 on the 10-point pain chart and was - to be honest - whooped.