SW FL-Bonita beach: nice snapper, a hog, spanish, sheepshead

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[cool][font "Arial"]After some family time to bring in the new year, I headed offshore again on Tuesday, Fishing with brothers Mark and Tony Kapala in 35 feet out of New Pass with live shrimp, we encountered some four foot seas early in the day, but they calmed to two to three’s after a while. We caught seven keeper mangrove snapper to 15 12 inches, keeper sheepshead, Spanish mackerel to 22 inches, and whitebone porgies. We released gag and red grouper shorts.[/font]
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[font "Arial"]Thursday, I fished with Dr. Boyd Bowden and friends, in 38 feet out of New Pass. We caught keeper mangrove snapper to 14 inches, a fourteen inch hogfish, Spanish mackerel, triggerfish and whitebone porgies, all on live shrimp. We released grouper shorts to 19 inches.[/font]
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[font "Arial"]Friday, the winds were blowing again, but I fished the backwaters, so we didn’t have to deal with rough seas. John Windsor, his son, John Jr., and friend Mark fished down toward Wiggins with me with live shrimp, and we caught keeper mangrove snapper and released eight sheepshead.[/font]
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[font "Arial"]The photo shown is of angler brothers Bob and Gale Taylor with a 24 inch gag grouper and a pair of hogfish, caught on a recent offshore trip.[/font]

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