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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 12:36 am: | |
Subject: Fishing Report of 4-07-03
Apalachicola, St. George Island to St. Marks, Florida -- Offshore
Finally, yesterday we were able to take our first charter clients of this season offshore for a fine day of fishing. DEBO TOO is standing tall and spiffier than she was even when she was brand new.
Glen McPheeters and his son Kyle from up in Marietta, Georgia made their first trip with us and 6 good grouper to 12# will be making the return trip to Marietta with them. And though we were not fortunate enough to get a limit of keeper grouper, Glen and his boy thoroughly enjoyed the nearly nonstop action we experienced all day. They did say they wanted to come back next year after the snapper season opens so that the snapper we caught and released yesterday could also go home with them.
The trip we ran yesterday is a good example of how fish will turn on and off in their feeding habits and some times be down right cantankerous / snooty with respect to our baits.
Since we had not been offshore in the last couple of months or so, I felt it prudent that Debo and I do a scouting trip on Saturday prior to Glen and Kyle’s trip just to see what was going on with our fishy friends. On 3 of the 5 stops we made Saturday, we found good heavy concentrations of grouper in the 12# to 18# class and took 4 fish for ourselves. We left the fish in a feeding frenzy on all three of those spots and could have easily loaded the boat on any one of them. Yes Sir, we had found three killer spots for our guys the next day!
Guess what? We went right back to those spots Sunday and could only get the babies to feed. I was still showing heavy fish on all three spots, but the big boys couldn’t have been more disinterested in our offerings. We were able to entice only one keeper to bite on all three spots. The remaining 5 fish we took came from spots further to the west and we still had to sort through about 50 babies to get those.
Well, it’s all fishin’ and it’s all fun. Don’t worry, the big boys will turn on and it will be……… Katy, Bar The Door!
Take those kids fishing
&
Catch Em Up!
Capt. Randy |
