Six of us from this area chartered a boat out of Key West last week
for a 3 day trip to the Dry Tortugas. We caught a bunch of Grouper,
Yellow Tail Snapper, and some other fish. Here's a 20 pound grouper
caught by yours truly:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9yaihy0fw6euk9/20%20pound%20grouper.jpg?dl=0

Very tasty.

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:37:36 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Six of us from this area chartered a boat out of Key West last week
for a 3 day trip to the Dry Tortugas. We caught a bunch of Grouper,
Yellow Tail Snapper, and some other fish. Here's a 20 pound grouper
caught by yours truly:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9yaihy0fw6euk9/20%20pound%20grouper.jpg?dl=0

Very tasty.

Very cool.

On 11/23/2014 2:37 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
Six of us from this area chartered a boat out of Key West last week
for a 3 day trip to the Dry Tortugas. We caught a bunch of Grouper,
Yellow Tail Snapper, and some other fish. Here's a 20 pound grouper
caught by yours truly:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9yaihy0fw6euk9/20%20pound%20grouper.jpg?dl=0

Very tasty.

No hogfish?

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 2:37:47 PM UTC-5, Wayne. B wrote:
Six of us from this area chartered a boat out of Key West last week
for a 3 day trip to the Dry Tortugas. We caught a bunch of Grouper,
Yellow Tail Snapper, and some other fish. Here's a 20 pound grouper
caught by yours truly:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9yaihy0fw6euk9/20%20pound%20grouper.jpg?dl=0

Very tasty.

NICE feesh....is that you holding it?

Looks really fun Wayne! I have a friend in Homestead Fl. who's brother has a 28' Mako. If I can ever make it down there I have an open invite to do a bunch of off shore fishing. Hope to do it sometime. Looks like a blast!

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:41:34 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Looks really fun Wayne! I have a friend in Homestead Fl. who's brother has a 28' Mako. If I can ever make it down there I have an open invite to do a bunch of off shore fishing. Hope to do it sometime. Looks like a blast!

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Offshore fishing can be a lot of fun but it's very weather dependent,
and you also need a boat and captain with the right equipment and
skills. All 6 of us on last week's trip had offshore fishing
experience, and most of us are boat owners, but we gladly payed
someone who could take us to the right spots and did the work of
getting the boat outfitted properly.

Understood Wayne. The guys boat is a Mako 284C. Which out to do the job unless you snag some monster Marlin. Lol!

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:29:46 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Understood Wayne. The guys boat is a Mako 284C. Which out to do the job unless you snag some monster Marlin. Lol!

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On the right day you could probably even catch the monster Marlin but
what happens after that could be interesting. One unusual experience
last week was when one of our guys hooked a good sized grouper and was
struggling to get the fish up. After fighting it for about 5 minutes
the line suddenly went slack. When he reeled in, all that was left
was a huge grouper head on the line. Apparently a large shark had
taken the rest in one bite. The same thing can happen with any large
fish that you have to fight for a while.

On 11/24/2014 12:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:29:46 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Understood Wayne. The guys boat is a Mako 284C. Which out to do the job unless you snag some monster Marlin. Lol!

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On the right day you could probably even catch the monster Marlin but
what happens after that could be interesting. One unusual experience
last week was when one of our guys hooked a good sized grouper and was
struggling to get the fish up. After fighting it for about 5 minutes
the line suddenly went slack. When he reeled in, all that was left
was a huge grouper head on the line. Apparently a large shark had
taken the rest in one bite. The same thing can happen with any large
fish that you have to fight for a while.


Yeah, we used to get that decades ago Cod fishing off the East Coast...
Sharks would get them before you could get 'em up.

Greg, are the jewfish anything tasty to eat?