I can not see how the people think around here. Many are saying "It ain't worth going for red snapper when the limit is only 2 fish." I hear this all the time. Last week we went out on a snapper trip. We got our 6 red snapper as expected. We also threw a few back but not many. We targeted mangrove snapper most of the day and we did a lot of catching. In the mix we also found 3 cobia for the box. We also caught and released 4 amberjack as they are out of season at this time. To add to the action we caught and released a baracuda, kingfish, blacktip shark, and jackcravele.
We had action all day and as you can see there was a lot of fish cleaning to be had. For people to be discusted with limited regulations shows that people are limited in their fishing knowledge. We had a great day on the water. I got fish slime on the camera lense. Opps!
A few days later I had a half day trip targeting trout. They had to be in early. We left the dock about 6:30 and went to an area that has been producing off and on. There were very few boats there and a sea plane with people wade fishing.
Got them into the action and action it was. As soon as I got there I knew it was one of the on days.
I attempted to get a few casts in but it was difficult. The trout were hitting the deck at a good pace and the box was filling up quickly.
The bite was hot on dead IQF shrimp at first but as the tide changed the bite changed to live shrimp. Yes the IQF shrimp out fished the live ones for about an hour. As the live shrimp bite picked up so did the size of the trout. We called it quits at 9:30. We came in with 66 trout in the box. If I had counted I may have stayed for the last 9 fish. We were on a tight schedule though and they had nothing to complain about after that "3 hour tour"
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