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Lot of questions and remarks. I will try to get to all or most.

The Champ belongs to Ron. I run an Avenger for inshore fishing. For the nearshore and offshore I have a 26 glaicer bay catamaran. I get my individualy quick frozen shrimp (IQF) from Frelich's in Empire. Much better than fresh dead out of the bait tank. The red snapper farce is another story. 299? Made a stop there also. Was not as we left it the day before. Did not spend much time there. Currant was running like crazy. You should be able to get some blue cats right at the marina. This time of the year with the river so low the hard heads might be more than blues. Try the pass in front of the bait cleaning table. I got some nice bass at cypress cove right along the docks. The river or B.C. should be loaded with the blue cats. Distance out 8-20 miles from the pass. To the west it is a 8-15 mile run after red pass 8 mile run. Right out of south west pass the rigs are right in front of you. 12 miles from south pass 1000 feet of water. Mangrove secrets??? I fish for a living. I will say it is a lot of work and it takes more than one person with good stout spinning tackle. As you can see we got some big ones.

Hope I covered it all. Thanks for the comments.

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