[Mako19]

Left Lafayette at 2:30 a.m. headed to the island.
Put the 19' Mako boat in the water at Bridgeside at 6:30 and headed South East.

We were pleasantly surprised to be greeted with 1' - 2' rollers. NOAA was right on the money.

After 1 hour and 22 minutes of running at 22 mph (~30 miles) we stopped at the first spot.
First drop brougt up with a cubara and second drop brought up a 13 lb lemon fish.

This spot produced several hardtails (which ended up being cut bait), 3 Red snapper, 1 cubara, 1 vermillion, and 1 lemon fish. Fun catching a variety of fish. However, we had hopes for some larger snapper in the fishbox.

Headed further Southeast at 10:30. Traveled another 7 miles to next set of rigs to see that they were full of boats. Next set was another 5-6 miles so we headed that way. Was unable to tie up to rig so we made a few drifts which resulted in 1 red snapper.

Headed back north around noon and stopped at rigs that were full on the way out. Got on some red snapper with a lot better size to them. Finished off our limit by 12:30 with the last one weighing in at 12.8 lbs. Realized the clouds were starting to get dark so headed north.
Had to outrun a couple of nasty looking storms to get to the truck without getting wet.

First time to catch and clean a lemon fish. Was very surprised with how firm and white the meat is. It is very similar to Wahoo meat.
Have a couple of filets of red snapper on the half shell on the pit now. REady to eat and get some rest.