Wind: light from the east
Weather: sunny, 70's
Tide: low to incoming
11.24.10
We decided to try and really get our lines stretched with a half day trip on Wednesday.
We travelled over to Mashes but the tide was so low, we couldn't get the Nan Z into the water without backing off the ramp. Been there, done that.
So, we headed off to Panacea to put in there. The new ramp at Rock Landing has made for the possibility of getting in even on a very low tide.
After getting in we headed out to our Yank Wreck hole.
Nancy and Hunter were the designated fisherman today, and I was the designated bait installer.
They caught many pink mouths and a few undersized grouper, but certainly not what we were looking for.
Headed over to our Good hole where Doug and I pounded the Red Grouper a few weeks ago.
A lot more grouper there and the designated fisherman put a few undersized groups in the boat and this one nice keeper Red in the box.
We decide to head about a mile away, a little further to the east, where I had a number. Don't remember much about the spot, but we were soon to be surprised by the fish there.
About as soon as the baits got down, we knew we were on a good grouper hole.
Rods were hitting the gunnels with regularity.
I heard a grunt of "there he is" by Hunter and looked over to this sight:
Nancy was next in the act, with her biggest grouper she has ever caught.
She then went and got her fighting belt in case she had to do it again. But, after some more action, we ran out of bait.
We tried trolling some stretch 30's over the hole, but to no avail, they must have wanted only the dead fish today.
We packed it up and headed to the hill.
A nice 4 and a half hour trip, with lots of meat in the frig, and another memorable trip at the Forgotten Coast.
