French Kissing Gags,and a nice mixed bag.

Well it all started at 4am Friday morning. Met with our buddy Mike and his 3 friends for a day on the water in the new 31 Fountain. What a nice ride and killer boat overall. They had gotten some nice live baits the day before. The forecast was kinda sketchy. 15 knots for sure from what we could tell and getting rougher that night. So we decided to play it safe and stay close to home.

We started fishing around 50 miles out(in 137 to 145ft) and the shows were good but the fish didn't want to cooperate. Even the jacks where kinda finicky in this depth. We tried a couple spots and the same results. So before it got to rough I said what the heck lets go a little deeper. With all the bad weather lately and the fish were on the move I didn't want to pass a big school of movers up.

Next depth 165ft and the bite was on. nice Scamp, Red-grouper, Gags, Mangos, and Triggerfish. O yeah, the Red-snapper also bit every spot as well, and had to be thrown back. Moving 20ft in depth was the right choice. The fish where starting to cooperate. We tried 2 more spots and pulled the same mixed bag.

The bait of the day was Pinfish and Sardines.The wind picked up to 15 to 20 and we said let's get it inshore before it gets any worse. Over all it was a good day some real nice fish and no boat problems. We wanted to go deeper but mother-nature wouldn't cooperate with us. Thanks Mike and the boys, Until the next one.