Father’s day started off beautifully, birds chirping and the sun shining. We arrived at the boat ramp around 7:30 am, to board a 30 foot Contender. Capt. Bill was there prepared to head offshore 50 miles.
I loaded up all the gear and departed from the dock. On our way, we stopped and retrieved several dozen feisty baits. We had everything from pinfish, grunts to sardines. The bait wells were filled to the brim, and we were ready for some action. Checking the weather the day before we knew we would have to dodge intense thunderstorms. On our way, we ran into a cell that was just plain nasty. Seas went from a 2 foot chop to a 4 foot chop.
Lightning was minimal and the radar indicated it wouldn’t last long so we pushed through. About 45 minutes later we arrived at our first fishing destination. We were in about 120 feet of water on an old wreck. First bait down was a pinfish, and it lasted about 30 seconds. After a few hard drag screaming pulls up comes an AJ. We caught a dozen or so and moved on to do a little grouper and snapper fishing. We moved and found a new area where the sonar just lit up with activity. First bait down, up comes a 12lb red grouper.
We caught red grouper and there were a few gags mixed in. Snapper was non existent, it was kind of weird. We literally didn’t catch one Grey or American Red snapper. Overall the day turned out to be great and the weather cooperated in the end. I didn’t see any oil, which was nice. I’m looking forward to a tasty grouper sandwich later today.
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