Snapper Rocks...Topwater Wet Dreams

[Capt Josh]

With cold green water plaguing our local waters pelagic species like marlin and tuna might be headed for greener pastures, but the snapper, pargo, and amberjacks have taken up residence in FORCE!

Age, Lora, Largo, Peoho, and I ventured out for an afternoon of snapper madness the other day. At one point literally thousands of red critters boiled on the surface 360 degrees around the boat, annihilating anything you threw at them. Topwater poppers stood little chance as acres of pargos and snappers gobbled everything in sight. It was one of the best topwater snapper bites that i've ever seen, and to say we enjoyed every minute of it would be an understatement.

Nothing quite like an afternoon of madness amongst friends amigos, thanks for one hell of an afternoon on the water!!!

Stay tuned for more shots and action from the last few days at the islands and beyond....just need to get those other pics off the camera.

[lilharcher]

Damn, probably out fished the entire COOP on this day.....jeez

[Capt Josh]

Damn, probably out fished the entire COOP on this day.....jeez

Hahahaha...that's par for the Lora course!

Cornelio made some beer battered snapper sticks the other day at the Casas. Let me tell you what I almost made him an honorary Canadian for those skills! Now i just need to teach him how to make tartar sauce!!!

[CFScheer]

Nice report. I love those days when the surface of a flat sea is littered with roving red! Watching a dozen pargos fight over you popper gets the blood pumpin!

What do you call the pargos in your first couple of pictures? We call em' "guacamayos" in Costa Rica....catch them mostly in deeper water on the jig.

[Capt Josh]

They are called "listoncios" locally. I'm not sure if that is the correct spelling however.

Tasty critters!