Wide Open Bottom Bumping "PELAGIC PIRATE"

[TITLEWAVE]

Fished this weekend 30 to 36 miles offshore OF PANAMA CITY BEACH FL for what ever we could keep as the regulations have put a dent in what you can keep.



We left friday night with 200 plus pinfish in the well and was on anchor by 11:30 pm . On went the under water lights, out went the chum ......and the catching started and didnt stop till 3 pm the next day.



we caught limits :



20 Black snapper 8 to 20 pounds

40 vermillion snapper 3-5 pounds

8 kingfish 25 to 45 pounds

12 scamp 3-10 pounds

couple assorted wierd groupers

2 dolphinfish



released over 30 red snappers from 10 to 30 pounds



released one 100 pound Jewfish (caught on 20# spin tackle and a chicken rig with squid , got to love those stellas)



released tons of red and gag groupers



Released a dozen AJ's in the 30 to 60 pound range with one pushing 100 pounds. ( we were not even fishing for the Jacks)



By 3 pm the next day and no sleep to boot we all just gave up and cruised home in super flat seas.



we must have went through 250 pounds of chum and bait and used all our ice !



what a trip !!!!!

[knock down]

Is that all !!!! Damn what a trip ! Congrats on some good catching ! Bet that AJ that was close to the Century mark kept you busy !!!!!

[Capt Josh]

Haysues that's a lot of fish tacos!!! Nice work boys, looking forward to the pics.

[gottaflylee]

Congrats, now that is a trip. Shame there are no Red Snappers...

[TITLEWAVE]

Congrats, now that is a trip. Shame there are no Red Snappers...

That is a crying shame , that i can only catch the endangered snappers on every dang spot i have. In fact i can just drive around and meter marks , drop and they are snapper every dang time. I was able to keep a grand total of 20 red snappers this year during teh whole 1 month season

What a JOKE


there is some word on the street they may let us fish them for a month this fall..........will see.

[XpatBubba]

Bruiser mang snappers

[Questsportfishing]

looks like a great trip.. I miss those big mangroves out there..