I met Brent at Shoreline Park at 0600 and we headed for the pinfish trap. We met Capt D.P. at the trap and traded him some pinfish for some live shrimp. Our next stop was the Pass in search of the Redfish. When we got there we found a neap tide and jellyfish galore!!! One drift was enough to send us packing for our next spot.
A quick stop at the bait boat for a few live Cigar Minnows and on to the Sea Buoy. Three lines were set, two on the surface and one on the down-rigger. The bite was slow here as well, but we did find two nice Kings before moving on to the Snapper hole. At one of our many public wrecks we caught a few short snapper; and peering at the bottom machine I noticed a wad of big fish just 20 feet down. A live Cig on a 12lb spinning outfit produced our largest King of the day at around 17lbs.
We moved a few more times, marking fish at each location, few of which wanted to bite, and most those few put our 12 and 20lb tackle to the test, and it failed. At our final stop of the day we boated a nice Lane Snapper and a Mangrove Snapper to go with it. All Brent wanted to take home, just enough for a meal.
Thanks again Brent, I enjoyed our time together today.
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