01.01.23 OFFSHORE

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Bob Cohen

Name of Captain; Carlos Bastos Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No The date you went fishing; 01-01-2023 Your Name; Frank Bellizio Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report fill out the box below also. Not being a Football fan it was an easy choice for me when Capt Carlos said he was putting together a fishing trip for Red Grouper on New Years Day.  We headed out at 8:30 am with visiability of about 3/4 of a mile but after we past Anclote Key visibility was bad until we got about 20 miles offshore.  Our first stop was in 75 feet of water where we found plenty of 18 to 19 inch Red Grouper,Lane Snappver and Vliners. I did catch one keeper at this spot.  We moved to 100 ft, then 120 ft with about 6 or 7 different numbers.  Every where we went it was lots of action but mostly short red grouper and lane snapper.  I have no idea how many red grouper I pulled up but at least 25 that were short and some good lane snapper.  Our last stop was near our first stop in 75 ft of water. but it was getting late and the bite was slow so we headed in.   We ended up with 4 keeper red grouper.  It was just unbelievable how many gred grouper there were. This was Capt Carlos first trip targeting Red Grouper and he found them but I am sure by my next trip in a few weeks he will have found the larger ones.  Many thanks to Capt Carlos and his mate Nick for a fun day of catching. This fish was either caught during a closed season for this species or was under or oversized for the slot but was released after being photographed. Yes