| Name of Captain; | Rick Thompson |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | Yes |
| The date you went fishing; | 10-09-2021 |
| Your Name; | Jack Hexter |
| Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below | Left Skeleton Key Marina at 7:45, to target Mango’s and Hogfish. Rick showed up with 500 shrimp, purchased from Coopers for $45.00 That comes to about $1.00 a dozen, great value if you are going to target hogfish. Seas were pretty smooth running to 59′. First drop, Rick caught a keeper hogfish and I hung a 23′ red grouper. Not a bad start but Red Groper is closed so it was released. Then the Mangroves started to come over the gunnel as well as a lot of short hogfish, short red grouper and an occasional short gag grouper. Just as Rick said to reel them in for the run home, I hooked the last fish, a 17″ hogfish. We ran home finishing with 11 mangos, 4 hogfish and a bunch of grunts. About 1/2 way in the port engine quit, After examining and contemplating the problem, we decided the fuel pump had quit as the engine ran fine as long as someone was pumping the ball. We could run about 20 mph doing this and your hand gets real tired continuously pumping the ball but we made it in without the assistance of Tow Boat US |
| If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. | 17″ Hogfish 23″ red grouper |
