| Name of Captain; | Mike Kaplan |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | Yes |
| Date you went fishing; | 04-07-2021 |
| Your Name; | Mike Brumley |
| 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 | “Made some mistakes on report submitted earlier. Mislabled some pics, please consider to replace the old report with this one if allowed” Left Nick’s Park at 6 am. Captain Kaplan invited Rick U, Mark C and myself to go out for Red Grouper using the amazing Rhodan anchor system. The ride out was moderate. We were fishing 50 miles out by 830. All drops were good at least in the beggining. Mark C using a knocker rig with 6 oz weight, 7/O hook with half a threadfin herring had 2 keepers in the box before the rest of us had one. Took us most of the day to get our limit on cut threadfin and squid wings/squid. The fish were not interested in live bait or much into cut bait from grunts. We all ended up throwing back 20 in potential keepers hoping to size up. The tactic worked. Of note Mike Kaplan got a 24.75 Red Grouper, Mark C got a 16 in Red Snapper and a 14 in Mangrove Snapper, and Rick U won the pool with an almost 27 in Red Grouper. I tried jigging and did ok but not much luck unless I tipped with squid. Had to go to the chicken rig and caught about 7 vermillion snapper and half a dozen lanes along with my 2 keeper grouper. Great safe day and home by 5pm. Thanks Mike! |
| If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. | Mike Kaplan – 24.75 inch Red Grouper Mark C- 16 inch Red Snapper |
