| Name of Captain; | Capt Carlos Bastos |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | Yes |
| The date you went fishing; | 09-08-2024 |
| Your Name; | Frank Bellizio Florida |
| 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 | Gag season opened on the 1st but the number of days with weather good enough to fish has been limited. Bob Sherley, Mike Spanhel and I joined three other anglers for a fishing trip with Capt. Carlos of Bottoms Up Fishing, Tarpon Springs for a day fishing for Gags. It was overcast and looked like it might rain most the day but the overcast kept the temperature down and the fishing enjoyable all day. Our first drop was in 65ft of water and Mike was first to score with 2 gags on this spot, at the next stop Bob picked up a gag. We moved often and worked our way down to 25ft of water. We all caught plenty of Red Grouper which were out of season but the next open season on Red Grouper ought to be a good one. Capt Carlos moved from spot to spot and if we weren’t getting the results he wanted we moved on. I finally put a gag in the box. We also caught some Mangrove Snappers, Lane Snappers and Mike caught the only Hogfish of the day. We ended up with 5 keeper grouper all put in the box by FOC members, as a matter of fact all the fish in the box were caught by FOC members. It was a good day of fishing but we didn’t hit the limit on Gags as we had hoped. I know we could see the fish on the bottom on every stop we made but the bite was a bit sluggish. Thanks Capt Carlos for the relentlous effort to get us our gag limit. |
| If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. | Mike Spanhel 28 3/4″ Gag Frank Bellizio 27 1/2″ Gag Bob Sherley 25 1/2″ Gag |
| Type a question | Yes |
