| Name of Captain; | Mike Spanhel |
| Where were you fishing? | OFFSHORE |
| Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; | No |
| The date you went fishing; | 07-16-2024 |
| Your Name; | Frank Bellizio |
| 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 | Once Capt Mike Spanhel found out that Bob Sherley had never caught a hogfish with hook and line Mike initiated “Mission Hogfish” to get Bob his first hogfish on rod and reel. Mike enlisted help from Bruce Archabault and Frank Bellizio. We left the doc at 7:45am and Capt Mike had us in 40ft of water within an hour. We caught a few hogfish and quite a few grunts. We moved several times to spots within 5 to 6 miles of the original spot picking up hogfish and grunts as we went. We used naked ball jig style setups with frozen shrimp. The fresh shrimp at the bait shop were very small so frozen was the ticket for the day. The frozen shrimp were fairly large and stayed on the hook well. Bob caught his first hogfish about 2 hours into the trip so we all felt good that our mission was a success. We also caught quite a few short red grouper. At about 1pm the clouds started to move in so we headed home and beat the rain by about one hour which gave us just enough time to clean up the boat and the fish we caught. Thanks Capt Mike for a great day of fishing. |
| Type a question | Yes |
