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2.27.25 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Mike Kaplan
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 02-27-2025
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 Mike Kaplan was kind enough to invite Terry Freeman and a friend Sean and mysself for a trip to 100′ to try to find some red grouper.  As usual, we met at Nicks Park at 0 dark 30 and loaded Mikes boat in the extreme low tide.  So low, taht after we launched, Mike hit the mud bottom in the center of the channel of the Cotee. But, after trimming up, we got under weigh and ran the 2 hours in the cold morning to 100′.  I was expecting a wide open bite that did not happen.  Terry caught about 1/2 dozen short grouper all day.  I don’t know how many Mike and Sean caught but near the end of the day, Mile put a 23″ fish in the box.  I did not have 1 bite ll day till near the end my rod bowed over and I made short work of a 32′ Red Snapper.  The snapper was huge and estimated 25-30 pounds, but alas the season is closed and after venting, it was returned to the bottom, hopefully to fight again

It was an extremely slow day with few fish coming up.
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2.18.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; jerald hanes
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 02-18-2025
Your Name; jerald hanes
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 119 inch Red drum  Anclote river above hwy 19             shrimp bait light wt gear    Also keeper trout and many mangrove snappers
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Feb monthly contest

2.19.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; John Grieder
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 02-19-2025
Your Name; John Grieder
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 A slight respite from the cold and wind allowed Frank Bellizio and I to head out and test the warming waters.  After a few short drifts in different areas we set the hook and stayed put for a while and managed to catch a whole bunch of speckled sea trout (too many to count), some undesirables, ladyfish and even a flounder!

It was a fun day on the water!
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2.15.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Bruce Archambault
Where were you fishing? OTHER
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 02-15-2025
Your Name; Bruce Archambault
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 11:00 am Saturday morning I fished Anclote river w my two brothers in a 14’ Jon boat in one of the small tributaries east of Rt. 19.

We caught lots of Lady fish on live shrimp and had non stop action until we finally ran out of shrimp. Lady fish are called the poor man’s Tarpon as they never stop jumping until you get them in the boat and we had a blast.

Caught one random Jack at the end of our trip.
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2.14.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Bruce Archambault
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 02-14-2025
Your Name; Bruce Archambault
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 Fishing was terrible yesterday. It appears the Sheepshead are done spawning & for the most part have left the canals. Three of us caught a single sheepshead. We used live shrimp, cut bait & pin fish & we’re fishing for basically any fish that would bite.
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2.10.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Butch Kaelin
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 02-10-2025
Your Name; Butch Kaelin
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 Fog lifted around 8 AM. Put in at Nick’s Park and fished the Cottee, catching a 1/2 dozen lady fish between Denis & myself. Water temp increasing to over 64°. Moved out past mouth of river & anchored in 2 ft. depth with grass bottom. Caught a several trout (2 keepers) on Gulp, new penny, jigs. Lizard fish everywhere. Sea fog pushed back in about 11:30 but killed the bite. Gave in to the wind & fog at 1:30.  Not the best day, but not shut out either.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. 21 inch Spotted sea trout. Butch Kaelin

1.17.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Phil ackley
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 01-17-2025
Your Name; Phil Ackley
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 This is a corrected report for Bill Herr, Dick Little and myself from the 17th.  Inegrlected to put Bill and Dicks fish in the tournament box, sorry.  We fished salt springs using jig heads with paddle tails and caught lots of trout and Dick got some nice redfish with a couple black drum mixed in, fun day.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Dick, 19 1/2 spotted sea . Bill, 18 inch spotted sea trout.  Phil, 23 inch spotted sea trout.
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1.17.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Phil ackley
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 01-17-2025
Your Name; Phil Ackley
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 Went kayaking today with Dick little and Bill Herr, we went into salt springs.  The trout were hitting pretty good, Dick caught 15 and his largest was 19 1/2, Bill caught two 18 inch trout and I caught maybe twenty with the smallest 17 and the largest 23.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Largest was 23 inches, spotted sea trout.
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1.6.25 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Michael Kaplan
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 01-03-2025
Your Name; Michael Kaplan
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. At last, Red Grouper season has arrived. On Friday Jan 3,
Terry F, Friend Joe, and Rick U left from Nicks Park in the dark and headed out to 100 feet of water in search of Red Grouper. the ride out was cold but tolerable. after the sun came out it finally warmed up.
For bait we used Threadfins and Ladyfish mainly and found the Groupers more than willing to cooperate.most of the Grouper were 24 inches and bigger. the big boy for the day was 28 3/4 in and put up a real fight. another Grouper that I almost landed had a really big head.  A shark took the rest. We limited out on Grouper by 1230 and stayed a little longer and headed in.
Everyone agreed that it was a good start to Red Grouper season.
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12.8.24 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Phil ackley
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 12-08-2024
Your Name; Phil Ackley
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 Fished salt spring on my kayak, got in the water at around 11:AM. Tide was moving out.  Started catching trout on a white paddle tail with a 1/8 jig head.  Caught a trout on every cast, all the fish were in the slot of 15 to 19 and several over slot.  Caught two over 22 inches, 22.5 and 22.75.  Fun day, released all the fish for another day.
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