finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

[GRAVYTRAIN]

how can i reduce the picture size for this forum /

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

Congrats Gravy!
Kinda late seeing your post, but to resize..

Open the pic in your photo editer..Click tools, then resize..

If you want to inbed a big pic..open a free photobucket account, you can set the settings there to import your pictures to the mandatory 640x480 size.

Then you reply to your post, copy the image code from your pic on photobucket, click on the yellow photo box at the top of your reply box and paste the image code there..

BUT..

Where were ya fishing??? I plan on being able to get out into the gulf myself soon!

 

[frankie g]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

Bravo! now king fish are starting up.As soon as the water gets a little cooler,76-78 It'll be on and the same with trolling for Grouper.

 

[GRAVYTRAIN]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

Congrats Gravy!
Kinda late seeing your post, but to resize..

Open the pic in your photo editer..Click tools, then resize..

If you want to inbed a big pic..open a free photobucket account, you can set the settings there to import your pictures to the mandatory 640x480 size.

Then you reply to your post, copy the image code from your pic on photobucket, click on the yellow photo box at the top of your reply box and paste the image code there..

BUT..

Where were ya fishing??? I plan on being able to get out into the gulf myself soon!

thanks for the info cheapboatkev ill try that and put the pics up
i was on an area by wildmans reef just about due west of captiva pass in 36 feet of water lot of action, big piles of debris on the bottom.cudas and turtles ,red snapper and grunts and of course the black grouper!

 

[GRAVYTRAIN]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

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ha it worked there you go!my first keeper in the box!!

 

[GRAVYTRAIN]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

[/URL][/IMG]got this goliath at reef # 12 southwest of sanibel island in 29 feet of water too bad no touching allowed

 

[GRAVYTRAIN]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

Bravo! now king fish are starting up.As soon as the water gets a little cooler,76-78 It'll be on and the same with trolling for Grouper.

hey frankie how slow do you go when trolling ?
do you let the spoon bump the bottom?

 

[frankie g]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

hey frankie how slow do you go when trolling ?
do you let the spoon bump the bottom?

anywhere between 2 and 6-7 mph depends on what I'm pulling, topwater jets and bubblers 6-7 and downrigger stuff and deeps water plugs 4-6 mph and if I'm pulling live bait, say for Kings I may have to bump the engine to go slow enough

 

[Capt Pete]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

For the past 19 years, our best red grouper 'bait' was a gold Crippled Herring metal jig on a slow drift. Off Naples - Marco Island, our consistently productive area is about 20 miles offshore in about 57 feet of water. After years of chartering, bottom-bouncing gold Crippled Herrings, or Kandlefish, is hard to beat for grouper, snapper and any other species near bottom. 1 to 2 oz jigs are used, depending upon how fast the tide is moving. At times, tipping with an octopus tentacle, or cutbait, can increase strikes. Tide changes are usually most productive. Also, the straighter the line, the better the catching, at anchor or drifting! The greater the line angle (line stretch), the poorer the fishing for bottomfish as they seek refuge from the stronger current.

This past Friday, We caught, and released, over 150 snapper but kept five grouper in the 29-32 inch range, jigging on a SLOW`drift.

Download the Crippled Herring Tech Sheet, or Kandlefish Tech Guide, for excellent technique information.

Good jigging,

Pete

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: finally got my first keeper grouper in the boat

For the past 19 years, our best red grouper 'bait' was a gold Crippled Herring metal jig on a slow drift. Off Naples - Marco Island, our consistently productive area is about 20 miles offshore in about 57 feet of water. After years of chartering, bottom-bouncing gold Crippled Herrings, or Kandlefish, is hard to beat for grouper, snapper and any other species near bottom. 1 to 2 oz jigs are used, depending upon how fast the tide is moving. At times, tipping with an octopus tentacle, or cutbait, can increase strikes. Tide changes are usually most productive. Also, the straighter the line, the better the catching, at anchor or drifting! The greater the line angle (line stretch), the poorer the fishing for bottomfish as they seek refuge from the stronger current.

This past Friday, We caught, and released, over 150 snapper but kept five grouper in the 29-32 inch range, jigging on a SLOW`drift.

Download the Crippled Herring Tech Sheet, or Kandlefish Tech Guide, for excellent technique information.

Good jigging,

Pete

Cpt Pete..
Welcome Aboard!

Thanks for the info!