Hunter/Mason
Senior Member
Came down Tuesday before the 4th. Brought my 3 kids and 2 more boys for my youngest sons Bday. Snapper was tough on the 4th. I messed up and let the 1st 2 snapper go both were 18” and I thought we would do better. Had 7 on the boat and could have kept 14 snapper. Well after releasing the 1 st 2 we fished the rest of the day and only caught 3 more keepers that were 16-17”. Friday came and I had some clients come up from Panama City and we ran 24 miles SW. we had a much better day bringing in a limit of 6 fish w 1 10-12lb snapper. Saturday came and none of the boys wanted to fish (Too many gurls running around down here I guess) Me my wife and daughter ran back SW but a few miles farther. And we caught some good 1s w my wife catching the biggest at 20lbs. We didn’t fish Sunday. Monday night I had to talk the 4 boys into hitting the dock lights and we wore out the trout and 1 slot red that we let go. Well then the fishing bug got 2 of the 4 boys and we hit the lights again last night. They caught over 100 trout most 1” shy of keeping but they kept 2 limits and both hit good reds. 1 20” by my youngest and a 30” by 1 of the boys we brought. There weren’t many reds on the lights this time and we caught 3 of the 4 we saw.