our snapper run 36 fish limit, just took my neighbors some. letting my dad give the rest to his friend. headed out at 5 in the morning to run 70 miles SE. I'll take pics tomorrow, when we get some real fish.... snapper are like catching perch.

I luv perch.

most of these were 10-15 lbs.

Life in the fast lane

Nice haul!

We have had it slow on NC side of gulf stream. Lots of current and weather. Maybe next week. Glad you whacked them. We may get 2 days on red snapper opening this year.....

we can fish state water year round and we have the spot.

Yeah... still jealous.

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Pics or it didn't happen!

(I started to watch a video but got chest hair in my teeth)

Nice haul

I was wondering how you guys did. Hope you get into the big guys since that’s a long haul for some sea bass. 😁. Man those long fast runs offshore sure beat the holy hell out of your body.

Fair winds and following seas. 👍

should be nice tomorrow 2-3 ft rollers 6-8 reconds apart.

Twin 300 HAMMERS... Fast ride.. NICE...

Looks like a boatload of fun.

ha, we came in the jetties doing 45 and there was an outgoing tide, got a litte bumpy.

Nice haul. Good luck tomorrow, Roger.

Nice Roger!
I’ve never fished in the ocean. Gonna have to come visit ya one of these days!

3 hours to get out to fishing grounds?

Roger, what is the technique for catching snapper? Bottom jigging like for Rock Fish on the Oregon Coast?

One of these days I am going out to Oregon just for bigger Ling Cod. I caught a little one a couple years ago and got a jonesing for a big one.

I need to get down there Roger.

birthday dude, HBD first

Second, If you ever do get a chance to get outside with Roger, realize there are things down there that can eat you, and if you're out a little ways, you ain't touchin' bottom even with a 300' anchor line! (or 10K feet in some places).

I miss the ocean, it's a wonderful experience.

King Salmon run out of Monterey Bay when the whales are migrating back from calving.. Great Whites and Orcas. Boat never seems big enough.

you can jig but we use squid mostly.

headed to the marina

Have a great day Roger

Thanks. Good luck and stay safe.

Have a good time Roger and catch the big ones.

didn' run the 70 miles to ranzell, instead of being 3ft in the morning and dropping to 2ft it was 5-6 ft and sloppy. took a little over 2 hours to run to our snapper numbers 27 miles SE.

Bre is our deckhand.

Thanks! And I have fished with Roger before except on a lake.
He’s one heck of a fisherman!

Smaller ling eat better.

Big ones tend to be girls, anyway. Anything over 28”, 30” tops goes back.





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Sounds like a smart call. That kind of distance and seas can make for a long, ass kicker of a day. Knowing when to hold’em and when to fold’em is why reckless guys like us get to live to fish another day. 👍

It’ll be that much sweeter when you do get the window to run 70+ miles......the big fish gods will smile upon you for your restraint.

we stopped at a rig on the way back in and had a 80-100 lb pound cobia come up to the boat but we couldn't get it to hit anything we threw at it.

Cool deal, sounds like a blast!

we didn't have squid today didn't plan on snapper fishing today so used some blue runners/hardtails for cut bait.

Bre our deckhand.

More Bre. She’s a cutie.

Only bait that we have ever got a Cobia (Ling) to eat on a consistent bases is live eels. Can be stubborn son of a guns at time. Nice haul STX

I've had good luck with a peeled jumbo shrimp burying the hook in it on a fluorocarbon leader.

Looks like a girl that used to work for me.

She's not from Wimberley, is she?

Awesome. And wonderful eating!

she lives in port A deckhands for Brian and a couple other boats.

A spear gun works excellent when you can't free gaff a cobia.

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Seen them do that in the Panhandle. They're a curious bunch. Probably came to see what the racket was all about.

yeah we stomp on the bottom of the boat to bring them up.

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