Grouper trolling

[phatdaddy]

after breakfast, my son and i decided to go do a little grouper trolling in the bay. he had to go to work at 3 and we didn't get out till 11, so we had a limited window.
trolled the flats for 2 hours, nothing but one lizard fish. told him 10 more minutes then we had to go to get him to work.

Old Crow Medicine Show came on his playlist,and this guy decided to join the party.






not a huge one, but very good for the bay in 13 ft of water.

[Giorgio]

A few hours with your son, nothing better, plus a fish!!

[Slightly_Twisted]

I really miss the ocean!! You coasters are luck!!!!

[SkunkBoat]

Skunkboat is dry til May so keep the fish pix coming....

[tsubaki]

Thanks for sharing that phat!

[phatdaddy]

thanks guys, been doing a little fishing, but not as much as usual since the open heart surgery in april. starting to feel myself again as the season is winding down.

i did go back sunday with my wife and managed to get this guy to bite. had a stud at the boat, but line broke (i know, no pic,no fish).

we had a bowl of cheese grits topped with fresh fried grouper chunks for supper, so all in all, a great thanksgiving weekend.

[bradford]

Nice!

[macojoe]

Very nice can't wait till the day I can go fishing again been 3 long years but I will someday !!

[phatdaddy]

mj, hang in there, back around the first of may, i thought i'd never be out again either.

[phatdaddy]

this is the fourth one in in about 3 weeks. normally grouper closes first of december, but this year marine patrol extended it until end of month, trying to take advantage of as long as it last. notice how blue the edges of the fins are, suppose to be from eating shrimp, but all of these had lizard fish in their stomachs.

air temp was 65-70 water temp still mid 60's, but cold front moving in tomorrow night. no more till middle of next week