meissner crane

spanishmak · #1 01-12-2011, 08:56 AM

fishing trip @ meissner crane 2 weeks ago caught about 50 grouper but mostly shorts

THEFERMANATOR · #2 01-12-2011, 11:49 AM

Take it the numbers I gave you worked on your GPS? As for the keeper gags, they're there jou just have to get away from the crane and chum to get em. The ***fish are so thick on the crane that the keeper size gags tend to stay back away as they become whats for dinner when they get in close to he crane. Everytime I've dove on it, I have yet to see a keeper on the crane itself.

spanishmak · #3 01-13-2011, 07:31 AM

Yeah Ferm they sure did pretty good spot cant wait for the weather to get warmer to go blow some bubbles over there and go shoot some reds as gags will be closed,what other fish are common there I heard there are alot of amberjacks ,any hog snapper,plus we didnt really get a whole day of fishing in that day cause we had some troubles with the motor,didnt break down but only had about 3/4 power,not good 30 miles offshore.

THEFERMANATOR · #4 01-13-2011, 05:11 PM

There is normally ALOT of BARRACUDA's that hang out on the actual crane structure. Never seen many red snappers or red groupers on it. The west end of it where the barge drops off is normally where the gags tend to lay at. Certain times of the year yo ucan find some keeper AJ's there. When the KING's are running they tend to hold up on the structure for bait fish. Night time holds quite a few mangrove snapper in the summer months as well. The trouble with it is that it gets fished so hard anymore, and the divers have just about ruined it lately as several of the free dive charter boats stop there since it is such an easy structure to find.