05/21/07

On May 16th we had an awesome day on the water with seas 1-2 feet and only a small sea twist.

First stop about 20 miles offshore we hooked up with a 73lb Ling within 5 minutes of fishing -- pulled away from the oil and gas platform and after 20 minutes Bradley had landed his biggest fish ever.  Moved further offshore and had great luck with Red Snapper ( one 11 lb sow) and the occasional Kingfish.  We trolled and caught several small kings and then boated a whopper 34 lber.  No sign of tripletail or dorado yet.  Other boats brought in some big RedDrum.

Headed back to the dock at 2 pm and were in the car with filets on ice at 4:30;  Capt Paul Bitner ran a great trip.

cheers and look forward to fishing together this year - Art