Me, and a couple guys from work (Tom & Doug) went out w/ Tom's brother Rob on his 23 Ft. Proline "The RODFATHER".  We finished fueling up and getting ready to hit the water then started double thinking stuff we were missing...Doug had never been out on a big boat so he needed a fishing license and we thought about a few more fishing items needed so to Walmart we go!  As we are waiting, I checked my license that I thought was good till the end of the month...oooops it expired the day prior!  Rob's had expired too so 3 outta 4 were saved.  Got our stuff and headed to the launch... Was trying to find live bait around Destin Pass and NADA,ZILCH,NOTHING  Back to the marina fer some frozen cig's and squid.  Got everything we needed and started to head out.  Sea's were 1-2 and the sun was warming up.  Got to a spot about 20 miles out and was pinging fish left and right all over the water colum  Since this was a 1st trip fer Doug, he got the honor of 1st catch (We let him know that that honor also allowed him to be the boat cleaner at the end of the trip) 

He caught a nice Red Snapper.....and his luck was gonna get better.....

He caught the next fish too, which was a small Grouper....but who cares we were catching fish!!!

During the course of the day he also caught an unknown type of ??? (we guessed some kind of Snaper)  The fish wasn't on any chart Rob had so I KNOW there are tons of ya'll that know what it is so PLEASE sound off...

When in doubt, throw em' out....Probably a keeper or bait though

We snagged more Red Snappers and Grouper, and Tom caught a keeper AJ at this wreck and then decided to go closer to inshore fer another spot and hammered the Mangrove (no pics cause we brought them up 1 after the other), more Groupers, Triggers, and Red Snappers.  I cannot believe I did not catch 1 sneaker head!!!  I am the Remorah King and we did not catch 1, I guess as the Cobia close in and the sharks start coming in thicker...THEY WILL COME

Weather forecasts advised seas would die out to the end of the day and I'll be dern......Their 1-2 ft. seas were actually 5-6 ft. seas w/ winds coming outta the west  We all got a bad case of the wet arse and cold as heck!!!  It was a great trip all in all and although we didn't bring but an AJ home, it was way better then being at work or doing them honey do's!!!    Thanks Rob and ya'll give him a big WELCOME to the forum as he is now a member!!!

P.E.T.A.   PLEASE CHECK OUT MY GALLERY

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2005 Triumph 190 Bay w/ 115 Yammy          A.K.A.  "SHARKBAIT"

I cannot corrupt,

that which is by nature,

already corrupt. 

As far as the mystery fish:  I am not sure, but the closest I could find is this:

JOLTHEAD PORGY Family Sparidae, PORGIES Calamus bajonado Illustrations and Copyright by Diane Rome Peebles Illustrations are for viewing purposes only.

Description: Generally silvery to brassy, with a bluish cast. Front of head brown, with blue line along lower rim of eye; a whitish stripe below eye, and another between eye and mouth; corner of mouth orange. Where found: Coastal waters to 45 m (150 ft.)., R.I., Bermuda, and n. Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Size: To 60 cm (2 ft.) and 3.6 kg (8 lbs.). Remarks: Regarded as a good fish, but may cause ciguatera

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Jon

Wrighttackle,   we didn't chum...just hit a rocky bottom and reeled up the mangrove/trigger/red/grouper outta the same spot....it was awesome there was such a variety out there in 1 spot.  All of them were 8-12 inchers...  It took us probably 1.5 -2 hours to come in from 20 miles out....THAT'S  FISHING.....

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2005 Triumph 190 Bay w/ 115 Yammy          A.K.A.  "SHARKBAIT"

I cannot corrupt,

that which is by nature,

already corrupt. 

I look forward to being a member on this site and meeting all of yall fellow fisherman on this forum. I try to go out when I can and I will make it a habit to post a report when I do go fishing. With that said, Jason allready told yall that the bait fish are little to none off the Destin pass but I'm sure they will be coming in soon. Also we didn't spot any cobia as we did look for them but we didn't patrol near the shoreline. I will keep my ears out if I hear anyone spotting cobia off the coast of Destin, once I hear of them starting their migration you can bet that I will be out there to get into a fight!

Jason, Doug, and Tom I had a great time. Keep in touch with me on this forum and maybe we can get another trip in soon.

---Rodfather---

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Pictures

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I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

P. S. Those white snapper are pretty much best used as bait unless they are of the larger size - 1 # or better - then they clean out enough to take up cooler space and be worthy of harvest.

Just Hunt & Fish - No Worries (except all that other stuff)

As far as artwork, I'm not sure if you're referring to the graphic on the boat or the ID pics, but that sure is an awesome graphic on the boat. Make the fish an offer they cant refuse!

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I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.