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Been absent at sea
I know I know ,where has ketchn been,wonder what happened to him ?:Rofl
Well we were off to visit the sunshine state and do the rounds and one stop in particular involved me heading out on my party boat trip out of Destin .
Sure is a fun group of folks operating the Swoop party boats . I love going out with them on a run and it brings back memories of myself and my grandpa doing it back when I was a teenager .
We of course bottom fish and drag up all kinds of critters . I am not sure exactly what all came in this trip but to be sure I was ketchn all sorts of fish . They target mingo snapper aka vermillion snapper on wrecks and rock piles and ridges in around 200 feet of water .
Got my big rig broke off up real high above the leader by a large something when I dropped a 12 inch live bait .
My trip started out real early as I like to get a good spot on the boat and as I typically do I suggested that some live bait might be nice to bring along . Well the first mate said yep and if a guy had a light rod he could ketch all we need right here off the dock .
Silly thing to say to me of course I said I will be right back in a second as I have such a rod in my backseat .
So I stood there and whacked all sorts of small bait size fish and loaded up a 5 galoon with pinfish and such . Heck I even got a baby redfish on my crappie jig as a bonus waiting around for our departure . :highfive
The trip yielded best I could tell, trigger fish , red snapper , porgy , mingo snapper , sharks , amber jack , bonito , hogfish , ruby reds , almaco jacks and even a remora . I am pretty sure the list is not complete but at the same time thats just what I saw up on the bow end where I was perched .
Anyway here are a few photos and I gave my fish up to some folks that wanted them to feed a gathering they had with them along with a recipe on fish tacos :highfive
was a simply beautiful day and adventure and to be sure I will return when I get a chance :cheers2
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:yikesOcean fish scare me ! Glad you had a good time.
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Wow, that looks like fun!!
Glad to have you back!
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on a side note : Swoop fishing charters is the name of the party boat operation I go out on and these guys are quite good at what they do and its a really great family friendly ,kids ,women and dads welcome type of venue .
These guys make sure everyone has a good time and ketch fish and do it at a reasonable wallet friendly rate as well .
you might look them up if you visit the Destin area of Florida and want to go try some deep water party boat action .
and this here young fella was standing beside me and whipping them mingo snapper pretty good btw :highfive
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Man, what a trip, congrats!
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Nice! Thanks for sharing!