I was able to include a saltwater fishing trip while TDY in the US and it was good to catch something other than largemouth bass for a change (not that I’m complainin’ about bass).
My son and I drove down to Apalachicola and fished with a friend who had a nice 26ft boat. He was able to put us on the seabass, snapper, grouper, and grunts. We also caught triggerfish, redfish, and croaker.
He had spots marked on the GPS that were so good, as soon as our bait hit bottom, we’d have a fish.
We were only able to fish on the boat for one day as my friend had to go back to Atlanta that evening. With the combination of beating sun and catching fish, we were dog tired by the time we headed in.
The next morning we fished off the beach and my son caught this nice redfish.
It was a fantastic trip! We had a big fish fry when we got back to ATL and I even brought back some fish to Korea.
John
Very nice. The water and the fish look great. One of the few things I miss about civilization.
Wilsong,
I too miss saltwater fishing ’cause to paraphrase one of my favorite movies, “It’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to catch”.
John,
These pics sure bring back some nice memories. I spent 4 years stationed at Eglin AFB at Fort Walton Beach and I sure do miss the fishing there. My friends and I used to go to the end of the rock jetties and fish all day and like you said, we never knew what we would catch; blues, redfish, snapper, mackerel, jack crevalle and so forth. But, in 4 years, I never did catch a “keeper” redfish because of the size limits they had there. The ones I caught were either too small or too big.
John,
WTG! By the looks of all the fish it was a good day for you guys.
Those are some nice snappers (no pun intended). As John stated, the fun thing about deep sea fishing is the fact that you never know what is going to be at the end of your line.
Yes, nice going John. Looks like you guys had a great time, and great pics!!
LOL Tex!
That looks like an awesome R&R
Great photos John!