Day 3 a little tougher fishing. Was a full moon. But we caught a few. Lots of variety and put some keepers in the boat.

Nice

Pure greatness.

Right on

Once we got through the fog day 4 turned into an offshore day in Waterworld fishing around the abandoned Atoll. My personal best 34 inch Red Snapper and one of the biggest Mangrove Snapper I have ever caught. Something really big I could not turn and it broke my 65lb Suffix braid.

No fishing today 😕
Don't look like we are going to get a break from the rain. One more fishing day left then it's back to hunting season. I can see the POC fishing pier from where I am at and looks like everyone that was out fishing on it was grouped together holding up one big tarp over themselves. Gonna be bad if a lightning strike hits them.

Day 6 and done, back home. Had a fish nearly strip my reel then it stopped and I pulled in a half a drum after the big shark that was running away with it finally bit on through it. Brought a lot of small sharks to the boat too today. Now back to hunting season.

Obviously a good time with good friends

Awesome pics!

Man what a trip

Great job on pictures and story John. Were the black drums wormy? Thanks

Fantastic Trip!

We did not keep any of the Black Drum. I originally was not going to keep any fish at all from this trip. I had kept and ate so much from last years trip, the wife and I wanted a break from the Reds. Still, I ended up tagging and keeping one of the smaller Bulls only because we were unable to revive it. And the Snappers from the rig were an unplanned surprise so I ended up keeping those too. My friends kept some keeper Reds and other odd fish like trout and pompano, but there was no love for the Big Uglies.

That's a good one. One of my all time favorite fish to catch & to eat. Great trip.

Trips like that are what folks dream about. Good times!

Greatness!!!!