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Sunday, 2-21-10 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Steve and Eric O.
Eric O. and Steve were ready to go fishing. Another great day of weather. In the morning there was no winds and the ocean was a lake. First thing we went and cast netted some bait (pins and butters),  then we ran straight out to Bethel Buoy. On the way we came [...]

Saturday, 2-20-10 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eric S.
The weather finally took a break from the freezing cold and warmed up a bit. With Cobia on the brain, Eric and I decided to run offshore and give it a try. We set out S.E. towards Bethel Shoals. Seas were 2ft. and a little choppy on the way out.  There was a little [...]

Tuesday, 1-19-10 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jose and George
The weather straightened out just enough to get offshore for a day. Jose and George live in Orlando. With all of the cold weather that we have had, the Grouper and Snapper seasons are in effect now and they are both closed. We had a huge fish kill in the river because of [...]

Thursday, 6-10-07 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pete & Sean (trip #2)
The weather was clear and the wind was light from the south west. We headed out of Hiram’s around 7 a.m. to fish offshore. We first went to Bethel buoy to get our bait. Well bait was difficult to catch, but we managed to get a few and plus we still [...]

Friday, 5-04-07 7a.m. to 1p.m.

Greg, Dave, and Greg Jr. We headed to get bait, with the moon still full the bait was impossible to catch. we managed to get a dozen and decided to go use them. We were bottom fishing in 90ft. when a school of small dolphin came up to the boat. I quickly got a live [...]

Wednesday, 5-02-07 7a.m. to 4p.m.

Joe and friends from Pennsylvania. The weather was nice just a little overcast. We headed offshore. The bait was a little tough to catch. After some work we went to do some bottom fishing. The moon was full and the fishing was slow. Frank caught a 20lb. grouper. We also caught some Sea-bass and a [...]

Monday, 4-30-07 7a.m. to 5p.m.

The weather was perfect, clear and calm and my friend Kevin was in town after 10 years. Well Me, Kevin, and John Headed out. We stopped at the buoy and caught our sardines. Bait was thick and plentiful. We were gonna try a little bottom. I quickly caught a few Sea-bass and a grouper [...]

Saturday, 4-28-07 7a.m. to 6p.m.

Mike S., Tara, and Blaze..Mike is a good friend that lives in Vail,Colorado.This year he brought his girlfriend, Tara. Mike comes to visit once a year when ski season is over for the mountain. Blaze is a dock-master at Capt. Hiram’s. The weather was perfect and we were headed off-shore. We stopped and [...]

Wednesday, 4-18-07 7a.m. to 5p.m.

The weather was calm , nice enough for me and a Mr. Jon A. to head offshore. We headed straight to the bait spot. With a 4-5 dozen sardines we headed to do a few bottom drops. Just a few sea bass and a 15lb dolphin that hit on the drop, I was
dropping to [...]

Thursday 4-12-07 7am to 7pm

Me, Matson and Johnny Atwater. The weather was perfect,its been calm for a few days.My boat was getting serviced yesterday(another perfect day). We headed out to troll for some dolphin we caught 2,10 and 15. Jon lost a nice fish that hit the downrigger, we saw it ,it jumped few times ..(20 or [...]