Go deep for grouper action
From the August 25, 2010 Issue
PHOTO/CAPTAIN LARRY MCGUIRE
Abby, Allison and Mimi Purdum, from Columbus, Ohio,
with part of their catch of red and gag grouper. The sisters
were using live pinfish in about 80 feet off of Anna Maria Island.
Captain Larry McGuire
On Show Me The Fish Charters, we are catching lots of gag and red grouper, large amberjack, Spanish mackerel, lots of sharks [black tips, lemons and reef], big barracudas, porgies, mangrove snappers and some catch and release goliath grouper. On Monday, Aug. 16, Nick Victor-Smith from Anna Maria Island caught an released one around 350 pounds and jumped in the water and swam with him for a photo shoot before the release. Our parties are catching grouper from 50 to 130 feet. Going deep in the summer heat always gets the big boys. The Spanish macks are close in on the near shore reefs, and the sharks are in the bay and are even a mile off the beach chasing Jet Skier's to way offshore. Now is the time to get in on the hot summer action.
