Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Tuesday, 2/4/14, I headed out 35 miles from New Pass to fish with frequent customers, Ron Musick, Eddie Alfonso, and **** Arnett. We used live shrimp to catch four snapper—one huge lane snapper at 19 inches and three mangrove snapper all 15 to 16 inches—along with a keeper hogfish at 14 inches, and fifteen whitebone porgies to 15 inches. The guys released lots of red grouper shorts to within an eighth inch of legal size, along with three 19-inch gag grouper. An 8-foot sandbar shark provided a fun battle when he bit one of the porgies that was being reeled in—we got some pics and video of that, and released him.



Brothers, John and Jim Huss, accompanied by their two brothers-in-law, Mike Laine and Scott Hutchens, fished in lower Hickory Bay with me Wednesday, 2/5, and had a good, productive morning. The catch-of-the day was Jim’s 30-inch redfish, a beauty that we photographed and released, since slot-size maximum is 27 inches. The guys also caught nine keeper mangrove snapper, all around 11 inches, a brace of 15-inch black drum, and a 15-inch sheepshead. They release five smaller sheepshead."