Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday morning, 4/21, I fished in lower Hickory Bay with Tom Deter and his two sons, Nick and Kyle, along with his father-in-law, Thomas. Live shrimp landed the group a keeper 19-inch black drum, a keeper 15-inch sheepshead, and two keeper mangrove snapper.



Three generations of the Enlund family fished with me Tuesday morning, 4/22/14. Lee, his son Matt, and grandson Tanner fished 12 miles west of New Pass with live shrimp, where they caught and released lane snapper shorts and three red grouper shorts, before catching a keeper 22-inch red grouper, which bit a small lane snapper as it was being reeled in. They added a few good-sized grunts to the fish box before calling it a morning.

Tom Rylander and family fished with me Wednesday morning, 4/23. With a couple of family members sensitive to seas, we stayed near-shore, about 8 miles west of New Pass, where the group fished with live shrimp. They caught three Spanish mackerel, all around 22 inches long, three keeper mangrove snapper, a couple of keeper lane snapper and some grunts. They released a half-dozen red grouper shorts.

Thursday, 4/24, frequent fishers Ron Musick and Eddie Alfonso fished 28 to 35 miles west of New Pass with me. We were using shrimp and pinfish for bait, and would have had a few nice red grouper, had it not been for shark attacks. We had the same experience at a couple different spots—the sharks ate just about everything we were reeling in. We did manage to box ten whitebone porgies to 15 inches, large grunts and a 14-inch yellowtail snapper. And, we released one red grouper that was so very close to 20 inches, but not quite to the mark. A bunch of other groupers that we were reeling in fed three sandbar sharks, all about 8-foot long, which we battled and released. We did likewise with an 8-foot nurse shark.



Friday morning, 4/25, Pam Getner, Kym James, Craig and Carter Dunaway, and Keaton Frohn fished 23 miles west of New Pass with me on a beautiful day with calm seas. We used pinfish for grouper and the group caught five keeper red grouper, including a pair of 24-inch and three that were between 20 and 21 inches. Using live shrimp for snapper yielded ten 14-inch yellowtails, along with some nice whitebone porgies and some grunts. We released additional red grouper shorts."