Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Long-time customers, Erwin and Millie Metusiak fished the backwaters with me on Monday morning, 12/8/14. Using live shrimp, the couple caught and boxed two pompano at 14 inches and 15 inches, along with a 13-inch sheepshead. They released some smaller sheepshead, along with four crevalle jacks.
My next planned fishing trip was to be offshore on Wednesday, 12/10, but it was mighty cold that morning, in the mid-forties, and the winds were still blowing hard and causing some rough conditions offshore,. My anglers rescheduled their trip for the following week.
Friday morning, 12/12, I fished offshore, 18 miles west of New Pass, with long-time customer, Mike Connealy. NOAA had predicted calm winds and seas, but that wasn’t what we encountered. The two foot seas predicted turned out to be four-footers, with a steady, chilly 15-knot wind blowing all morning. But, the fishing was good for snapper, porgies, and some big-fish battles. Mike boxed a dozen porgies to 16 inches, and released a few smaller ones. He also boxed two nice mangrove snapper at 15 inches and 16 inches, all caught on shrimp. He had fun battling and releasing a 100-pound goliath grouper that bit a on a 15-inch porgy, as did an 8-foot blacknose shark that provided a fun fight as well."
Angler Brian Lampner with a 16-inch triggerfish, caught on live shrimp and released, due to closed season, 22 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
Angler Luke Pringle with a 21-inch redfish, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.