Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "It is slow time in SW FL now, with family vacations over, kids back to school, and our seasonal residents still at their northern homes. We also have had a good amount of rain and lots of heat, which tends to keep locals in port. So fishing trips have been few and far between, as is typical for this time of year. I did get out offshore again on Saturday morning, 8/20/16, with Billy and Chelita Sabinson, their young son, Bryce, and family friend, Brian Osterhout. We used squid and cut-bait 22 miles west of New Pass, where the group caught and released twenty-five red grouper to 19 7/8 inches. They also had one big red grouper hooked, but it snapped the line. They kept ten nice lane snapper and seven grunts for a couple of tasty meals."


1.) Angler Mike Kownacki with a 23-inch red grouper, one of two keeper red grouper he caught on squid 24 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.



2.) Angler Patty Tortrup with a 16-inch lane snapper, caught on a shrimp 22 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.