Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday morning, 12/12, I was glad to see calm seas in the forecast and light winds out the window, after a pretty blustery weekend had passed. I headed offshore with long-time customers, brothers Robin and Irv Latham. Using squid, the guys caught twenty grunts to 13 inches and kept the largest ten of those. They also caught four keeper lane snapper and might have caught more of those in that spot, had the barracuda not shown up. At our next spot, we released eight red grouper shorts to 19 ½ inches, just a bit shy of keeper size, before the goliath grouper showed up there. By that time it was time to head in, so we surrendered to the big sea predators, having enough fish in the box to meet the Latham family’s needs.

Tom Rylander, joined by his son and two family friends, Rich and Bob, fished 20 miles west of New Pass with me on Tuesday morning, 12/13/16, using squid for bait. The guys caught a 23-inch keeper red grouper, and released a half-dozen red grouper shorts. They added to the fish box fifteen of the thirty grunts they caught, to 14 inches, along with six keeper lane snapper. They released two out-of-season triggerfish at 12 inches and 15 inches."

1.) Angler Jeff Ralson with a 25-inch red grouper, caught on squid 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.


2.) Angler Sean O'Malley with a 22-inch black drum, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.