Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Gary Wilson, Larry Jones, and Kevin Scully fished 19 miles west of New Pass with me on Monday morning, 10/16/17, in calm seas. The guys had a productive morning of fishing, using cut-bait and squid. They boxed a dozen keeper lane snapper to 16 inches, a keeper mutton snapper at 18 inches, and 18 grunts to 14 inches. They released one short mutton snapper, and 18-inch gag grouper short, a dozen red grouper shorts to 18 inches, and a 30-inch bonnethead shark.
1.) Young angler Jude Altman with an 18-inch red grouper, caught on squid and released 23 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
2.) Young angler Izayah Altman, Jude's brother, with a 17-inch red grouper, caught on squid and released 23 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.