Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Bart Arrigo, his wife, K.C, and their friends, Brian Bialas and Lori, fished 35 miles west of New Pass with me on Friday, 12/1/17. The group used squid and cut-bait to catch seven yellowtail snapper, including three keepers to 13 inches, seven mangrove snapper, including three keepers to 15 inches, a mess of large grunts, of which they kept the seven largest to15 inches, and a 17-inch porgy. They also caught and released lots of red grouper shorts to 19 7/8 inches, two gag grouper that were each about 18 inches, and four banded rudder fish, all about 16 inches."
1.) Angler Kevin Scully with an 18-inch red grouper, caught on cut-bait and released 19 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
2.) Angler Mike Connealy with an 18-inch sheepshead, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.