Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "On Wednesday, 5/22, I headed offshore to 35 miles west of New Pass with Mike Wething, his sons, Mike Jr. and Dave, and friend, Nick Hugher. With squid, cut-bait, and shiners for bait, the guys caught a nice variety of keeper fish. They caught five keeper vermillion snappers, all 11-to-12 inches long, six keeper mangrove snapper to 14 inches, six keeper yellowtail snapper, five keeper lane snapper, a dozen keeper grunts to 15 inches, and a dozen keeper porgies. They released two 17-inch red grouper shorts, nine yellowtail shorts, and eight mangrove snapper shorts."
1.) Young angler Lana Sloan with a 14-inch triggerfish, caught on shrimp and released (one inch short of keeper-size) 23 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
2.) Angler John Weid with an 18-inch sheepshead, one of several keeper sheepshead he and his family caught on shrimp in southern Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.