Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Wednesday, 12/11, I fished 6 miles west of New Pass with Engle Merz and his sons, Matt and Max. The family used squid and cut-bait to catch and release thirty-one red grouper to 18 inches, an18-inch gag grouper, and two 15-inch scamp grouper. They boxed six keeper lane snapper to 12 inches, a keeper yellowtail snapper at 13 inches, ten porgies of mixed varieties that all measured 13 to 14 inches, and a half dozen grunts, all around 14 inches. They released fifteen yellowtail snapper shorts and an equal number of mangrove snapper shorts."
1.) Angler Bruce Epstein with a 17-inch red grouper, caught on squid and released 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter. '
2.) Angler David Polsky with a 15-inch mutton snapper, caught on squid and released 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.