Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Tuesday, 5/27, I headed offshore to fish 25 miles west of New Pass with Conrad and Ellie Cherry, their son, Kevin, and Kevin’s young daughter, Katie. We used pinfish for grouper, and the group caught and released twenty five of those, three of which were short of legal size by just ¼ inch. Using live shrimp, we caught a mess of keeper lane snapper—twenty of those to 13 inches, along with a 13-inch mangrove snapper and a few grunts to 14 inches. The group also released two 30-inch sharp-nose sharks and an 8-foot nurse shark, which was pretty exciting and exhausting!




Wednesday morning, 5/28, I fished near-shore, about eleven miles west of New Pass with Patrick and Natalie Smith, son Andrew, daughter Chelsea, and friend Kyle. The group had some fun with sharks, catching and releasing an approximate 200-pound nurse shark, a 4-foot sandbar shark, and a 3-foot sharp-nose shark. They also boxed a 21-inch red grouper, eight grunts, and a couple of keeper lane snapper. They released lots of red grouper and lane snapper shorts, along with ladyfish and crevalle jack.
Gene Crottle and nephews Zach, Sammy, Austin and Nicco fished with me Thursday morning, just ahead of the storms that rolled in that afternoon. Unfortunately, the spot I had in mind to fish was already blanketed with thunderstorms, so we ended up fishing about 19 miles west of New Pass. The guys used live shrimp to catch twenty-two porgies to 13 inches and seven grunts. They released yellowtail snapper shorts, smaller porgies and lots of red grouper shorts, along with a 35-inch sandbar shark and a 30-inch sharp-nose shark.




I was off the water Friday and for the weekend, due to my grandson's graduation and lost of family in town."