Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Leo Walsh, Jack Miller, Dave Hone, and Fadoul Pekhazis fished with me Tuesday, 12/22, about fifteen miles west of New Pass, using live shrimp. The grouper bite was hot, and the guys had fun catching and releasing them, even though it might have been more fun if they were in season! They released five keeper-sized red grouper to 27 inches and a pair of 23-inch gag grouper. They also released twenty additional short red grouper. As for boxed catches, they got fifteen nice lane snapper to 16 inches and eleven grunts to 12 inches.



I fished about 15 miles offshore on Wednesday, 12/23, with Frank Barry, joined by his daughter and family, Becky, Zach, Tim, and Pete Rivera. The family used blue runners to catch and release two would-be-keeper red grouper at 21 inches and 22 inches. They used live shrimp to catch and box a dozen keeper lane snapper to 16 inches, along with a couple of 12-inch grunts.

Ron Radosh and his grandsons, Sean, Jake and Jon, fished a catch-and-release trip with me Thursday morning, 12/24. Using live shrimp just outside the channel by Bonita Bay, the boys caught and released three stingray to 10 pounds and four sheepshead to 12 inches. They got broken off a time or two by bigger fish, most likely by larger sheepshead or redfish."

1.) Angler Ray Mansour with a 14-inch lane snapper, caught on shrimp 18 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.



2.) Angler Jeff Jones with a 20-inch gag grouper, caught on shrimp and released 19 miles west of New Pass, on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter