Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Four brothers, Dan, Randy, Roman and Ryan Jahnke fished 36 miles offshore with me on Thursday, 1/19, where they caught nearly 60 red grouper, but only one of them was keeper size at 22 inches. They also released six nice, but out-of-season, triggerfish to 17 inches, along with one mangrove snapper short and an 8-foot sandbar shark that showed up for battle at the end of the day. In addition to the keeper grouper, the guys boxed fifteen grunts to 16 inches and a dozen porgies in the 13-14-inch range. Everything was caught on squid and cut-bait.



The Jahnke brothers, who had fished with me Thursday, had also reserved Friday, 1/20, initially to fish in the bay. But, after having such a good time fishing the gulf the day before, they decided to head offshore again. This time, we fished closer in, about 22 miles west of New Pass, hunting for lane snapper. We found them! The guys caught twenty-five keeper lanes, along with one keeper red grouper at 21 inches and a half-dozen grunts, all on cut-bait and squid."

1.) Angler Edward Tritt with a 26-inch red grouper, caught on squid 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.



2.) Young angler Jack Driscoll with a 15-inch lane snapper, one of several keeper lanes he and his family caught on squid, 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.