KILLER fishing trip this weekend

[SuperSix]

One of my customers is also a charter boat captain, and invited me to go fishing Saturday in Cape Coral, FL.

Got out on the water about 6:00AM (VERY tired) - cast netted a bunch of bait and set off for our "spot".

There was 3 of us, and we caught 17 large Red Drum (Redfish), the biggest one was ~12lbs and 32" long. AMAZING fight, and tons of fun on small tackle. The largest you can keep is 27", 1 per person, per boat, so we kept the 3 largest < 27". I caught ~10 of the reds, but Jeff caught the whopper. (Yes, I know we broke the law pulling the snook out of the water and taking a pic - the fish was out of the water for no more than 1 minute)

My arms and legs are killing me today.

[kma697]

Looks like it was a kick ass trip !!!!  Only 4ft of water :doh; !!!

[TSM Girl]

Looks like a good time.  Glad you caught something....I t's about time you came back on here.   There is a lake over here by us call "Reelfoot Lake".  Bryan (Wrecked) has gone on that it is like only 4ft water also...plus alot of Cypress trees in it that like to "eat" boats.

[Recklessrob]

I never heard of a limit under a certain size. Usually there is
a minimum size that you can keep. Whats the reason for that ?
I've heard Tarpon can get very nasty...

[SuperSix]

I never heard of a limit under a certain size. Usually there is
a minimum size that you can keep. Whats the reason for that ?
I've heard Tarpon can get very nasty...

Actually, there's quite a few species that have minimum sizes as well as maximum sizes.

http://www.floridasportsman.com/reference/regs_by_species/

Tarpon can and will take hours to land. And I don't think they are very edible either.

[Recklessrob]

Interesting. I didn't know that they classified Dolphin as fish.
I thought they were mammals.

The good thing is that you're allowed to bag "snapper" !  :supz:

[SuperSix]

Interesting. I didn't know that they classified Dolphin as fish.
I thought they were mammals.

The good thing is that you're allowed to bag "snapper" !

[Recklessrob]

I learned something new.