I have been hard at it- baiting lots of hooks and cleaning lots of fish. Plenty of Spring Break folks at the beach and I have done my best to get a bunch of 'em to eat (really) fresh seafood while they are here. My trips for the past 10 days or so have been running on an almost regular schedule.. catch a few baits, catch a pile of Jacks, run a couple miles, catch a pile of Vermilion Snappers, run in and clean fish as fast as I can for an hour and a half. As always on the Gulf we have had a few very exciting "surprise" catches this past week as well. With Red Snappers closed till June 1, Gags till July 1 and Red Grouper & Scamps opening tomorrow the Jacks and Vermillions have been a welcome staple for the box. We have caught a bunch of Scamps this week and some Red Grouper as well that have been released-- hopefully they will bite as good when we can keep 'em ! {%image_id=32356%} A great Fish-- Coulda Kept Him Tomorrow ! {%image_id=32352%} These boys have been fishing with me for years-- They had a pile of Snappers-- Their sister had to get in the pic too.... {%image_id=32353%} A Spring Break Group with a typical catch for lately... lots more in the box... {%image_id=32354%} This was part of a group trip for a wedding party w/ the Bride & Groom on the far left. They had a bet on the biggest critter so I got the Groom to catch a Bull 'bout 175#... {%image_id=32355%} This was a 2 hr afternoon "kids trip".. That Mako swam up chasing a Pink Snapper and all of a sudden it was a Big Game trip for Dad as well ..... {%image_id=32358%} Another long time fishing group with another great bonus fish.. we have caught several nice Black Snappers this week {%image_id=32357%} These guys have fished with me for years and Dad loves Red Snapper.. since we got Vermillions instead they got to keep 37 instead of 8 ! The Cobia run is late this year.. along with the warming temps. The water temp on the bar (finally) made 65 degree yesterday and today. The magic number is 67... a couple days at that and the Cobia and Spanish will be all over the place. I have seen several Pompano caught this week off the beach so everything is coming along ...just a week or so latter than usual. If you haven't done it allready make sure all your tackle is ready to go, don't miss a chance to go fishing in the spring ! Capt Larry Pentel Deadfish