Well I guess this past cold front makes it officially Fall. That and the fact my bookings have pretty much played out and tomorrow starts November! I have about half a dozen trips on the books for this month so far- I hate to admit it but for the first time I am actually looking forward to some off time! Do some fishing myself, catch up on my oyster eating, sunset watching and playing like a Floridian at the beach again ! I ran some great trips the past couple weeks. One of my regulars and good friend booked me for 2 days in a row for 6 hour "Big Fish" trips. We had a blast and one of his buddies got a real braggin' rights Red Grouper--- {%image_id=23099%} A Big Old Fire Plug of a Grouper! {%image_id=23098%} The Rest of the Crew with a Great Catch We had gone the day before w/ some different buddies but another great board as well. {%image_id=23097%} All Smiles- Tired But Happy ! I guess it was time for locals and regulars this past couple weeks. These folks live in Panama City but come over to Grayton to fish. They had caught a great limit of Black Grouper w/ me on the opening day of the season and came back just to "cap off the freezer" for the winter. {%image_id=23240%} One of 'em told me he couldn't catch another fish ! This gentleman fishes with me several times a year with his whole family. He ended up down here for couple days by himself and said he just wanted to catch fish- not keep anything. {%image_id=23237%} He caught Snappers till he he was tired of winding-- {%image_id=23238%} Then we went Trolling and he was nice enough to catch me and several other locals a bunch of (awfully good) dinners! A Spanish that big tastes like fried butter ! I take all kind of folks fishing. Summer tourists, locals, doctors, lawyers, famous folks, and the Dread Clampitt line - "Sheet-rockers & Floozies", even a few democrats !-- Okay, not many but a (very) few of 'em do fish ! {%image_id=23239%} Definitely not a democrat! This (famous) Republican and his family not only had a big time but that 125# spinner shark at the end made 2 spectacular jumps that capped off an already great catch . The weather will start playing a lot bigger roll in when it's a good day to go fishing as we start heading into winter. Plenty of fish to catch out there- if you see a pretty day - get out there and make some good use of it ! Capt Larry Pentel Deadfish {%image_id=23100%}