Panama City Grouper Time

Now that the Red Snapper season has ended it's time to turn our attention to grouper fishing. {%image_id=11720%} We fished on Wednesday and had a nice mess of gag grouper with most caught in less than 90ft of water while getting a lot of bites and landing a bunch of fish. On Sunday it seemed everything changed, the gags didn't cooperate but the Red grouper did. {%image_id=11721%} This fished was lost by Craig's wife then took the next bait he dropped.It's sure nice when they're in a biting mood. We were able to pull a few off most of the spots before the big Snapper moved in, with the Red snapper season closed and with a lot of the fish being 10 pounds plus we'd move on instead of taking the chance a killing a bunch of the big snapper.{%image_id=11722%} With the grouper biting and the size and amount of the red snapper we have had to release these trips are a workout. Throw in a couple of 300+ lb Nurse sharks some nice size triggerfish and you'll for sure know you fished the next morning.