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04 Oct 2007, 9:33 pm / Happy
You need to get out those heavy rods and get to the Skyway Pier when the tides are right and take advantage of the grouper swimming into the bay. The bigger grouper are starting to show up and it's only going to get better. The grouper are starting to move in from deep water into the bay to spawn. I have caught 14 grouper over the rail in 3 days. 3 were keepers: 28, 24, and 23 inches. The rest of them have been in the 17 to 20 inch range. The 28 inch fish weighed 9 lbs. Anyway right now I would have to say the bait of choice is small to medium size pinfish. The bigger pinfish are getting hit but they seem to get hit short and the pinfish gets torn up. I have had better success on the medium size pinfish. Also don't go out there with less than 50-60lb main line. I personally have 60 lb mono and wouldn't mind going bigger to maybe 80. Use a minimum of 80lb leader. I use 80-100lb tripple fish. Also, since I have increased my hook size to a 10/0 my hookup percentage has been a lot higher. I'm using Gamakatsu circle hooks. I was using 6/0 and losing fish - I was just pulling the bait out their mouth. Well not any more. I have been broken off quite a bit also, not rocked but hooked up and snapped off. Rocked only once so far. Well, get out there in the early morning and late evening and get those grouper. I have been catching them in the middle of the day also but not quite as frequently. Good luck... I will be out there on October 5, red Pathfinder with fish stickers in the back window, Alabama hat on.... ROLL TIDE....
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