Aripika Fishing Club - Trip of November 16, 2016

It was a 10 Grouper day for Ron, Chuck, Randy & Gene!

Here is a picture of the action aboard ship.

Fish on for Ron!

Gene lands 26" Grouper, the largest so far.  But then................

Randy lands the big one, a 30" fish.

Ten Grouper in the boat, but eight were short fish, often less than an inch short of the size limit.

As usual, our friends were there to greet us at the Aripika dock.

Gordon, Randy, Jim and Gene enjoyed a great day on the water. 

We started out in Fillman's Bayou because the wind was up.  We caught 12 keeper Sea Trout but lost many more because they were biting light. 

The wind dropped down so we headed out to Grouper water.  We took turns landing nine Grouper, but just one was over 24".  Three more were over 23" but less than the required 24" as keepers.

Interesting tidbits:

We had a "triple" today.  Yes, we had three Grouper caught at the same time and landed.

Then, we had a "double" too.  Yes, the action was fast out on the rock piles.  Here are some pictures from the trip.

Three Grouper at the same time!

Aripika Fishing Club outing of 3 November 2016

Congratulations to Jane Johnson for catching a big Grouper on this trip.  Jane sent me a few pictures to share with the Club.