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Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 02, 2004, 07:32:00 PM
Caught this badboy over the weekend, filleted and grilled 1/2 and fried the other half

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/95_1086205344_dcp_0805.jpg)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: rpm on June 02, 2004, 07:52:13 PM
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/481_1085371870_bath.jpg)
What are the odds of this pic having an almost identical url?

Who picked snapperhead?

Anyone?

BTW nice fish!
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 02, 2004, 08:07:22 PM
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Originally posted by rpm371
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/481_1085371870_bath.jpg)
What are the odds of this pic having an almost identical url?

Who picked snapperhead?

Anyone?


:rofl



Been using that pic hosting site for quite some time.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: storch on June 02, 2004, 08:41:43 PM
That is a beauty, congrats.  where?  time of day/night how deep?
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Saurdaukar on June 02, 2004, 09:02:58 PM
Ahhh... a Red Snappa... vewy tasty... so Weaver... do you want to keep the Red Snappa or see whats in the box?
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: VOR on June 02, 2004, 09:13:12 PM
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Ahhh... a Red Snappa... vewy tasty... so Weaver... do you want to keep the Red Snappa or see whats in the box?


(http://tulsatvmemories.com/gbpics/wheelfsh.jpg)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Saurdaukar on June 02, 2004, 10:02:10 PM
:D

Ehh... the box THE BOX!

Lets see what iiinnnn the box!

::gasp::

...NOTHING!!  Absolutely NOTHING!!

STUPAAD!!  YOURE SO STUPAAD!![/i]
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 02, 2004, 10:26:38 PM
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Originally posted by storch
That is a beauty, congrats.  where?  time of day/night how deep?


Father in Law took me out..........Bottom fishing 10 miles off shore, Panama City Beach Florida about 11:30 AM-12PM, 150 ft off water
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Hawklore on June 02, 2004, 10:33:08 PM
WOW!

My nextdoor neighbor brings in those things or something similar and they arn't that big! :eek: .

I woulda liked to try some of her fried.. and I do belive female fish tend to be bigger then the males.. But whos got the bigger balls? uh huh I thought soo.. :aok
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: storch on June 02, 2004, 10:47:28 PM
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Originally posted by snapperhead
Father in Law took me out..........Bottom fishing 10 miles off shore, Panama City Beach Florida about 11:30 AM-12PM, 150 ft off water


Ya reds are bottom feeders.  Thought it might be kinda deep we don't see them that big too much anymore.  Try the same spot on a full moon night I bet you hit the jackpot again.  Are there any yellow tails up that way?  I've never fished the panhandle.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: DrDea on June 02, 2004, 10:50:30 PM
Hawk.your friend had a goggle eye.BIG diffrence.They dont fight so much:p
  Nice fish BTW.And Stevie aint a bad geeter player.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 02, 2004, 11:18:00 PM
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Originally posted by storch
Ya reds are bottom feeders.  Thought it might be kinda deep we don't see them that big too much anymore.  Try the same spot on a full moon night I bet you hit the jackpot again.  Are there any yellow tails up that way?  I've never fished the panhandle.


Well he just got the boat last summer so he really hasnt gone fising too much, we are all novices at deep sea.  From my understanding the Grouper are coming back in, as well as Cobia and Amberjacks.  We got the GPS coordinates from a retired Charter Captain that just passed away, the 3 times he has been out to that spot he has caught a bunch of snapper, however the one I caught was the biggest one he has seen yet.  Lots of guys at the Marina said it was the biggest one they have seen so far this season.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: gofaster on June 03, 2004, 09:12:19 AM
Holy crap that thing is big!

How long were you out?

I hope you only kept what you planned to eat.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Westy on June 03, 2004, 09:31:02 AM
"Who picked snapperhead? Anyone?"


 heh. whoudathunkit (cue "Groundhog Day" movie theme)   eh? ;)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Lizking on June 03, 2004, 09:42:18 AM
The Snapper off the Texas coast are plentiful, though that one is a Hawg.  I love to eat them, but don't care to fish for them unless we are using electric reels.  Too much work for me.  And they are not bottom feeders, they are reef fish(of course any structure is a "reef").

Take some old refrigirators, washingmachines, cars, etc, and drop them offshore and mark your GPS.  It is like farming them, and most of the party boat operators around here have several farms.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: TheDudeDVant on June 03, 2004, 09:44:52 AM
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Originally posted by snapperhead
Well he just got the boat last summer so he really hasnt gone fising too much, we are all novices at deep sea.  From my understanding the Grouper are coming back in, as well as Cobia and Amberjacks.  We got the GPS coordinates from a retired Charter Captain that just passed away, the 3 times he has been out to that spot he has caught a bunch of snapper, however the one I caught was the biggest one he has seen yet.  Lots of guys at the Marina said it was the biggest one they have seen so far this season.


Cobia season is all but over and AJs never really 'go out' ... They stick round wrecks and such throughout the year..  

What marina did you guys go out of? It has been some time since I've done any bottom fishing. Do you know the new limits and lengths for snaper and AJs?? Pound for pound there is no better fighting fish than an AJ...

Back in the day we used to spear fish like that all the time. Spearing AJs was too easy though and eventually I developed a bad feeling from doing it. So, I just shoot with a camera now.. 8)

dude

AoM
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 03, 2004, 09:59:33 AM
Went out of Lighthouse Marina its right behind Capt. Anderson Marina,  limit on Snapper is 4 per person consisting of no smaller than 16 inches.  Not sure about the others
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: storch on June 03, 2004, 04:49:37 PM
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Originally posted by Lizking
The Snapper off the Texas coast are plentiful, though that one is a Hawg.  I love to eat them, but don't care to fish for them unless we are using electric reels.  Too much work for me.  And they are not bottom feeders, they are reef fish(of course any structure is a "reef").

Take some old refrigirators, washingmachines, cars, etc, and drop them offshore and mark your GPS.  It is like farming them, and most of the party boat operators around here have several farms.


You are right they are not bottom feeders but every red snapper I've ever caught has been bottom fishing.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 03, 2004, 05:21:42 PM
This one was about 8 cranks of the reel off the bottom, so I'd say maybe 2-3 feet off the bottom (150ft)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 03, 2004, 05:24:31 PM
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Originally posted by gofaster
Holy crap that thing is big!

How long were you out?

I hope you only kept what you planned to eat.


Was 4 of us out there we caught about 12 or so total, with 3 of them being keepers.  We were out about 4 hours, an hour of that to get out to the location about 2 1/2 hours fishing and a 45 min return trip


(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/95_1086301418_dcp_0806.jpg)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Lizking on June 03, 2004, 07:13:05 PM
Back in the day, we used to catch so many it was sinful.  I'm talking 2' deep covering the cockpit, maybe 2-300 fish from 2# to 4#.  That is why I do not like to fish for them, I was the poor guy that had to clean all of them.

Snapper are a quick growing and reproducing fish.  There is really no need for limits, other than slot limits.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Vulcan on June 03, 2004, 08:51:03 PM
Wow you yanks consider that a big snapper?

heres some snapper for ya:

(http://www.marlboroughtravel.co.nz/files/images/2 good snapper.jpg)

http://www.marlboroughtravel.co.nz/index.cfm/Snapper_Fishing
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Gunthr on June 03, 2004, 10:32:18 PM
Way to go, Snapperhead. All I need is butter, a frying pan and my lime sauce for that. (lime juice, salt, and some small slit chiliis  in a cruet)

Me and 3 of my brothers caught 5 nice dolphin like this and a blackfin tuna off Marathon, FL Keys 2 weeks ago in 20 kt winds and wide-spaced 6 - 8 with occasional 10 ft seas trollling ballyhoo in about 500 ft depth 15 miles out.

(http://srg2000.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/dsc04607.jpg)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: snapperhead on June 03, 2004, 10:34:38 PM
Beautiful fish, what size boat do you guys go out in?  We stayed relatively close to shore 10 miles 3-5 ft seas, but they were packed real close.  I didnt get a pic of his boat, but it is 5 yr old version of this.  Twin 150 Evinrudes


(http://www.prolineboats.com/series/images/26walkrunningps.jpg)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Gunthr on June 03, 2004, 10:59:42 PM
We were out in a 23 ft open fisherman, also twin Ficht evinrudes. We only trolled downwind with following seas. We buzzed up the gulf side where it was much calmer and crossed over to the Atlantic side to troll back ten miles with the wind. Into the wind it was just not doable. As it was, we could only handle 2 lines out.

It was wet :)
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Lizking on June 03, 2004, 11:19:23 PM
Here is the last trip I was supposed to go on, but didn't get to because of emergency surgery on the wife(she is fine).  All my brothers and some family friends on there on Pop's boat.  they only raised one Blue, and the wind beat them to death.

http://www.lizking.com/chubcay.htm
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Lizking on June 03, 2004, 11:20:54 PM
p.s. Gunther, whoever stuck that dolphin should be shot.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Gunthr on June 03, 2004, 11:49:59 PM
Whoever's grilling the bug tail in your photos should be shot too. :D  Nice fish.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Saintaw on June 04, 2004, 12:06:19 AM
How did it taste after you removed its cap & T-shirt? :)

Rpm, lots of pictures on that site, check out the url in my sig.
Title: RedSnapper
Post by: Lizking on June 04, 2004, 12:19:15 AM
There is no other way to fix freshly poached lobster tails, my friend.  Lightly roasted with a garlic butter sauce, mmmmmmmgood.  The leftovers are mixed in with the scrambled eggs for breakfast.  God I love Carribe cuisine.