Grouper Grouper!

Super strong winds made fishing offshore difficult this trip home. No choice but to entertain myself from the shore by casting. Apparently the Threadfin should be around in massive numbers but judging from the water clarity that day, I doubt we'd be getting anything. Nevertheless, off we went to check out the Groupers.

With all the right elements aligned, the hits came fast and furious. Bro C & Boy had already landed a few table size specimens on a deep diving lure. As usual, I'm the "softie" type of guy... and softie I didn't mean affeminate. When casting for groupers from shore, I was more inclined towards soft-plastics such as grubs or shads. Even better still was the Storm Wildeye Swimbait. Too bad I lost the only 2 after the fish mercilessly tore them apart after being landed in quick succession. 

Need to go restock for my next trip back...

Who's got whom?

Taking off the treble at the belly helps to reduce the snagging between rocks tremendously

One of the many small ones which were released

Deep diving lures work well too

This tiny one fell for a Bleeding Shad Rap pattern

As nightfall approached, the fish got bigger