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Dave Hanson's 02/06/06
Fishbuster Charters, Inc. Captain Dave Hanson |
| 02/06/2006 Fishing Report: Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday, I fished with Lou Citterman, Jack Adler, and Dennis Ruber, in 32 feet out of New Pass. Fishing was a little slow at first--we caught and released some snapper, grunts, and sheepshead. The action picked up when Jack landed a 35 pound black drum, which bit a live shrimp, and was quite a battle on 12 pound test! We photographed and released that one, then headed in ahead of the increasing winds. Gig Kendzior had hoped to fish offshore Tuesday, but with another cold front approaching, bringing high winds and rough seas, we changed our plans to fish in the backwater. Fishing was slow there, but we caught some keeper snapper, and released small sheepshead, and a 3 ½ pound cravalle jack. Wednesday, fishing with brothers Bob and Tom Graham, Tom Batcheller, and John Hughes, I returned to the area where we caught the big black drum on Monday. At 47 degrees that morning, the air was chilly, and there were some rough seas first thing in the morning, left over from the front that passed through the day before. The bite was pretty slow, with water temperature cold, and with loads of bait fish on the bottom that ate our live shrimp. We caught keeper mangrove snapper, lane snapper and grunts. Friday, just ahead of the next cold front, I fished the artificial reefs with Jim Key, son Darin, and friend, Alan Gert. Even close-in, in 18 feet, we had some four foot seas, with a stiff 20-25 knot wind all morning. Darin caught a nice sheepshead 19 inches long, and Jim got a nice 14 inch triggerfish. We also got one keeper pompano, and released two smaller ones, along with two baby goliath grouper and some small snapper, all on shrimp. Saturday's forecast was dismal for boaters, so we stayed in port."
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