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Tarpon Springs Florida Fishing Report 4/2/06
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| April 2 - 44Hr Middle Grounds Report - Capt. Rich had mentioned in his mid-trip report that the weather was beautiful; it remained the same for the rest of the weekend. The Superstar set out on Friday at 4pm and got to the Middle Grounds by 8:30pm when everyone started fishing. He reports that it was a slow start; they saw some Vermillion Snapper, Mangrove Snapper and some assorted small Grouper. Around 4am things changed and the Snappers started biting really well. After daybreak they moved further offshore in search of big grouper. The grouper bite has been slow lately, so Capt. Rich was bound and determined to find some trophy grouper and decided to run another 20 miles offshore. They were rewarded with 6 Gags over 30lbs., one over 40lbs. and a bunch in the teens. They also fished a deepwater wreck and caught a bunch of Amberjacks. That afternoon they moved back to the Middle Grounds and until sunset the fishing was extremely slow. The moment the sun set the fish turned on! The Vermillion and Mangrove Snapper bite was insane!!! Many people caught their limit and went to bed. In the middle of the snapper bite they did manage a few more Gag Grouper under 10lbs., a massive 37lb Kingfish & a nice cobia. With the water temp still cool we can hardly wait to see how fishing will be when the temp is right! Stanley Tinter, of Marco Island, FL took the Grouper jackpot with a 43lb. Gag. The second place Grouper was won by Scooter Robinson, who caught a 35lb Gag; the biggest he has ever landed! The fish pulled so hard it wore out the breaks on his wheelchair!! Tony "No-Fish" Muia won the Amberjack jackpot. Ron Bowerman from Northport, FL took the snapper pool w/ an 8.7 mangrove snapper.
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