Quest Outdoors Your Great Lakes Fishing Resource   Register or Log in Search   FAQ   Memberlist NEW - Fishing Gallery        500lb Goliath, Sharks, & Big Snook.          Quest Outdoors Fishing Forum Index -> Travel Author Message fish2much Lunker Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 285 Location: Monroe, MI Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:49 pm    Post subject: 500lb Goliath, Sharks, & Big Snook. Just returned from Florida (Ft.Myers area) and and had an up & down experience. The up was the good fishing I experienced in some areas, and the bad was the complete destruction of all life forms by the red tide in other areas. The areas I normally fish were completely void of all life and I did some experimenting with mixed results. The high point of the trip was a snook around 40" and seeing lots of sharks in Pine Island Sound while fishing from a sit on top kayak. The pics tell the story best I'll post the rest in the gallery in the next few days. Big Snook_1.JPG Click for a larger image  Description: Snook around 40" taken on a live pinfish with a 1/0 Owner SSW and 30# flouro leader. goliath_1.jpg Click for a larger image  Description: Locals estimated the live a weight of this Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) at around 500lbs. It, along with hundreds of thousands of other fish fell victim to the red tide. Its worse now than when I left. shark 1.jpg Click for a larger image  Description: I never got a good close up of any of the sharks. But you get the idea. They were most visible at low tide as they cruised between deeper water potholes. night snook_1.jpg Click for a larger image  Description: Snook are most active at night. I caught many more after dark than during the day along with lots a fat magrove snappers. pompano_1.jpg Click for a larger image  Description: Another freakishly strong fish... pompano. Looks similar to a permit - but isn't. Last edited by fish2much on Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:35 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top SageDrifter Lunker Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 726 Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:52 pm    Post subject: tres bon! some nice "linesiders" there. the grouper looks HUGE against you. i've heard spotty reports of redtide still in effect in various areas ?? Back to top Steel_dog Adult Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 90 Location: North York, Ontario Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:19 pm    Post subject: Awesome pictures, fish2much! Thanks for sharing your adventure. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Quest Outdoors Fishing Forum Index -> Travel All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group