39 Hour Overnight Fishing Trip

Distance

Cruising out up to 100 miles to the Florida Middle Grounds elbow, and surrounding areas , home to pristine coral ledges, hard bottom, potholes and natural springs that hold large numbers of hard fighting , quality game fish.

Catch

Includes Grouper, Amberjack, Mangrove, Mutton, Cubera, Hog and Red Snapper, King Mackerel, Dolphin, Wahoo, Blackfin Tuna and Cobia.

Bait

Cut bait (sardines & squid ) provided on board.
Live Pinfish may be reserved up to 48hrs ahead of your trip for $11 per dozen. (3-4 dz recommended) Private live bait wells included free in your ticket price and they are able to hold up to 4 dozen live bait.
Live Shrimp: You can order live shrimp the day of your trip for $4 per dozen. They work well for mangroves, hogfish, yellowtail, scamp and others. 2-4 dozen recommended to the most advanced anglers - because shrimp is easily taken off the hook.

Tackle

For smaller snapper like mangrove snapper, vermillion, yellowtail and porgies, you want a 4ot reel with a super high gear ratio. You want 40lb mainline with a 4oz led and a 40lb fluorocarbon leader with double snelled 3-5ot hooks. Baits: small chunks if squid for grey snapper, vermillion, porgies... For mangroves or red snapper use cut sardines.
For average sized grouper and large snapper: you want 6ot reel with a medium gear ratio with 60lb mainline a 6oz led and a 60-80lb leader with a single 6-8ot hook!
For the monster fish like big Amberjack or monster grouper: you want a 9ot reel with a super low gear ratio, 80-100lb mainline and a 8-10oz led with 100-125lb test and a 10-14ot circle hook