Out w/ a B A N G!!!!!!!!!!!
 

WOW!!!!!! What a day to end my last offshore snapper trip of the year w/ the wife and kids. It's been a long time since I ran 5000 RPM's in the open GOM, and never had to stop until we got to my fishing spot. When I say flat calm and like glass, only the pics can explain how calm it was! And the only thing better than the sea conditions was the fishing!

We made short work of our snapper limit (12) and of course my wife had big fish of the day. We then went to another spot of mine and worked the mangroves up real good and ended the day at 1pm w/ a 150 box filled with red snapper, lane snapper, mangrove snapper and a few trigger fish thrown in for good measure.

I was amazed at how fast the bite was today and the fact that I did not lose any rods overboard with the kids. At one point, I had 4 rods bent in half and 3 kids screaming for "help", and I was the only with a free hand to keep them from losing the pole. A true Chinese fire drill.

What a trip! I can remember when I was about 5 or 6 years old sitting on a dock in grand isle with my snoopy pole while my dad and his buddies were cleaning fish. Got a bite, then my my pole shot out my hands like a rocket. My dad's buddies on that trip still talk about it when I see them.

Nice trip fff! Looks like y'all had a blast

WOW nice trip!
Im offshore at work right now about 200 miles out and it looks exactly like that out here also! Slick Slick

man i'm jealous! that's a good run.

Awesome job man! Nice catch

Awesome

nice memory right der bro, beautiful weather with the fam all smackin dat action

Nice catch with the family dude....

NICE! Gotta love them kind of days.

Man that is so damn cool!

Might be my favorite pics of the day!

You have reached the true euphofia of life! That, my friend, is what it's all about!!!!

Great work there!!

I love it!!!!!! The picture with rod between his legs & getting help!:*****: That's cool right there!!!!!!!!

I have one of those okuma combos too......impressive little combo for cheap!!!

nice pics and nice fish

fff, you never cease to amaze me! Nice job and kudos for giving the kiddos an awesome experience!

Looks like a perfect trip. It's nice when it all works out

how big was the fish the two lads had hooked

Awesome dude...great to see kids catchin

Nice. Nothing more Important than spending quality time with the whole family.

I guess the kids were old enough to where they didn't require life jackets? Safety first my friend.

I though the law was if the boat is underway?

Trust me from wat I know of FFF them kids had pfd's on while making way...besides this is old

My bad. Just checked the regs and you are correct, kids under sixteen only have to have on pfd's when the boat is under propulsion. Sorry to call you out on that. Mea culpa. Give me 20 lashes with a wet noodle. (Still not a bad idea in any event.) Keds are my true softspot.