Guest Jody Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Went out of Freeport yesterday, about 53 miles out starting hitting snapper holes (Rocks). I had the 4 largest snapper on the boat ranging between 10 and 15 lbs. Some BIG Lane Snapper were also caught, some around 6-7 lbs. All this was in about 180 -190 feet of water. After everyone had a few snapper, we began hitting shrimp boats. The first boat had about 10 ling, numeroud kings, and a few blackfin. I ended up with 2 ling, 1 blackfin, and a few kings, one about 35 lbs. Pattern: Tuna on flying fish with clear leader or no leader on shrimp boats. No leader seemed to be working better. Cast far away from the boat to get better results. Bigger Snapper on cut bait (hard-tails) under flourocarbon 80 lb leader with 8 oz weight above leader. Using smaller hooks 6-7 circle or live bait type to match color of hardtail. Kings were hitting jigs and flot lines with sardines under a wire leader. Ling: Mainly sardines. I had one to about 55-60 lbs on a white and red curlie tail hogie. Caught it on a TLD 15 and 30 lb test......what fun! One word of advice: GO DEEP! If your not in 180 to 200 feet of water, good luck. The better fish are deep. Water at 70 feet two weeks ago was 87 F and 93 F surface. Also, weedlines have been scattered with recent seas. Out of Galveston and Freeport there have not been many significant weedlines. Seas yesterday were very nice, so they may start forming where currents allow. Try the chicken dolphin if you find weeds.
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