westend1 Posted October 10, 2010 Report Posted October 10, 2010 Hit a rig 28 miles out. Ist fish, nice 5 lb snapper. Next 6 fish, slot reds. Is that normal?
bh89-2 Posted October 11, 2010 Report Posted October 11, 2010 [quote name="westend1" post="871269" timestamp="1286730186"]Hit a rig 28 miles out. Ist fish, nice 5 lb snapper. Next 6 fish, slot reds. Is that normal?[/quote]Yes, reds moving offshore out of bays with fronts. Snapper sizes about right this time of year. Tell me what port your going out of and I'll send you some numbers for rocks and wrecks. Better and bigger fish on rocks normally. Rigs get hit hard.
westend1 Posted October 11, 2010 Author Report Posted October 11, 2010 [quote name="bh89-2" post="872416" timestamp="1286829316"][quote author=westend1 link=topic=74247.msg871269#msg871269 date=1286730186]Hit a rig 28 miles out. Ist fish, nice 5 lb snapper. Next 6 fish, slot reds. Is that normal?[/quote]Yes, reds moving offshore out of bays with fronts. Snapper sizes about right this time of year. Tell me what port your going out of and I'll send you some numbers for rocks and wrecks. Better and bigger fish on rocks normally. Rigs get hit hard. [/quote]Man, that sounds great! I will always be fishing out of Sabine Pass. Just got an offshore boat, and don't really know much about the offshore thing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
bh89-2 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 [quote name="westend1" post="872485" timestamp="1286834080"][quote author=bh89-2 link=topic=74247.msg872416#msg872416 date=1286829316][quote author=westend1 link=topic=74247.msg871269#msg871269 date=1286730186]Hit a rig 28 miles out. Ist fish, nice 5 lb snapper. Next 6 fish, slot reds. Is that normal?[/quote]Yes, reds moving offshore out of bays with fronts. Snapper sizes about right this time of year. Tell me what port your going out of and I'll send you some numbers for rocks and wrecks. Better and bigger fish on rocks normally. Rigs get hit hard. [/quote]Man, that sounds great! I will always be fishing out of Sabine Pass. Just got an offshore boat, and don't really know much about the offshore thing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.[/quote]First and foremost, go buy a book from Rik Jacobs. www.redsnapperfishing.com He publishes the book every year. Hands down the best book out there for bottom fishing Texas coast. You can either go with me or let me know when you go and I'll come with you. You need to learn your electronics very well and the rest is technique. There are a few tricks that are good to know. What type of bottom machnie do you have (brand/model)?Boat type/size?Engine type(s) size(s)?Fuel capacity?Range and miles per gallon?Sabine SpotsWreck 59.6 nautical miles 28.46.279 and 093.17.417Rocks 52.8 nautical miles 29.02.090 and 093.17.921 another 29.01.915 and 093.17.927Kingfish Spot/Snapper (many rocks in this area) 58.9 nautical miles28.40.501093.41.471and28.40.328093.42.321and28.40.512093.41.443Barge (bottom fish)39.3 nautical miles28.59.319093.47.095These are just a few numbers, but there are many many more. I will say that Sabine is a long run to deep water. i don't even go out of Galveston if i can help it because of that issue. If you go East of sabine it is closer, but it's still a ways to run. Right now the cooler water seems to be holding fish. Last weekend that water was inside 60 miles. The 145-160 feet of water seemed to hold better fish. Water temperatures below 80 degF held better fish.
westend1 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Posted October 12, 2010 [quote name="bh89-2" post="873156" timestamp="1286906280"][quote author=westend1 link=topic=74247.msg872485#msg872485 date=1286834080][quote author=bh89-2 link=topic=74247.msg872416#msg872416 date=1286829316][quote author=westend1 link=topic=74247.msg871269#msg871269 date=1286730186]Hit a rig 28 miles out. Ist fish, nice 5 lb snapper. Next 6 fish, slot reds. Is that normal?[/quote]Yes, reds moving offshore out of bays with fronts. Snapper sizes about right this time of year. Tell me what port your going out of and I'll send you some numbers for rocks and wrecks. Better and bigger fish on rocks normally. Rigs get hit hard. [/quote]Man, that sounds great! I will always be fishing out of Sabine Pass. Just got an offshore boat, and don't really know much about the offshore thing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.[/quote]First and foremost, go buy a book from Rik Jacobs. www.redsnapperfishing.com He publishes the book every year. Hands down the best book out there for bottom fishing Texas coast. You can either go with me or let me know when you go and I'll come with you. You need to learn your electronics very well and the rest is technique. There are a few tricks that are good to know. What type of bottom machnie do you have (brand/model)?Boat type/size?Engine type(s) size(s)?Fuel capacity?Range and miles per gallon?Sabine SpotsWreck 59.6 nautical miles 28.46.279 and 093.17.417Rocks 52.8 nautical miles 29.02.090 and 093.17.921 another 29.01.915 and 093.17.927Kingfish Spot/Snapper (many rocks in this area) 58.9 nautical miles28.40.501093.41.471and28.40.328093.42.321and28.40.512093.41.443Barge (bottom fish)39.3 nautical miles28.59.319093.47.095These are just a few numbers, but there are many many more. I will say that Sabine is a long run to deep water. i don't even go out of Galveston if i can help it because of that issue. If you go East of sabine it is closer, but it's still a ways to run. Right now the cooler water seems to be holding fish. Last weekend that water was inside 60 miles. The 145-160 feet of water seemed to hold better fish. Water temperatures below 80 degF held better fish. I need to get you to come with me. Not sure the model of my "bottom unit" It's a Furuno(sp) which does both GPS nav. and sonar. I bought a 2005 Robalo 24ft CC with twin Yamaha 150 fourstrokes(about 200 hours on them) It holds 175 gallons of fuel and burns about 14 gallons per hour cruising at 30 mph. At approx 2 mpg, my range is more than I will use, but I can already tell that 2 ft seas is about as much as i want to fish in.Thanks for the info. Hopefully I'll get calm enough water to get that far out sometime soon.[/quote]
bh89-2 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 Furuno is a very good unit. It's also what I use. If you can get the model number I will get a manual for it, unless you have one. You will eventually want to get another unit for use as a bottom machine. It's much better to navigate on one and be able to split your other bottom machine so you can zoom in on one side and look at the entire spectrum on the other. This allows you to look at the bottom 15 foot, as an example. Makes a little rock on one side much bigger with better definition of whats around it. Makes a huge difference.As for tackle, I can bring a bag and show you what I use. If your buying terminal tackle for bottom fishing, we can talk. I can likely make them cheaper than you can buy the supplies. Lead is VERY expensive now days. Two 8-oz lead weights, 200 lb leader, swivel, hooks, and loop softners will run you about 10 bucks for quality supplies. Feel free to call is you have any questions or wanna talk fishing 832-275-0116
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