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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Traveling Angler- Out of State Reports => Topic started by: harbison on June 26, 2021, 01:26:54 PM
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Florida Inshore Fishing (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/1(184).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/e17b3181-9096-4453-85d0-49a7ed5cb72c) Many decades ago the Tampa Middle Grounds miles of grass flats was home to huge schools of trout: (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/2(166).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/d272015b-9895-4586-9f8e-cd45d0d2db32) The boat of the day was a 14 foot plywood boat manufactured in Tampa by the Drewy Boat Company and powered by the power-house: (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/3(153).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/a539d98d-9856-49e2-9f79-73f2d16348cd)Ten HP was considered excessive.Note the gas tank attached to the 'kicker.' Two gallons was enough for an extended all-day trip to the far off (1 mile off Gandy Bridge) Grounds. Outboard weight 75 pounds. Today we still fish, not Tampa, but the Florida Middle Grounds...(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/4(139).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/1efdbae5-28be-49b1-916e-fd8ba8a1d7cc)Not for Trout, but for American Red Snapper:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/18(72).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/b4839a92-cbb3-482c-b0fb-9aac4facd769)Instead of one mile off Gandy we are fishing 100 miles off Tampa Bay. That 4 HP 'kicker' has grown to as much as a 450 HP masterpiece of pure power.(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/5(132).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/713c1ea4-7fdb-47d4-84a2-fc8745b39aae)Instead of 75 pounds the 450 YAMAHA hits the scales at 689 pounds. Instead of costing $299.99, the SUPERCHARGED beast cost in excess of $50,000.00. Instead of a two gallon gas tank, a Middle Grounds Outboard will require tanks in excess of 100 gallons. Probably good reasons to get-back to Florida inshore fishing. First up the fun to catch, great to eat, Red Fish:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/6(127).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/1c7f4c49-5401-430d-b047-017e668fbae5)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/7(119).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/4b02bfca-fb29-42fd-bed4-ae790ac8d6bf)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/8(113).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/6a25d39b-4b59-42a4-8b06-62c9ecec465c)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/9(105).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/350cad2c-b3ef-4d9e-b76d-e5ff78e28875) Loved to watch Tripletail float by while Tarpon fishing under the Howard Frankland Bridge at night: (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/10(107).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/8972c94c-224f-411c-a5cf-47aa4eb6871d)Never did figure to catch them. More study needed.An all time insure favorite is Snook. Will never forget watching Will catch huge Snook off the Hubbard's Dock with a hand line. He used a very heavy line & had the fighting fish on the dock before the mighty fighter had a chance to fight back.:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/11(101).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/abf1ca69-743f-4c17-901a-9c19b15daeb2)Wade fishing along Dunedin Causeway was home to many epic battles, battles usually won by the Snook.More often than not the you-can't-catch-me Snook would jump and throw the hook. (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/12(103).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/ecedea73-cd66-4257-9f74-cd1bfb602401)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/13(102).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/67729be4-8e45-455c-b164-8ae998172c77)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/14(91).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/6b12a95c-7d27-40d3-a7d1-eed856050bff) Never Snook fished at night: (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/15(88).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/267c1d29-eff2-45d4-bbdf-f6d712795672)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/16(89).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/b417b49e-1990-4e64-b737-9abff7c2e6e5/p/e6df0c91-e69c-4863-8caf-337b28c82ec0)Any night Snook fishermen out there?Trout, Red Fish, Tripletail, Snook...Probably good reasons to get-back to Florida inshore fishing. 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credits
Yamaha Outboards
Wikipedia
NOAA
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