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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Traveling Angler- Out of State Reports => Topic started by: harbison on November 07, 2021, 07:34:44 PM
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Huge Early November Catch
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/1(245).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/a63bf0c7-76fc-48ef-b5b8-4d39c6caf285)As a Florida native it is my privilege and honor to showcase our Heaven on Earth to a nation eager to learn what the Sunshine State is all about. For over seventy years I have been fishing our waters and hunting our woods. What a ride it has been. (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/34(28).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/54663271-bb13-4fec-92c8-8ac5669e67ef)And the ride continues. On 10/22/21 we were honored to welcome a gentleman from the great state if Tennessee.(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/2(224).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/52c0c050-c919-4c8e-93b7-fc2addedcc54)A gentleman who will now an for ever more be known as the Sailfish Master. It was the Master's first trip on the Florida Fisherman II. Using a boat rod he caught one of the biggest Sailfish ever caught on the Florida. Being a true sportsman the great fish was released to fight again. Tennessee Dave, a regular on the Florida, is more than willing to travel many miles to fish our waters:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/3(211).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/078c6784-4c23-4cff-9402-55095663cff1)Dave is a good friend, a real gentleman, and a very good fisherman. He writes:"After seeing how well those Tennessee boys did, I got on the next Tuesday trip. (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/4(201).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/30127355-0322-40bf-99b5-7af0b8fc821c)The Gag Grouper Bite is HOT:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/5(188).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/615df9c4-8cf9-4024-89e6-0d340ec11af9)As the weather cools the Bite will get even HOTTER!(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/6(44).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/7e52812a-5b93-486f-a22e-46e92821587b)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/7(173).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/e68c84c5-c714-4828-88c1-0ea24659721e)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/8(45).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/31415469-640c-4501-8f29-2a904f841c02)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/9(151).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/82048351-ea61-4ffe-bcef-573716cb07f7)What an honor welcoming ladies to the deck of the Florida:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/10(152).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/255e577f-5793-4e2c-a16f-c2f751e74426)These ladies, these real women, are just as much at home on the water as they are in their own homes:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/11(142).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/6f248d87-5021-443c-a5d3-58f9b1074cb6)Dave, that's a beautiful Mangrove Snapper:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/12(148).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/c4fdbca7-0e29-469a-97a1-12049dce68b7)The bite continues:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/13(43).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/13388f29-1a93-4f4a-b124-6546a94aeba8)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/14(52).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/8b9be8fe-1f75-4aad-9cf4-2e263659c006)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/15(47).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/80a25518-0ffc-4c99-88f1-6d2a25e674f9)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/16(46).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/dc81939e-e356-4226-bad4-c58da27b3114)Mangrove Snapper can be caught in rivers, bays, close to shore, and well offshore. The offshore 'Mango' runs much larger than his/her closer to shore cousins:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/17(53).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/5baf4ae5-4954-4a66-8d7b-f4792ff5fd92)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/18(50).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/613cf293-8455-4dd0-8b56-860788fba838)And the 'catch' is just the beginning:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/19(88).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/20aa0b61-7ab8-4753-b757-7e5098150532)Often the women take us to school. Watch 2 minutes 45 seconds into the video ( end of report) as Estelle shares one of her many secrets:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/20(82).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/98e3b353-8d33-42df-86b4-347a0811dad6)The American Red Snapper:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/21(42).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/e78fff27-189a-4887-953d-a06d884f2ed1)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/22(76).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/3f651f27-8392-4ba4-b7e6-01df9dd59587)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/23(36).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/42362f32-683b-4e49-b450-45e092d15f61)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/24(40).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/855f87e1-dbbd-465a-879b-f5a3ddde1416)Talk about a match made in Heaven:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/25(66).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/49990c65-fe45-4955-993a-e75e8fc2aa13)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/26(67).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/178c3f21-fa0d-433f-bc92-c9bbcbdbeeff)WOW!(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/27(55).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/9f3c49ee-df53-4c78-b3c4-e11163223011)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/28(57).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/23afdae9-2125-4929-8b0f-60642185fd4c)It's been a long hard-fought night day:(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/29(38).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/3eb106c7-e6ee-43ff-bc6b-57bc32f2996f)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/30(42).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/c22bcb67-46fc-4564-803b-18623a1ce94d)(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/31(34).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/dc7deb5e-6e1f-4702-b558-9d5dd295204f)The 'secrets' of Estelle:
As a Florida native it is my privilege and honor to showcase our Heaven on Earth to a nation eager to learn what the Sunshine State is all about. (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/uu162/harbisonphoto/32(37).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/harbisonphoto/a/04af049a-1897-4335-9e82-30ebf54305ab/p/f25d7d9c-d1c1-4ff4-8351-5e1fa2cc4d17)