OT- No Cooking BUT WOW what a day

Sonny3

My wife's son and I decided we had enough of cooking and house guests so we decided to have a day for ourselves.  Loaded up the boat this morning and took off for Port Canaveral to try our luck.

The day was absolutely beautiful.  Light winds, high seventies and calm waters.  We made a stop to cast net some bait and hit the water.

We caught a variety of fish, but these two beauties absolutely made the day, the trip and a fishing trip that will be remembered for a long time to come.

This is mine. Measured 47-48 inches and we estimate it to be about 45-50 pounds.  Had to use an educated guess on the weight because the on-board scale pegged at 30.  And yes I was struggling to hold it for all the pictures Andy was taking.



This is Andy's.  His measured a few inches shorter and we guess it to be between 40-45.



WOW WHAT A DAY.  So good in fact we are going at it again in the morning.  The weather and tide reports look to be a mirror image of today.  Thursday we have a front moving in so we are not taking any chances.

SGH

Brother it looks like a great time to me. Nothing better than fishing except for maybe eating them. Awesome brother!!

Legume

Damn - what a great time that must've been.  Congrats and thanks for posting.  Good luck tomorrow.

northGAcock

Those are some butes.....You are going to have to get the xxLarge for those

slovelad

Just a TAd bit over the slot... But the big ones don't taste good anyway ! Great catch! Love some bull reds!

Sonny3

@northGAcock , XXL not required.  We have a slot limit here in FL.  If I got caught with these they would take my boat and fines too.

Mosca

They always make me think of Jack Nicholson & Stephen King.

Thatgrimguy

Now, let's see these bad boys on the egg!  *(edit: nevermind just read about the slot)

bgebrent

Looks like a ton of fun!!  Great day for you!

onedbguru

I see egging in your future...