Anglers brave rough Gulf for fish

With Tropical Storm Edouard churning in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday anglers braved the choppy waters to bring in some nice catches.
Anglers from Kansas and Iowa hauled in a good catch of king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, red snapper and black snapper while fishing with Capt. Scott Robinson aboard the Stress Relief.
“It was a little choppy out there, but it still beats a hurricane coming at us,” Capt. Robinson said as he stepped off the boat.
He said the seas were three to four feet and that they reeled in the mackerel around the sea buoy and pulled in the red snapper about 10 miles out. And Monday was the last day to do that with the snapper.
As of Tuesday, red snapper are closed in federal waters. State water, which is up to nine miles out in the Gulf, is still open for two red snapper per person. However if you catch one in federal water, past nine miles, it has to go back.
The party boat Destiny backed in with a big catch of red snapper, lane snapper, mingo and white snapper and the New Florida Girl’s American Spirit had several stringers of the same.
Anglers on the Special K with Capt. Andy Vaughn landed a limit of red snapper, three king mackerel and a couple of bonito.
The Backdown 2 with Capt. Gary Jarvis had a nice rack of red snapper, king mackerel, triggerfish and lane snapper.
Capt. Tony Davis and his group aboard the Anastasia reeled in several king mackerel on a six hour trip. Capt. Davis said it was a bit rough with waves “a good four feet.”
Texas anglers on the Fish-N-Fool with Capt. Mike Eller pulled in some big red snapper, king mackerel, amberjack, red grouper and three or four barracuda.
Anglers on the Sunrise with Capt. Kelly Windes had a nice catch of red snapper, amberjack and king mackerel.
With Edouard moving on land Tuesday, maybe the Gulf of Mexico will calm down now and make it a little easier for you anglers to try and catch fish.
See you at the docks.