Me and Arunram went back out to Vilano today for a day of fishing. Was another hard day in terms of finding the fish. None of the fish were in their normal tides today Couldn't find a Red fish to save our lives. As a last ditch effort to conserve our dignity, we decided to go after some Whiting. Did pretty well on them Caught my first ever LEGAL Sea Bass. 2 in fact.

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That's a nice mess of fish. We went yesterday, couldn't bring anything in at the jetties. Caught a 15" sheepshead at Vilano Bridge. We were on the last of the incoming/first of the outgoing - it was tough finding biters also.

Nice fish. Way to turn your day around and get some good eats. Hard to beat those seabass for taste! Yummy.
Great job.

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If i'm not mistaken See bass is closed until June? Correct me if i am wrong. nice bag tho

That's only in federal waters. In-shore Sea Bass stay unchanged. i know, its confusing.

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gotcha

It was great fishing with you Saturday man. The bite sure was tough. The bluefish and ladyfish bite was insane. I have already bought two gotcha plugs yesteday!

Arun.

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Good idea man. Ill have to go get a few gotcha's too. There were sooo many Spanish in that inlet too.

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You are right. Now I have some in gold color, a couple in silver/chart and white/red color! That was like a good day of bass fishing, constant catch and release.

Arun.

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Nice catching guys. A few years back, I remember catching good numbers of keeper sea bass and mangos at the bridge and rocks in Vilano. That was before the cold winters we had because since then I've caught them but mostly shorts. Hopefully this is a good sign for those fish populations here in shore. Good job again!

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You better get while the gettins good Steve, pretty soon word in the sea will get out and the fish are gonna hear that Spot Lock a mile a way and run for cover haha. Nice coolerful brother!

Thanks guys. Wasn't exactly what i wanted to go after but, better than nothing i suppose.

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At $3.99 a pound at the fresh seafood market, not a bad haul I would say.

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That's a good way to look at it Keith Thanks man.



Yah bro, ive been exploiting that troller every chance i get. Best investment ive ever made.



I haven't seen any real come backs just yet on the Mangrove Snapper, but the Reds have been doing very well. Really wish the Sea Bass were bigger in the river. 99% of them are very short and annoying. May be some improvement though. never caught legal Sea Bass before so... maybe.

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Ok and here's the finished product. My wifes kick ass Cajun fried Fish. The plate with the darker fried fish are Black Drum and Black Sea Bass, the one up close is Whiting.
was delicious.

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