Power drifting with big jigs tipped with cut grunt will ... Gag grouper up to 30 pounds prefer the deep water reefs and ledges. Red grouper are found in shallower water on the deep wrecks and ...

"We are catching some big grouper pretty close to shore," he said. "They are in shallow water, not more than 5 ... Gag grouper are notorious tackle busters. They will grab a bait then head for ...

Grouper digging in the gulf picked up some this ... but it has become a chore finding more than a keeper or two in the chilly water. Amberjack brawling has remained consistent but you still ...

All who wet a line both shallow and deep ... water depth, these fish havens are currently hosting large schools of the feisty mackerel. Heavy chumming with frozen block combined with casting jigs ...

"I have no idea what that grouper was doing there," said Latham. "There wasn't more than two feet of water there ... to Don Cessna of Ray's Bait and Tackle in Englewood. "I went out Tuesday ...

scamp grouper and vermillion snapper, coupled with pelagic varieties of blackfin tuna and the occasional dorado, require excursions of more than 80 nautical miles Once on the deep-water scene ...

Water temps, though, remain favorable for near-shore grouper fishing. This would include bottom fishing or trolling with diving lures such as Mann's Stretch 25's. Hunting in 25-to-35-feet of water ...

While the overall angling effort is down, the catching is up for those choosing to prospect shallow and deep ... made long runs to the grouper grounds a pleasure. Water depths greater than ...