This Saturday John D, Matt and I planned on running out to Pelican Reef for some bottom fishing, and maybe a little trolling for kings, but as fate would have it we ended up on 8A once again. As we headed SE to Pelican, we made a joint decision to forego the savage seas and run with them instead of against them by turning the bow to the NE and running to the Old Faithful inshore reef that has turned into my home away from home-8A. As we trolled around once we got there and looked for a good spot to anchor up, I dropped a ballyhoo behind us and it didn't take long to get the bonita to hit. After that we fished hard and ended up with 10 or so sea bass and had to (heartbreakingly) throw back a few NICE red snappers. This was John's personal best snapper and he, to say the least, was unhappy to throw it back, as I was when I threw back my 6-8 pounder. Matt had a few great hits but he was never able to get them out of the rocks. As usual in the summer time, the thunderstorms in the late afternoon kicked up and it was a little wet coming in, but all in all, it was worth the run out.
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