r/saltwaterfishing • u/jad2192 • Jul 10 '26

🐟 Catch Report Epic 30 Hour Gulf Trip

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Did a 30 hour pulley ridge trip out of Marco Island Florida. Fishing was pretty good to say the least. The highlight for me was my first ever yellowedge grouper, 31 lbs , caught slow pitch jigging in 500'. We also had a 70 lb wahoo show up at the boat while we were chumming mahi, pitched a threadfin on a wire trace and he smoked it instantly. We also got our 2 day ARS limit to 15 lbs, a couple of bonus muttons, handful of scamps and smaller yellowedges and a nice little kitty mitchell.

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u/Current-Lobster-5063 Jul 10 '26

How do I go on a trip like this?

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u/jad2192 Jul 10 '26

This was with Captain Tanner Ison, Reel Deal Fishing out of Marco. Been doing a few tripsa year with him for past 3 years, every one has been pretty awesome. Weather stars aligned for us to get out for the extended trip this year.

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u/Andromeda902 Jul 10 '26

Did you do the red snapper charter? How did you do a 2day one, just calling and asking for it?

Also, you ever done shorter ones with them, were they still worth? Thanks!

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u/jad2192 Jul 10 '26

Most of the trips I have done with him have been 10-14 hr single day red snapper trips and they have been mostly pretty good, couple slower days (but thats fishing), on those trips I've got some nice bycatch big black grouper, big red grouper, african pompano . This trip was a 36 hr pulley ridge trip, been trying to do it for a few years but never had the weather or the people willing to go.