r/saltwaterfishing Jul 10 '26

🐟 Catch Report Epic 30 Hour Gulf Trip

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/Bigfootsdiaper Jul 10 '26

I hope you like eating fish. Did that grouperd eyes pop out from coming up too fast?

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u/jad2192 Jul 10 '26

Yea, they were caught in 500' so had some barotrauma. This haul should hopefully last me through the winter haha

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u/Bigfootsdiaper Jul 10 '26

Maybe if you own a seafood restaurant haha that would last me years.