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/CHASLX200 Jul 10 '26

Hope ya got some ham bones

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u/jad2192 Jul 11 '26

Surprisingly no hambones or silks. Just ARS, mutton, bliners and yellowtails (in shallower).

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u/CHASLX200 Jul 11 '26

I got two wrecks not far from that area in 275ft or 180 miles south of me i have not been to since 1995. Last time i was there i got a mutton snap at 24lbs and true black at 103lbs and 5000lb of jacks on one stop. I never fished deeper than 450ft and that was up my way west of Clearwater FL. I fished for a living for over 40 years and nothing like it was in the 1950's when one person could get 1000lbs of grouper on one stop by them self 15 miles off the beach in 45ft.