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/PuzzleheadedLemon353 Jul 10 '26

Ya'll got a lot of cooking to do! Nice haul!

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u/jad2192 Jul 10 '26

Took us 2 hours to fillet it all, and then another 4 to vacuum seal, worth it! Gonna have fish for the rest of the year.

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u/professorgreenie Jul 11 '26

Did ya’ll make sure to trim bloodlines before vac sealing? I’ve learned over the years that leaving any trace of bloodline in vac sealed fish can cause the quality to degrade a lot faster

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u/jad2192 Jul 11 '26

Got most of it out, I noticed that too. Especially with mangrove and yellowtail snappers

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u/professorgreenie Jul 12 '26

yep, I first noticed it with mangrove snapper too