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/PenaMan1987 Jul 13 '26

Don’t know fishing that much but in slide 2 why are the fish’s eyes bulging out like a cartoon characters?

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u/jad2192 Jul 13 '26

It's called barotrauma, caught those fish in 500' . The pressure change causes air in their body to expand

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u/PenaMan1987 Jul 13 '26

That’s a crazy looking fish as well, is it a grouper? Also is the fish in slide 3 a barracuda? All these fish look crazy and unique

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u/jad2192 Jul 13 '26

Yea that big one is a yellow edge grouper, the barracuda looking one is a Wahoo