12/28/2005
We finished the shooting season for the North East Angling TV show seen on Fox sports NY and NESN. The forecast called for light winds and seas of 1 foot or less. We left Sheep head Bay and headed south for the Blackfish area known as 17 Fathoms. By the time we arrived in the area the wind picked up to 20 knots and the seas where 3 to 4 feet.
Our guest was Captain Henry Feeney a very experienced fisherman from the Brooklyn area, despite the wind and sea conditions Captain Henry was able to put us on some real productive bottom and we caught some great Tog up to 14 pounds. Be sure to check out the show on Fox Sports NY and NESN click here for show times.
Tim C. Smith
We finished the shooting season for the North East Angling TV show seen on Fox sports NY and NESN. The forecast called for light winds and seas of 1 foot or less. We left Sheep head Bay and headed south for the Blackfish area known as 17 Fathoms. By the time we arrived in the area the wind picked up to 20 knots and the seas where 3 to 4 feet.
Our guest was Captain Henry Feeney a very experienced fisherman from the Brooklyn area, despite the wind and sea conditions Captain Henry was able to put us on some real productive bottom and we caught some great Tog up to 14 pounds. Be sure to check out the show on Fox Sports NY and NESN click here for show times.
Tim C. Smith
12/17/2005
I just returned from Florida and have access to a high speed connection so I uploaded some more photos from the last week of fishing out of Marco Island. This shot and the one below are of a 300 pounds goliath grouper being brought to the boat aboard Captain Bob Herman's Captain Liver. This fish was trolled on a diving plug on an offshore piece. Just a note about this awesome fishing. The Shimano Tekota 600 LC reel is a must for accurate depth control using PowerPro Line and deep diving Mann's Magnum plugs. It's smooth, strong just the right piece of equipment for this fishing
I just returned from Florida and have access to a high speed connection so I uploaded some more photos from the last week of fishing out of Marco Island. This shot and the one below are of a 300 pounds goliath grouper being brought to the boat aboard Captain Bob Herman's Captain Liver. This fish was trolled on a diving plug on an offshore piece. Just a note about this awesome fishing. The Shimano Tekota 600 LC reel is a must for accurate depth control using PowerPro Line and deep diving Mann's Magnum plugs. It's smooth, strong just the right piece of equipment for this fishing
This is a better shot of the fish at boatside. These monsters can reach 700 pounds. They are protected and must be released.
This is a shot of the catch from the day we went snapper fishing on a wreck 25 miles out of Marco. It was a nice bunch of Mangrove and Lane snapper. We caught all kinds of other stuff and there was a ton of action all day. Once again it was on Bob Herman's boat.
This is a real good shot of me and Bob with a couple of nice black grouper. This is the day that we trolled 18 grouper with 9 keepers.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Captain Al Lorenzetti
12/15/2005
Wes Little and I fished today for a short time from 1 pm to 4 pm. We did have a good time however. Wes caught this nice 30 pound Goliath Grouper (jewfish). We also had another keeper black grouper and dropped two other fish one of which was probably another goliath as he ran me into the debris and I broke him off. We spotted and hooked up a triple tail also. No tarpon hook-ups today however but it was beautiful, about 80 degrees, sunny and with 10 mile per hour winds. It was another great day on the water.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Wes Little and I fished today for a short time from 1 pm to 4 pm. We did have a good time however. Wes caught this nice 30 pound Goliath Grouper (jewfish). We also had another keeper black grouper and dropped two other fish one of which was probably another goliath as he ran me into the debris and I broke him off. We spotted and hooked up a triple tail also. No tarpon hook-ups today however but it was beautiful, about 80 degrees, sunny and with 10 mile per hour winds. It was another great day on the water.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
12/14/2005
I fished today with Wes, Scott and Wayne. We had a good time and yet put nothing in the boat. Oh, excuse me, we did boat a permit about 10 pounds caught on a jig. We then went trolling for grouper but did not catch any. Instead, we hooked up 3 tarpon up to 150 pounds. This is one about 100 pounds taking a jump with the plug in its mouth. Scott fought it for about 10 minutes and had him right to the boat when the hook pulled. It was fun.
I fished today with Wes, Scott and Wayne. We had a good time and yet put nothing in the boat. Oh, excuse me, we did boat a permit about 10 pounds caught on a jig. We then went trolling for grouper but did not catch any. Instead, we hooked up 3 tarpon up to 150 pounds. This is one about 100 pounds taking a jump with the plug in its mouth. Scott fought it for about 10 minutes and had him right to the boat when the hook pulled. It was fun.
This is a shot from the other day. Harry and Bill ready to release a small Goliath Grouper (jewfish). This is just a baby. They grow up to 700 pounds. They can swallow a man whole when fully grown. They are protected and cannot be kept.
This is Wes with a small triple tail we caught. Scott spotted the fish hanging by a pot buoy. Wes fed him a live shrimp and he jumped on it. A very good fight and they are great eating. We released it however.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Captain Al Lorenzetti
12/13/2005
I fished with Wes Little today and we had a good time. It was a little cool and windy in the morning but it got much better as the day went on. We caught a couple of grouper on the troll. One was a throw back and one was a good fish at about 29 inches and 12 to 15 pounds. One of our fishing buddies Alan, had a good day with a couple of keeper grouper, a 100 pound tarpon and a 33 inch snook on the troll all on a piece out in the Gulf. We took a run south to White Horse Key looking for tarpon and permit but didn't connect. We did get a good report about tarpon and permit in another area so we will hit that tomorrow. Yesterday I didn't do a report but we only fished late in the afternoon after Wes flying in from NY. We caught a few jacks, mangrove snapper and a small snook. I forgot to mention that at the end of the day today while running back to Marco we ran across a huge school of bluefish from 1 to 3 pounds. We caught a bunch and headed for the barn. I think that tomorrow has the potential to be a good day of fishing.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
I fished with Wes Little today and we had a good time. It was a little cool and windy in the morning but it got much better as the day went on. We caught a couple of grouper on the troll. One was a throw back and one was a good fish at about 29 inches and 12 to 15 pounds. One of our fishing buddies Alan, had a good day with a couple of keeper grouper, a 100 pound tarpon and a 33 inch snook on the troll all on a piece out in the Gulf. We took a run south to White Horse Key looking for tarpon and permit but didn't connect. We did get a good report about tarpon and permit in another area so we will hit that tomorrow. Yesterday I didn't do a report but we only fished late in the afternoon after Wes flying in from NY. We caught a few jacks, mangrove snapper and a small snook. I forgot to mention that at the end of the day today while running back to Marco we ran across a huge school of bluefish from 1 to 3 pounds. We caught a bunch and headed for the barn. I think that tomorrow has the potential to be a good day of fishing.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
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