[CDB]

I think I have one. Had to bribe him with gear, hopefully he doesn't destroy my stuff..

 

[Keithpayne]

I think I have one. Had to bribe him with gear, hopefully he doesn't destroy my stuff..

Either way it beats sitting at the house lol

 

[Capt.matt]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this trip has been canceled.

 

[CDB]

Well f$&$. They just cancelled.

 

[Capt.matt]

I believe we had several fishermen drop off because of the marginal weather.

 

[Greasylake]

I see y'all don't have any trips on the schedule the week of the 16th?

 

[day0ne]

What kind of boat do you run? Never fished the west gulf so not sure how much of a diff it is from the Tampa area in FL. We get a lot of Mangrove snapper over here offshore. Never dreamed i would cuss red snappers but they have become a pain on many of our places as they push the gags and other snappers out of the way.

He runs an 85' cat Galveston Party Boats INC

 

[Capt.matt]

I see y'all don't have any trips on the schedule the week of the 16th?

We are commercial fishing that week.

 

[Mangochas]

He runs an 85' cat Galveston Party Boats INC

At least it looks like it moves pretty fast. The party boats in my area all got cheap and run dead slow. Maybe one day if i am ever in TX i will give a shot. I hate driving at under 12knts. 20 to 24knts is much better. Nice web site.

 

[Capt.matt]

It turned out to be a good thing that this trip did not make, it’s blowing way harder than predicted here in the coast today.

 

[Mangochas]

Bring me some wind. Dead still over here as May does not give us much weather. Just hot and dry. Weather looks good for my 8 day trip next week.

 

[jbuyrum]

I hope the weather gets better for the 12th

 

[Illy]

If anyone needs to back out of the trip on the 12th I’d be happy to buy the ticket from you

 

[Saltynoob]

I'm getting excited. Can't wait till Thursday.

 

[SimpleJack]

On the 12 hour offshore trips, can anyone comment on the average depths that are usually fished?

 

[Tx_Balbuzard]

Capt Matt you reckon well get any deep drop trips on the scheddy this fall? Also, Dec or late Nov for the fall trips. This contractor life has my schedule extremely flexible.

 

[Capt.matt]

On the 12 hour offshore trips, can anyone comment on the average depths that are usually fished?

Outside of Red Snapper season 160-200 ft and during RS season we will sometimes fish as shallow as 60 ft. We had a really good 12 hour this past Saturday, we caught 760 Beeliners for 85 people. The 12s have been outstanding over the last month.

 

[Capt.matt]

Capt Matt you reckon well get any deep drop trips on the scheddy this fall? Also, Dec or late Nov for the fall trips. This contractor life has my schedule extremely flexible.

I have been working on the schedule, right now I’m thinking we will run a weekly deep drop trip from late August through the end of September and start tuna fishing around the beginning of October. That could change but I’m leaning that direction as the past few years tuna fishing hasn’t been good until after the first week or two in October.

 

[jbuyrum]

Capt Matt do you think we might go after some queens on Thursdays trip?

 

[Mangochas]

We gotta go out 90 miles+ to get into big beastyliners as i call them. South end of the middle grounds has been hammered out for years. Got some stuff 85 miles southwest of Clearwater in 240ft we get them to around 4 lbs or more. Been blowing here for days and looks like it will keeping on blowing this week and my 8 day trip starts Wends. Rare to get a northeast wind for days in May. Been seeing more lane snaps on the day trips to the south in 80ft the last few years. I guess you guys don't use bait buckets and got place on the rail to hold bait. One less thing to get under your feet.