The "Hog Wild" left the dock from The Beach Marina a little after 10:30pm on
Thursday. After a comfortable ride we tied off to an oilrig to catch some
bait and to allow the captain to get a little rest.

By 6:30am, we were all ready for the search of the trophy Red Snapper. We
bounced a few spots, picking up a few nice snapper in the 10-15 lb range, plus one nice cobia roughly weighing in around 40 lbs. Then Captain Ron put us on the haven of snapper we had been looking for. The first snapper here was the biggest of the trip he tipped the scales at just under 30lbs.

The next few fish landed were a respectable 26 and 24lbs, but didn't quite measure up to the first. That spot produced five snapper over 20 lbs, 2 of which were over 25 lbs. Daniel even landed one that just broke 21lbs. Wayne seemed to be the only one who could land a nice grouper weighing in about 20lbs.

The rest of the day Friday produced some nice fish, many nice snapper ranging
anywhere from 8lbs to 18lbs were caught. We fished the day and found a rig with good lights to tie up to for the night. The next day we finished up the trip by loading the boat with a great catch of trigger for the freezer and another Cobia.

We don't charter boats too often but after this trip we will be regulars on the Hog Wild. There's not many trips that you come home with 22 snapper in the 15 to 30 lb range. Captain Ron and Tony were great, we have already booked another trip with them.