Snapper are biting in Marathon

[drichitt]

Got "out" to the blue water yesterday. The northern edge of that meandering warm flow of water was only 3.5 miles off the beach. That's closer than running from Sandy Point ramp to TPL. It was almost too calm. As most of you know, I am fairly new to the offshore stuff but am a quick learner and will put my time in to learn.

Didn't find many bunches of floating sargassum grass but what we found we worked. I had set-up a spread of 4 trolling rods; 3 of them rigged with Billy Baits (Mini Turbo Slammers in lime green and pink trimmed with mylar) and one with a pink Rattle Jet. Worked up to 10-12 miles offshore but never found much activity. Did find some Bonita chasing bait and picked up 5-6 small Bonita in the 24-28" range. Not what I was hoping for but every trip is a learning experience and boy is that blue water beautiful. I have a few local fishing friends that are helping me get organized and am open to any help and suggestions from my northern brethren. Thanks cletus9000.....off to the local tackle shop. I have a few 3-4" chugger type surface plugs; what size did you use and what trolling speed would you suggest?