Deep Dropping Islamorada Humps for Grouper

Beata and I run out to the Islamorada humps for some deep dropping. Our target species for this trip is grouper! This is Beatas first time deep dropping and only my second time since getting my new Daiwa tanacom 1000 electric reel. Spoiler alert, we do catch grouper!
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*Electric Reel/Rod*
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*Inshore/Patchreef Reels* (all rods are just regular stocks)
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In this video:
It was a long day of fishing and luckily we were able to put some fish in the boat. Our first deep drop we used mahi bellies for bait. We had some nibbles but eventually had all our baits stolen. Then we deep drop some squid bait and had some more nibbles but no fish.

Time to try the barracuda as bait. I cut up some barracuda chunks from my last fishing trip and we drop that down. Sure enough we catch a yellow edge grouper. We go back on the same drift over the islamorada humps and sure enough we hook into a second grouper. This one was a snowy grouper.

At this point we call it a day with deep dropping and start trolling our weedless skirted squids in hopes of catching some mahi. We did get a hit and I saw a mahi jump, but after about an hour we decided to head back in. On the way in I stopped at a spot that looked good to check for lobster and sure enough I found some. I will be coming back for these lobster when the season opens up on Aug. 6th.

When we get home from our deep dropping trip I fillet the grouper, we make some pina colada and then head to the pool to relax after spending all day on the boat. Which can be surprisingly exhausting!

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