Offshore out of Port O'Connor, Texas Taking the Fish Pro Trophy 25 miles out looking for Red Snapper

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This video was recorded in Port O'Connor, Texas, around June 19th.

I went 25 miles offshore, depending where you measure from. If you measure from the surf side of the big jetties it is 23.5 miles, if you measure from the bay side it is 25. The first place I stop at is called the "Triples", it is an old crain tower and can be seen from the big jetties. It is about 10-12 miles out and you have some cell reception. The second place I go to is the same as the previous video but I did not have the same luck, but I did catch fish. The coordinates are N 28 06.784' W096 14.774', depth is around 92 feet, this is a wreck so you can try different drift lines to look for fish on different sides of the wreckage.

The mangrove snapper I caught was in federal waters and according to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council the 2022 regulations state the fish must be 12 inches total length and you are allowed a 10 snapper aggregate bag limit which includes gray, mutton, yellowtail, cubera, queen, blackfin, wenchman, and silk snappers.
https://gulfcouncil.org/fishing-regul...


The stop at the "Triples" did not have any success. There was little to no current so drifting was very slow.

I will add some information to my website this week so please look there if you have any questions, I will try to add more details there.


July 11-14th I was in Aransas Pass, Texas, doing some more offshore fishing. I was launching out of Port Aransas (Port A) so I would not have to waste the gas driving the ski all the way. The first day the waves were so bad I turned around after about 6 miles and just fished the jetties and some of the inland waters, no luck, but I also did not bring the gear for this type of fishing.

The second day I was able to make it further offshore and found a couple of rigs to fish from. I tried to drift but the waves kept pushing me too close to the structure and I was not willing to damage the ski for some fishing. I tried a couple other places but did not have any luck.

On the last day, Sunday, I launched out of Packery Channel and I was able to get out to Liberty reef (N 27 34.057', W 096 51.582') and do some drifting across one of the wrecks and caught a couple of fish. The red snapper was too short so he went back but I caught a Lane snapper which I kept, it was about 15" (legal size in federal waters is 8" with a 20 reef fish combined total bag limit).

After leaving Liberty reef I went to 775 Reef (N 27 38.604, W 097 00.356'). This reef is a combination of concrete pyramids and other items which stretches across several acres. I only stayed in a small section but was able to pull out another Lane snapper. This is also in federal waters so the same rules still applied.

I used either full finger mullet or cut up finger mullet as bait at these locations.

This was pretty much my entire trip. Hope you have enjoyed watching this video.

website is www.texaspwcfishing.com

Contact: [email protected]

Rods and Reels
Penn Squall II left hand with size 30 reel, 30lb braid
Penn Fierce III 3500 spinning reel 30 lb braid

Buffalo Gear 40"x18" fish bag

The ski and trailer
2022 Seadoo Fishpro Trophy
2021 Karavan aluminum trailer WCA-1250-46-L

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