The sun was out, but the wind was blowing - which kind of made for a slow afternoon at the docks.
However it didn’t keep the folks away. The bleachers were full and people were roaming up and down.

We did have a few fish to come in - a 12.6-pound king mackerel, a 3.4-pound triggerfish, that later got knocked off by a 5.8-pounder trigger caught by Rick Mealer of Decatur, Ala., aboard the Melanie Dawn with Capt. Bud Miller.

Capt. Miller said they were fishing about six miles off the beach and he really didn’t want to venture out in further. “It was too much for me,” Miller said.
They also weighed in a 5.4-pound triggerfish.

A few minutes later a young Patrick walked up with a pinfish to weigh. And of course Weighmaster Bruce Cheves worked his magic to get the fish to weigh 1 pound, so the kid could receive his certificate and rod and reel. This time, he weighed the fish while it was still in the net - which brought the weight up to 1.8-pounds. Another successful recipe.

About 15 minutes later, the New Florida Girl’s American Spirit with Capt. Jim Green pulled in at the Rodeo.

“It was a windy and sloppy day,” Capt. Green said. They were fishing about eight miles off the beach down near Navarre.

Jeff Eisner of Kentucky did manage to pull in a 4.2-pound red grouper for a daily award.
Eisner’s catch brought the count for the number of fish entries up to 581.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
Don’t forget the scales are open daily from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on the docks behind AJ’s.
See you there.
-Tina Harbuck

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