With Capt. Tony Langston behind the wheel of the partyboat Capt. John, the run to familiar waters about thirty miles offshore and to the area's wrecks and platforms in 70 ft. of water began. Five stops in that general area gave this catch to the 85 fishermen and their baits:
?Ģ 170 red snapper to 11#
?Ģ 27 lane snapper
?Ģ 18 mangrove snapper to 10#
?Ģ 1 gaugauanche
?Ģ 1 stingray of 75#
?Ģ 3 kingfish to 20#
?Ģ 1 Warsaw grouper
?Ģ 18 blue runner
?Ģ 2 bluefish
?Ģ 410 Atlantic spadefish (t/snapper)

Michael Raiborn & 7 year old son Dylan from Arlington each had red snapper limits to go along with Dylan's Atlantic spadefish and lane snapper.
Jim Marigliano, Dallas, Michael's dad,with a red snapper limit to 8#.
Aaron Hardin, Texas City, had a red snapper limit plus Atlantic spadefish.
Kenny Swanson, Galveston, had a red snapper limit to 7#
Barry Axelrod, Houston, with a red snapper limit to 6#, a 20# kingfish and the 75# stingray.
Patrick Lemire, Texas City - my catch included the gaugauanche, a relative of the barracuda family, Atlantic spadefish, a.k.a. tiger snapper, bluefish, a rare hookup with a porpoise that ate a whole squid and I immediately broke off, 4 mangrove snapper to 9# on a pink/chartreuse 1/2 oz. Snapper Slapper Jr that was sardine tipped and a red snapper limit to 8# on Carolina rigged Spanish sardines.