Grandson’s Nice Florida Catch by Ed Valitutto

Posted on February 15, 2020 by kelli

My daughter and two of her three boys came down for a short visit to warmer Florida. Both boys wanted to do a little fishing so I took them to a dock on a feeder to Jupiter inlet where I had success on two prior trips catching mangrove snappers, croakers and a catfish. The boys had fun catching small snappers which despite our best efforts often became meals for the pelicans. But we did get two nice keepers. Jacoby is holding a very nice Snapper and Braddock has a very impressive Sheepshead! The second picture shows our breakfast the following morning. The Sheepshead is the four pieces on the bottom.

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