GOFC Blog | Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club

21Sep

First Triple Tail

By Carlos Morales | September 21st, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Travis Creamer, tripletail | Comments Off

Went out targeting Triple tail and ended up catching two over 13lbs a piece not bad for my very first […]

20Sep

Monster Cuda

By Carlos Morales | September 20th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Barricuda, Travis Creamer | Comments Off

We went out for a day of fishing for Spanish Macks and hopefully a big Kingfish, but instead I landed […]

04Sep

Marcia’s Cobia

By Carlos Morales | September 4th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Cobia, Ed Ellett, Marcia Ellet | Comments Off

Marcia logs a nice CCA Florida Star tournament entry on day before tournament ends. Cedar Key channel marker on live […]

27Aug

First, Cast Netted Shrimp EVER

By Carlos Morales | August 27th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Brandey Andersen, Ed Ellett, Shrimping | Comments Off

GOFC Shrimping fellowship, Crystal Cove Marina, Palatka, 8/26/17. There is something special about your first ever, cast netted shrimp. Brandey Andersen’s […]

19Aug

Cedar Key Surprise

By Carlos Morales | August 19th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | African Pompano, Phil Wagner | Comments Off

Caught this African Pompano in 58′ off Cedar Key

17Aug

Wish they were all like this one!

By Carlos Morales | August 17th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Ed Ellett, Shrimping, Tom Bacsik | Comments Off

Palatka, St Johns River, with fellow GOFC member Tom Bacsik – mostly medium size – 3.5-4 gallons in morning trip, 5 […]

13Aug

What Jumbo scallop meat looks like – Charlie Courtney, event leader, and, Ed Ellett model

By Carlos Morales | August 13th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Charlie Courtney, Ed Ellett, Scallops | Comments Off

Did some exploring in targeted area and found some nice, jumbo meat size scallops.

13Aug

The joy of finding scallops

By Carlos Morales | August 13th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Ed Ellett, Marcia Ellett, Scallops | Comments Off

GOFC learnament trip – Charlie Courtney event leader and Captain – pictured, Marcia Ellett

10Aug

Middle Grounds Adventure

By Carlos Morales | August 10th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Phil Wagner | Comments Off

This was our bounty from an overnight trip to the Middle Grounds that included myself, Dale Reed, Rob Suter and […]

07Aug

African Pompano

By Carlos Morales | August 7th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | African Pompano, Phil Wagner | Comments Off

This was one of two African pompano caught in 58′ off Cedar Key in early July.