GOFC Blog | Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club

12May

Catch and Release at its Best

By Carlos Morales | May 12th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Ed Ellett, Gag Grouper, Mark Rustemier, red snapper | Comments Off

Dr. Mark Rustemier, past GOFC President, takes week vacation from North Carolina VA duties and revisits some past Cedar Key […]

16Apr

By Carlos Morales | April 16th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Inshore | Carlos Morales, tripletail | Comments Off

Scratching another fish off the list, Carlos’ dad was able to catch his first ever Tripletail.

10Apr

By Carlos Morales | April 10th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Tim Pedersen, Travis Creamer | Comments Off

Closing hours of a great day trolling for some kings ended up boating 17 ranging from 2-10lbs.

02Apr

By Carlos Morales | April 2nd, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Carlos Morales, John Byatt, kingfish | Comments Off

On our inaugural Kingfish trip for 2017, a friendly blue runner helped bring aboard this foul-hooked 18.5lb specimen.

29Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 29th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | amberjack, Mark Haberman, shark | Comments Off

While fishing the barge off of Cedar Key a full grown shark took a nice chunk out of a very […]

25Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 25th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Dale Reed | Comments Off

an AJ trip that Chic ended up with a hook in the thumb

23Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 23rd, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | amberjack, Carlos Morales, John Byatt, Nia Morales | Comments Off

John and Carlos double hooked on amberjacks. At one point, all 3 of us were hooked up. Insanity ensues.

18Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 18th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | amberjack, Carlos Morales, Nia Morales | Comments Off

On her first AJ trip ever, Nia quickly discovered why we call them Reef Donkeys. This specimen came in at […]

17Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 17th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | amberjack, David Patterson | Comments Off

A little rough last weekend, but we made it out ~25-30 miles from Steinhatchee. 4 legal AJs for the morning, […]

08Mar

By Carlos Morales | March 8th, 2017 | Hot Shots, Offshore | Dale Reed, Hal Wilson, Ross McElroy | Comments Off

A happy Captain and crew after a day fishing a wreck off Cedar Key