Tampa Bay Grouper Spots and Tips - How to find and catch Gag Grouper

[@SlyyDawgg]

Hey brother, just moved to st pete right by Oneils marina. Where do you find grouper with different times of year. Like when the waters warm or cold. Deep, shallow, ect

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Alot of gag grouper move inside 100 ft in the winter.

[@rickeyortutay6697]

Love the video im late coming in but very informative

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Jason-wx7ms]

Have you fished the st Pete beach reef? With the army tanks? Is that worth a try?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Not in years

[@joshuabehnke6287]

its very hit and miss there. everyone knows about it so it gets hit really hard it can hold bait and kingfish around it sometimes and snapper at night

[@joshboyd6570]

What's the chance on catching keeper grouper closer to shore (one mile reefs off anna marie)? I've been looking at that Sea Doo Fish Pro jet ski lately (a little bit of fish and play ya know?) and I'm not sure I see myself taking it close to the pipline. I feel like 5-10 miles would be max?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

There are some good ledges over there but they got burned by red tide. In a few years....

[@kevinpuertovlogz]

Wow! Nice catch idol. Ang Galing nyo idol napanood ko yung vlog mo. Full support na po. Keep it up. Watching from argao. Keep safe and God bless always🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤🐟🐟🐟🐟⛵⛵⛵⛵😊😊😊😊☺

[@Mr.JayOutdoors]

Ive searched and still not able to find the location of those reefs near the gas line

[@HeadFirstFishing]

The natural reefs or the mitigation reefs they built?

[@Mr.JayOutdoors]

@@HeadFirstFishing i just found the gas pipeline but i wasn't able to find neither reef

[@HeadFirstFishing]

They should be marked on navionics. Zoom in to .2 mi

[@Mr.JayOutdoors]

@@HeadFirstFishing is there away i can screenshot and send you what im getting

[@HeadFirstFishing]

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[@reelfishing002]

Question: how do you do it to keep your pin fish alive and not get chew up by other pin fish , BEFORE the grouper can get to it ?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

I never have that issue.

[@reelfishing002]

I was at the skyway pier , toss out a pin fish , after a couple of min , no bites , I reel it in and the eyes, throat, belly were all chew up and the pin fish is dead , so it beats the purpose of live bait . I found out it was other pin fish because I’ve toss another baited pin fish and as it was going down along the piling I saw a whole school of pin fish and other small fish attacking it 🤦🏻‍♂️ I guess they can sense another fish in distress, wounded or injured (like the dinner bell) .

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Are you fishing with weight or freeline?

[@mattdav2961]

Without sharing spots, it would be great to learn more about reading the sonar with visuals as you discussed in this video.

[@jacknewman45]

Wow Awesome video, can you do a similar one for inshore species or Tarpon 🙏

[@HeadFirstFishing]

I will in a couple months.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

I have a bunch if videos to film in the chilling comong weeks, trout is up soon.

[@jb5676]

Would be nice to actually see the spots you are talking about on a map or google earth or something as opposed to just words. Maybe you can share some of your gps locations.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Hahaha yeah the exact coordinates.

[@jb5676]

Yup. That would be perfect!! 😂

[@HeadFirstFishing]

No can do my friend, but i promise if you browse around online and with your sonar you'll find it.

[@tylerhawley1273]

Lol this guy