countryjwh

my brother caught the state record barrel fish last year out of dauphin island. we catch yellow edge snowies tilefish barrel fish and long finned sea bass. i will try and find pics of our deep drop trips.

reelfinatical

There isa number in Supermap for Dumping Grounds - I've never been out there so I can't confirm or deny this number.<DIV class=olLayerGeoRSSTitle>DUMPING GROUNDS (1680 to over 1750' of water, 67nm from PCola, 77nm from Destin)</DIV><DIV class=olLayerGeoRSSSubtitle>N 029 22.826
W 087 15.863</DIV><DIV class=olLayerGeoRSSSubtitle></DIV><DIV class=olLayerGeoRSSSubtitle></DIV>

spinealigner

The replies sound pretty encouraging regarding deep dropping for different species in the area. Never considered world record potential considering most people now use electric gear. We only use conventional gear and the deepest we have tried is around 700'. I know, that is a lot of reeling but if you want you can tag team it and plus pushing a buttom just doesn't do much for me.

Freespool

Check out some of the reports JHOGUE has posted from the Hog Wild, they crushed em all summer

countryjwh

heres a pic from our last trip last year. problems this year has yet to let us get out but we still gonna try

spinealigner

That's a nice haul of fish. For the yellow edge grouper,do they prefer the same type of bottom structure asthe gags and reds? Trying to target these type of fish but really don't know what is required on the bottom as far as terrain or structure to hold these type of groupers.