Early morning start -
I started out flyfishing with a Bonefish Bitter fly. These grouper are feisty little fish.
I caught three of them (and one wrasse, but I didn't take a picture of it). Each one seemed to get smaller than the one before it.
These guys hide out under the rocks and coral heads - knowing the fish in the area you are at means you can always catch a fish.
BTW, everything except the last fish (in the last post, coming up in two posts) was caught and released.
The grouper in the second picture took the hook pretty deep, I had to go back in, grab a pliers and take the hook out. I went ahead and grabbed by light spinning rod and after the tiny guy in the picture with the fly reel for size comparison, I figured I try casting a lure.
I had a good hit - a Yellow Spot Trevally - about 10 pounds. I was going to keep it, but I couldn't get a noose around it's tail and at one point, it was able to get off the hook. I did send it off with a lot of expletives and cursing, but you should only take what you can eat.
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