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Catch of the Day: August 23, 2012

See larger Bonita Bay resident Michael Liesmann caught a 33-inch and a 30-inch grouper using live pin fish while fishing 40 miles out past Bonita Bay Marina.

Bonita Bay resident Michael Liesmann caught a 33-inch and a 30-inch grouper using live pin fish while fishing 40 miles out past Bonita Bay Marina.

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  • Hillary Bostick, of Marco Island, and her friend Matt Ringland with three of the 14 huge red fish caught while fishing offshore with her father, Captain Andrew Bostick on Saturday, August 11. The largest fish they caught was almost 35 pounds.
  • A mutton snapper caught by Sharon Thomas of Naples.
  • Jon Harris is all smiles with his first snook caught off Marco Island. While fishing, Jon's wife gave birth to baby twins. It was the best day of his life.
  • Peyton Hornung, an eighth grader at The Canterbury School, lands a queen trigger fish in the Bahamas.
  • W.T. Pearson with a black grouper on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo.
  • Nick Pearson on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo.
  • W.T. Pearson on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo.
  • W.T. Pearson on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo.
  • Eric Root caught this nice 34-inch, 11 pound snook at Sanibel Island.
  • Maddy Werner with a 115-pound tarpon. It was caught and released during a recent trip with Captain Todd Geroy.
  • Eric Root, Colton Sayers and Isaac Garner caught these three huge snook at Sanibel Island.
  • A six-foot lemonhead shark that Rebecca Richardson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, caught off the beach at Wiggins Pass.
  • Christian Sommer, of South Africa, caught his first snook out of Wiggins Pass using a banjo minnow.
  • Shawn and Michael Moore with a nice snook while fishing in Estero Bay.
  • A gag grouper caught by Nat Pappagallo on calm waters. He caught it five miles off of Marco Island using shrimp on July, 5 2012.
  • Rhys and John-John Brossard with a small black tip caught off Marco Island on a chunk of ladyfish.
  • Becky Pacter, of Naples, reeled in a channel catfish while fishing in waters off Lover's Key on Saturday.
  • Mr. Sixto Soto with his son while fishing the back waters of Estero Bay.
  • John-John and Rhys Brossard with a 25-pound blacktip shark caught off Marco Island a live pin fish.
  • The Sandoval family, who are visiting from Bolivia, with their catch at Islamorada. This was their first time deep sea fishing.
  • Paxton Wienk in the Florida Keys.
  • Paxton Wienk in the Florida Keys.
  • Laura Pacter, of Naples, kisses her speckled sea trout. She caught it near Lover's Key State Park on Saturday. Pacter used live shrimp from Master Bait and Tackle.
  • A day on the FinDictive
  • Franciso Sandoval with a Dolphin and triggerfish.
  • Jason Brown and his wife, Gina, in front of the two-day haul for a group of five during Mini-Season in Marathon.
  • Justin Emens with another nice black grouper in Marathon during Mini-Season.
  • Thirteen-year-old Johnny Walker and Captain Todd Geroy with a seven-and-a-half-foot lemon shark. It was caught and released on August 20.
  • Two flathead catfish, 40 pounds and 15 pounds, caught by Jimmy Perry in Starkeville, Mississippi, where he attends school.
  • Bert Hoell and Cheryl Campis aboard the Opa Express III with their catch.
  • Trevor Davenport in the Florida Keys.
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  • Bonita Bay resident Michael Liesmann caught a 33-inch and a 30-inch grouper using live pin fish while fishing 40 miles out past Bonita Bay Marina.
  • Goliath grouper caught on cut bait at Caxambas Park by John and Sean Ozinga.
  • This 34-inch dolphin was caught by Brandon Gifford, of Naples, 40 miles off Gordon's Pass.
  • Ten-year-old Danny Walker and Captain Todd Geroy with a seven-and-a-half-foot lemon shark. It was caught and released on August 20.
  • Casey Zientek with a large sheepshead he caught and released.
  • Anthony Zientek with a large sheepshead he caught and released.
  • Margy Kormos showing off her catch.
  • Bob Kormos showing off his haul of fish.
  • Bob Kormos showing off his haul of fish.
  • Bert Hoell and Michelle Neilley aboard the Opa Express III with their catch.
  • Cassie and Stuart Ellins, who are visiting from England, were fishing on Dalis II about 30 miles out of Naples. They used cut bait when the big red grouper took the offering. The big one was 32 inches long, and it was certainly a keeper!
  • Alexis Troha, a Marco Island resident, caught this giant snook on a live thread fin and circle hook a couple miles off Marco Island.
  • This was caught off Naples beach with Shark On! Charters! Guides Victor Rapkoch and Mike Headly are holding the huge tarpon!
  • Holly Parker caught a 6-foot-4-inch, 140-pound tarpon at New Pass entrance to the Gulf off cut mullet. She fought it off for an hour and a half.
  • Jason Brown with a nice black grouper caught in Marathon.
  • Nick, Alec, Leslie, W.T. and Bill Pearson on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo. They caught 12 dolphins and 15 lobsters. W.T. and Nick jumped into the deep sea and speared two of them.
  • Nick, Alec, W.T. and Bill Pearson on a Pearson family trip at Key Largo. They caught 12 dolphins and 15 lobsters. W.T. and Nick jumped into the deep sea and speared two of them.
  • These red grouper were caught 20 miles out of Gordon's Pass on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Pictured from left to right are Matt Bleau, Jordan Scardigno and Jimmy Underwood from Naples.

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