On both, when they hit the deck the lures fell right out!” “We keep the boat in gear while fighting the fish to keep the line tight. After 20 minutes, a pair of the striped speedsters hit the deck. Two of the fish stayed tight after one came off. Right at sunset when the moon was rising all three rods went off at the same time!” “There was a show of bait which is light blue and then fish up above them between 20 and 40 feet. When he saw what he was looking for, Lockard changed speeds going between 5 and 7 miles per hour as he did circles around the spot. Trolling a spread of three rods, he searched for bait on the sonar and big structure at the Elbow, which is known to house some distinct depth changes between 250 and 150 feet in the relatively flat Gulf of Mexico. With a few grouper in the box they headed west to start trolling before sunset. It’s frustrating since they’re out of season trying to vent and release them.” “So you get 10 red snapper and start to leave, but then one grouper keeps you there. It makes you want to move as soon as you get into them, but then someone lands a big red grouper and it makes you want to stay,” Lockard explained. “We got some red grouper but a ton of American red snapper. But as most offshore anglers in the Gulf of Mexico know, there was another problem with too many fish. Heading further west they made another stop in 150 feet to pick at a few red grouper. I’ve fished with my dad offshore since the 80s and I’ve never seen as many yellowtails as I have this year.” They were mostly small, 12 to 14 inches, but I couldn’t believe how many there were that far north. “The first spot was in about 85 feet and we were catching yellowtails on almost every drop. “We headed out Friday afternoon and stopped at a few spots along the way,” said Lockard, who lives near southern Tampa Bay. When May’s full moon lined up with Friday night, Lockard made plans to once again visit his newfound wahoo hole to see if lightning would strike three times. Two weeks later, he returned to the same area on the new moon and produced similar results with another catch of one of the speediest fish in the ocean. E,” who was able to guide them to a wahoo near the Elbow, a spot more than 100 miles west of Tampa Bay. When Jason Lockard ventured offshore during the April full moon, he joined his friend, “Capt.

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