Wesley Burkhalter & Sons - August 3, 2002
The crew consisted of Wesley Burkhalter and his sons, Tucker (11) & Wyatt (5). Deck Handing, for his first time, was my son Paul Miller (7). Due to a scheduling conflict with a reef building contractor (Vice Construction), we had to spend the first half of the day supervising the deployment of concrete rubble in FH-11. Once that was completed we headed south around Ship Island and stopped at a shrimp boat for some bonito. As we finished there, the winds were picking up a tad from the east, so we adjusted by heading for FH-12 off the chandeleur islands. We didn't mark alot of fish, but we picked up a half a dozen decent snapper that ranged 17-20 inches long and a shark. We chumed really hard and caught a couple live hard tails, but couldn't seem to get any Kings. We left FH-12, attempting to head towards FH-1 and FH-2, but the seas were just a bit too stout so we pointed down toward Dog Keys Pass stopping at FH-3, but weren't able to even lose a bait there. Even though fishing time was short, we had alot of tugs on the lines and sufficient meat to take home. Total Trip encompassed 10 hours (6 fishing hours) and 79 miles. Below are the pictures for your enjoyment. If you like them, please let me know.
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FH-11 Rubble Deployment	Rubble Deployment Continues	Tucker with the First Hookup
Tucker works him	Tucker gets him in the boat	Wyatt Hooks Up
Wyatt Boats his Bonito	Wyatt Hooksup Again	Working him up...
Bonito in the Boat	Tucker Boats His	Double Hookup
Bonito Crew	Wyatt has Another	Wyatt and Paul
Paul Lands a Bonito	Wyatt Gets Another Too!	Wyatt gets first Red Snapper
Tucker with a Nice Snapper	Wyatt Gets Another Snapper	Shark in the Boat
Another View of the Shark	And Another View	Wyatt and Another Red Snapper
Another View	And Another Angle	The Take Home
Tucker and Paul	Another Angle of the Take Home

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