On Tuesday, I took out Zach, Austin, and Michael from Naples, Florida on a half day fishing trip out of Key Largo, Florida. The Dolphin fishing has been spotty the last few days off the Florida Keys, so we decided to try some bottm fishing. After talking to my friend Glenn, who runs a boat in north key largo, about a good bite of yellowtail snapper to the north, I decided to run north. We anchored in 60 feet of water along a narrow reef line were the depth quickly drops from 60 to 120 feet. The snapper usually swim along the top edges of the reef. Once we were anchored it was time to start chumming, a method used to attract fish by placing a frozen block of baitfish in a mesh bag and hanging it over the side of the boat. After awhile of chumming, snapper usually rise up and feed in the chum slick. We like to use 12lb. test spinning outfits for this type of fishing. With a #2 hook we use small strips of squid for bait. No sinkers are used because we like to keep the bait above the bottom were the snappers are feeding. After about 15 minutes of fishing we started to get bites every drift, and started bringing in some really nice yellowtail snapper up to five pounds. It's a fun way to fish because the action can be fast and furious and you can often see the snapper on or near the surface feeding on the chum that is trickling out of the chum bag. If you have some wind you can put out a kite with a couple of live baits and maybe catch some kingfish or even a Sailfish. After catching 20 yellowtail snapper off the Florida Keys, Zach, Mike, and Austin wanted to pull on something a little bigger, so I decide to take them to a wreck in 240 feet of water where there is a chance of having a tug of war with an Amberjack. The first bait we dropped to the bottm, a live google-eye, quickly got taken by something very big. We were not able to stop this fish even with the 80lb. test line we were using. The beast finally ended up biting through the 100lb. test leader. The next drop, same thing, instant bite. But this time we were lucky. After a 5 minute battle, Austin was able to win the battle with a nice 14lb. Mutton Snapper. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FISH! It was great way to end a day of fishing in Key Largo.