Day trips to the Middle Grounds are popular, typically leaving before sunrise and making it back at sunset, but an overnight trip is a great way to hit the Grounds too.
Longer periods of light winds and calmer seas make summer the best time of the year to take a stab at the Middle Grounds. Winter time fronts can kick up the seas fast, turning a fishing trip with the buddies into a dangerous situation.
A common problem anglers have while fishing the Middle Grounds is that they never make it to their intended spot, often finding new structure and a pile of fish on their way, which sure is a good problem to have.
Although the Middle Grounds is known for giant snapper and rod-breaking grouper, these aren't the only fish that call this place home.
It was a quick cull to the top two, the Dry Tortugas or the Middle Grounds. Both are long boat rides but in either case we'd bend rods and test tackle.
After finding out from our editor that we already had a story planned for the Dry Tortugas our trip to the Middle Grounds was inked.