sounds like jelly fish stingers....i was diving in the philippines back in 2005 and went thru a some area that had those type of symptoms. Small, somewhat annoying stings. Nothing major. Was told they were tiny stingers or remnants of jellyfish
I always used braid with a mono leader. I once was on a wreck and the local cuda would always bite the mono baited line then of course it would break. I loaded up a braided with a crab, he wouldnt go near it. It was hilarious.
Nice fish. I get depressed as those bring back the days when I was in southwest Florida. I didnt see the sheepshead? We caught sheepshead in Florida but they rarely got above 2lbs. Is this a different fish out in the gulf?
that picture above looks very similar to a spanish mac.....i used to catch those all the time in South Florida....great for grilling skin is awesome tasting