Ron Anderson turns his boat, the Ranger, back toward home after bad weather and bad luck conspired to net him 600 pounds of red snapper, less than a third of his legal limit.
Fishing often involves long, grueling hours of work and trips to sea for days at a time.
Exhausted mate Darrell Taylor tries to catch some sleep. During the summer, he trolls with two lines off the back of his boat, each with a sparkling silver lure. He pulls in king mackerels and fat bonitos hand over hand, hoists them from the water with a jerk of his shoulder, and watches them writhe and shudder on the deck as they die. Red snapper are different. They can be caught quickly and their per-pound value is high.