Fishing Report -- 06-16-12

Paul and Eric were in town from upstate New York for a few days fishing safari. June should have nice calm weather and it was calm for the 4 days prior to their arrival but the night they arrived the wind started to blow and just got worse and worse. We made it out into the ocean for a few hours the first day but after that we were fishing inside. This time of the year that is not such a bad thing as the Snook are pushing into the inlet and there are plenty of opportunities to run into a nice Snook or two. The trip started with two nice King fish first thing on the first day, both Paul and Eric landing decent fish. After that we went looking for Tarpon. With the windy conditions it was tough to see the fish and the few we found were not cooperating. The wind finally got too strong to stay in the ocean and we changed our focus to Snook fishing. Snook fishing was decent with the count being around 12 between Paul and Eric. Paul got the big girl, she measured 36 inches. Next morning we tried Tarpon on the inside with no success, we saw Tarpon but no willing participants. A few Jacks and a Sea Trout were caught while on the Tarpon quest. We moved to the flats where a few more Snook were caught and a few small sharks. The final day was windier yet and they had the itch to catch something big so we went Spinner Shark fishing. Although it is not peak season for them there are some resident fish that hang around all year. Paul and Eric both landed fish pretty quickly in the 45 pound range. After that it was the bigger fish for the other 3 fish landed, these were all in the 90 lb range. When all was said and done they landed 5 sharks and broke off another 3. Considering the conditions they had to work with a good variety of quality fish were caught. The Tarpon will have to wait for next time.

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