Fishing Report -- 06-28-12

The fishing team of Steve & Jamie was a member short today, Steve was flying solo, must be that Jamie was still working on his fishing biceps (see report Feb 24, 2012). What this means for Steve was that he gets to catch all the fish. Feeling terribly guilty I’m sure about not sharing we got started fishing with some live bait for Snook. The live bait was pretty tough to catch but Steve proved to be a pretty good bait catcher. The first live bait barely hit the water and it was whacked by a Snook. Unfortunately Steve was barely ready for the Snook, so it was Snook 1 Steve 0. After that however it was more a Steve show. By the time we ran out of live bait Steve had landed and released 7 nice sized Snook. He then took out the fly rod and within a few casts hooked and landed a really nice sized Snook on fly, I was pretty surprised as I had thought the bite was pretty much done as the tide was almost slack. Very nicely done Steve. After a few more casts with no takers it was time to move on. Wanting to stick with the fly rod we loaded up on chum baits and headed offshore a ways. Pretty quickly we were into the Bonitos. The action was very consistent with Steve landing 6 nice sized Bonitos. We had a Bull Shark munch a Bonito close to the boat, just reminding us who is really in charge out there. After those baits were done we moved back inside to go mess with the Snook again. Loaded with more chum bait it was time for Steve to put a real hurting on the Snook with the fly rod. The action was very good with the Snook coming to the surface and hanging around long enough to present the fly to them. Sight fishing actively feeding Snook is a blast. Steve did very well on these Snook too and ended up landing 7 or so fish. All too soon it was time to pack it in and head back to the dock. I’m sure the fish were relieved to see Steve go, they needed the rest. I’m sure that Steve also rested well that night. Just imagine if Jamie had been on board, they could have caught twice as many fish.
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