Fishing Report -- 04-25-13

It’s always great taking folks fishing for a species of fish that they have never caught before. Doug & Brady were in town escaping the chilly weather of Indiana. With the ocean conditions being borderline we decided that the target species of the day would be Snook. The Snook fishing was decent with Doug and Brady both getting slot Snook. Brady’s slot fish released itself boatside by chewing through the leader, quite inconsiderate I’d say, it must have been camera shy. Doug’s slot Snook was more accommodating (maybe it wasn’t as camera shy). Seeing that the wind was holding off we ventured into the ocean looking for some different species. It was full moon and the curse of the full moon seemed to be in full effect. Brady had a Permit hooked up that came unbuttoned (with the rubbery lips Permit have the hook usually doesn’t pull out). We found some 30lb class Jacks but they refused a live bait (very uncommon). We even had some medium sized Bonitos busting around the boat that refused small live pilchards. We made a few drops on a wreck and both Doug & Brady were hooked up to fish that had absolutely no intention of coming to the surface. Shredded leaders and pulled circle hooks were all they had to show from these encounters. The Snook and some small Jacks were the only fish today that were Indiana friendly, the rest were just taunting our out of state visitors, I’ve filed a complaint with the LFCTB - Local Fish Counsel Tourism Board.        

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Fishing Report -- 04-13-13

Today with Ollie and Roy was a very strange day. Tides were very weak and I just couldn’t get on the Snook bite like we wanted. The mission was to catch a slot Snook for Roy to eat. I’m pretty much Catch and Release but Roy had twisted my arm to try and get him a slot Snook as he has never eaten a Snook before. Today the Snook bite was way off for us and we only ended up with a handful of Snook the largest being 27 ½ inches. Serves us right trying to break the catch & release policy. On the upside Ollie did get a decent Sea Trout.         

                

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Fishing Report -- 04-06-13

Tonight was a Tarpon trip with two friends Jeff & Kevin. These gents regularly fish the winter Tarpon run in Miami and do really well on these fish. They pretty much have this fishery figured out and it was an absolute blast to be able to also fish a little myself for a change. When the shrimp are running the Tarpon are usually there and pretty cooperative. Tonight was one of those good nights. Early in the night Jeff predicted 20 bites and I’m glad to say he was right on the money. I believe we ended up with 19 or 20 bites and 6 landed fish ranging from about 40 to 75 lbs. We had the fly rods along too and managed to land one on fly and have another hooked up. Great weather + two very entertaining excellent fishermen + multiple Tarpon to the boat = Awesome night’s fishing.       

                

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Fishing Report -- 03-27-13

Bud and Scott were on board ready to tackle some sharks. The wind was blowing a little more than we wanted. Fortunately the wind was North still making it fishable, barely. Catching these sharks are challenging under good conditions, throw in some rough water and it becomes really challenging. Bud and Scott were up to the task though. By the end of the trip 5 sharks were landed and Bud and Scott had figured out how to man handle these fish to the boat. Only shot a little bit of video, check it out, did capture a pretty cool jump.  

                       

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