Fishing Report -- 04-23-16

Today Zach was on board for a fly fishing only day. Zach must have been a very good boy recently because the ocean was extremely good to him today. The weather forecast was a little iffy but it swung to the better than expected side and allowed us to get into the ocean and have an absolute blast. The day started nice and early in the dark fishing dock lights for Snook. I think just over 15 Snook and a few Jacks were landed before the sun came up. The biggest Snook was 27 inches. Right as the sun came up the bigger Jacks started busting mullet close by and Zach got into the action with two nice 20 lb class fish taken on popper. We ventured into the ocean and found minnows close to the beach being hit by False Albacore (Bonitos). Zach landed 3 fish the biggest weighing 18 lbs (also on popper). The Jacks were also showing in good numbers near the Albies. Zach got to catch as many as he wanted with the largest weighing in at 28 lbs. We had a brief encounter with a Cobia and some disinterested sharks to round out the day. Pretty nice day when the angler catches pretty much everything that came by, nicely done Zach.     

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Fishing Report -- 04-16-16

Tough day of Snook fishing for Roy and Ollie today as the live bait guy did not show. Without the smaller live baits (Pilchards or Threadfins) the Snook fishing around the docks is so much tougher. We did manage to net some mullet to use however the mullet were a little more on the Tarpon bait size than on the Snook size. They didn’t get a lot of bites but the bites they did get with the bigger baits were quality size Snook.    

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Fishing Report -- 03-26-16

Al was with me for another day of fly fishing with the mission to upsize the targeted species a bit. The Snook on fly the other night were fun but we were after the Spinner Sharks on fly this time. The sharks have started leaving early this year and it was tough going early on. We were not seeing any signs of sharks. Although it was not too windy the ocean had a nasty chop on it which made keeping your balance and fly casting at the same time challenging. We did come across some Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish which kept Al busy for a while until we finally bumped into some sharks. The first shark Al hooked was a jumper but after about 5 or so jumps it managed to break the wire leader. The next shark hooked cooperated nicely and stayed hooked. Al did well to keep good pressure on the fish throughout the fight although the boat was rocking and rolling pretty good. After about 30 minutes Al landed his biggest fish on fly. Nicely done Al, mission accomplished.   

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Fishing Report -- 03-11-16

Al was onboard for some nighttime Snook on fly action. The daytime had been a little on the windy side but by evening the wind died off somewhat and seeing that we were fishing the eastern shoreline we were pretty protected from the wind. Winter seems to have arrived late and left early this year and the temperature was perfect. The Snook were out in decent numbers but were not crazy eager to eat the fly. The first few lights we hit the fish were pretty cooperative but after that they seemed to slow down on the bite. Al did well to land a few fish and catch his first nighttime Snooks on fly. He’d played golf all day prior to coming fishing, so I believe his bigger accomplishment was having enough energy left to be able to wield the fly rod for the evening.   

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Fishing Report -- 02-27-16

Ben joined me today for a trip to catch Spinner Sharks on fly. The weather was just about perfect in the morning and we headed out with high hopes. The day before the sharks were all over where they should be however as we kept running and running it became evident that the sharks were nowhere to be seen. Just like magic they disappeared over night. We are in the middle of the season and no good reason for them to take off (not a full or new moon nor major weather system). We were doing a ½ day trip so pressure was on to find some sharks before we ran out of time. With only about 45 minutes of the trip left we got a call from another guide who had a report of some sharks way north from where we were. We high tailed it up there and fortunately found a few sharks. For as bad as our luck had been to that point we got super lucky with a shark coming in within 5 minutes and eating the fly and staying hooked. Ben did a fine job fighting this nice sized shark and landing it right before it was time to head back in. The Spinners today we definitely not cooperating as they should however Ben did manage to beat the odds and catch and release his first Spinner Shark on fly.

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Fishing Report -- 02-20-16

Federico, Gaston, Adolfo and Francisco are part of the Argentinian contingency that fished with me last week and on January 23. We were hoping for a repeat of last weekend unfortunately the weather was not going to cooperate and we were not going to be able to make it into the ocean. They still wanted to catch sharks so we went to the one spot where they tend to hangout. Things started off a little slow but finally as shark came calling. After about 20 minutes they landed and released and decent size shark. After that it got quite again so we went on the troll. We got a mixed bag of Blue fish, Barracuda, Spanish Mackerel and Jacks. Near the end of the day they wanted to try the sharks again. A bigger shark this time was hooked and with a team effort from all on board was landed and released. Considering the conditions the guys did pretty well.   

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Fishing Report -- 02-13-16

Another perfect weather day for light tackle fishing just of the beach. Diego, Claudio and Shawn were the lucky winners of today’s perfect weather lottery. These guys are from Argentina, our aquatic life is really liking these visitors lately. The Jacks that were in the inlet yesterday had left however we did find then a little ways down the beach, an enormous school of them. Only problem though was once we caught a few the sharks honed in on the struggling fish and they decided to get in on the action making it next to impossible to land anymore. Claudio got the treat of the day by catching a shark on a lure using a big spinning rod, that was really sweet. It was on a shark lure I made, pretty sweet even if I say so myself. Rest of the day was a sharkfest for Diego, Claudio and Shawn all landing multiple fish. All too soon it was time to head in and rest those weary arms.

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Fishing Report -- 02-12-16

Augusto and his family were vacationing here from Luxembourg and he and his boys had a real treat today. It was the nicest weather day of their whole vacation here and we were lucky enough to go fishing. Ocean was calm and the fish were cooperating nicely. There were hundreds for Jacks in the inlet chasing small flying fish, quite something to see when about ½ a football field size school of Jacks are on the surface hammering flying fish. It was incredible and went on for about an hour. We eventually left the Jacks to go shark fishing. Sharks were cooperating nicely too. It was awesome that our South Florida aquatic life was so nice to our visitors from Europe, don’t miss South Florida too much as you endure the rest of the winter.

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Fishing Report – 02-07-16

A friend of mine was in town today from out of the country and only had a few hours to fish before heading to the airport to head home. It was basically a fish and dash day for Johan. It was windy and cold but the wind was offshore and the ocean had calmed since yesterday. Some swell had pushed in but it was still fishable. We started with a few Jack Crevalles on lures and then headed to try the sharks on fly. Sharks were cooperating nicely again on the biting side but not cooperating very well on the staying hooked up side of things. Johan must have had 6 or so sharks on before one finally stayed hooked up for the whole fight back to the boat. Just in the nick of time too, right after the shark was released we high tailed it back to the dock to get Johan off to the airport. Nothing like fishing under a hard stop time deadline.     

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Fishing Report – 02-06-16

Matt joined me for a day of fly fishing. The mission was Spinner Sharks on fly and as usually happens when you have specific plans the weather was not cooperating. The morning started off way windier than predicted but we held onto the hope that the east wind may finally lay down in the afternoon and that the weather forecasters may get it right even be it delayed by ½ a day. We started fishing for Jack Crevalles which were cooperating nicely. Matt must have landed 12 or so with the largest being about 15 lbs. The wind did finally lay down in the afternoon and we ventured out into the still very bumpy ocean. Matt is young and athletic, two things that came in very handy as it was far from calm and fighting large fish on a fly rod in bumpy conditions is challenging. The sharks were super cooperative and just a few minutes into the first drift Matt was hooked up. About 30 minutes later the first shark was released boatside. There was once incident where it looked like Matt was sliding into home plate, luckily he didn’t make it all the way into the water else he may have been sliding onto the shark’s dinner plate. Less than 10 minutes later Matt was hooked up to his second shark and with a little experience under his belt made short order of landing that one too. The day turned out pretty good after the less than encouraging start. A good fly fisherman being able to take advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves had a lot to do with the result. Check out the last photo, fly fishing for flying fish, that’s just ridiculous.

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Fishing Report – 01-24-16

Today was super windy, it was blowing 30 to 40 knots, fortunately from the west, which means nice and calm ocean condition close to the beach and crazy rough conditions offshore. This also translates into no one else on the water and you have all the good fishing to yourself. Emma and Mike were up to braving the windy day. This was Emma’s birthday fishing trip gift which was way way overdue, by about 5 years. The mission for Emma was to catch Spinner Sharks. Check out the first picture, when you start out the trip under a full rainbow you just know things are going to go your way. We started out the day catching some Jacks and Bluefish and worked our way up to the sharks. Emma did well on her first shark, she listened to the coaching and handled it like a pro. For the second and third sharks she didn’t need my coaching and pretty much catch and landed them by herself. Mike got into the action too with 3 sharks of his own landed. In between the sharks it was pretty much constant action with Bluefish, Jacks and Ladyfish. It was great to finally get Emma the shark that we have been talking about for so many years, judging by how long it took to get her on the boat this time, next time will probably be for a wedding gift.  

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Fishing Report – 01-23-16

It’s been a while since I posted a report. It’s amazing how quickly time passes, seems to pass quicker and quicker every year. This report is a combination of the fishing trips since summer. My boat was in for some repairs and I ended up missing most of the mullet run this year. Fishing slows somewhat after the mullet run as we go into winter. This winter has had a very slow start with very warm temperatures. We need the colder temperatures to push the winter species down for us. Only over the past week or so have we finally started to get some cold weather. I’ve started to see Bluefish and Jacks out on the beach and the Spinner sharks have started to show in decent numbers. Below are some pictures from recent trips. Looking forward to the real winter fishing getting going here now.    

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Fishing Report -- 07-11-15

Lin & Ollie were on board again to try and get a shot at the last chance Tarpon as they get out of here. This time we didn’t even see a Tarpon to target so gave up on that caught some live baits and went Snook fishing. The Snook bite was pretty decent with some nice sized Snook caught along with a bunch of the smaller male fish. Once the Snook bite slowed with pushed offshore a little way to see what was happening out there. Got some Blue Runners and Jacks and then Ollie hooked into and landed a really nice Kingfish, just to add a little variety to the day. The action was spread out throughout the day, they had to work at it but ended up getting some nice size Snook, Jacks, ladyfish, blue runners and Kingfish.

     

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