101109- Chokoloskee Video Link 1/11/10 Reservations for the 5th Annual Keys trip is happening. And hopefully we'll get out this coming Sunday as the weather finally is looking good! 1/6/10 Its been very cold down here the last couple weeks with one front after another passing through. With temps barely reaching 60 during the day, and northwest winds blowing, we haven't ventured out to the flats. For a week straight lows were in the upper 30's and highs in the 50's. This weekend forecast NW winds 15-20 knots and more cold air will keep us from the grounds again. Maybe get the boat in the water for some canal trolling this weekend just to get out. The surf has been good too, but work has kept us out of the water (along with a lingering cold). Dec. 23, 2009 We did get an overnight camping trip in early November. We stayed on one of the Chickees and fished around the mouth of nearby rivers. It was very windy, and completely overcast which forced us to pole the leeward edges. We caught a couple snook, and a couple nice Goliath Groupers. We found a bunch of Goliaths laying up in only a foot of water. They were spooky, but we did get one to eat as it laid in a hole under the mangroves. Got another and broke off another as we anchored up to catch some small dinner mangrove snappers. 12 small snaps, paired up with a nice batch of stone crab claws Steve brought for the birthday celebration made for a great fried fish birthday dinner that night. We did fish off the chickee at night, but got nothing more than a gar bite. We are trying to get back on the water to celebrate the new year on Jan. 1st, 2nd and 3rd. October 2009 Fishing was pretty good considering how blazing hot it was. We had some fun tarpon action in the morning on the outside. And on the inside we caught some snook, reds, and black drum. The tide was extreme on Sunday making the way back to the marina interesting. Places it's normally 2 feet were 1 foot deep. We passed a 21 foot center console heading toward where we came from, and he didn't get very far, stuck in the mud. Good luck getting out! |
