1/26 21/10 We got up to Stuart this weekend and had a great time. Once the tide got right there was fish everywhere. Steve and Mike were in the pompano, and got a nice red as well. Ev and I spent a couple hours on an edge catching bluefish and sheepshead. We had a bite on every cast while we were in this spot. We wanted to get over to where the pomps were biting, but we were having too much fun. We did see a couple big reds once we poled out of there on to the flat. We had great weather for once this year, hope we see more days like this...S.Baker Here are some pictures of some dead fish I saw after the big fish kill from the cold the first week of January. The pictures do not do it justice; I saw thousands of ladyfish, catfish, pinfish, needlefish and mojarras. I also saw about 100 dead snook, around 50 dead tarpon and 3 goliaths including a 3 incher in the photograph. The fishing was good however and we caught a few reds and tons of nice size seatrout and snappers and the fish were feeding hard. Here is the strange part,both reds we kept had baby goliath in their bellies! Capt Steve Broad Doug and Jack fished mosquito lagoon today and Jack got his first sea trout! What a monster, it's as long as his leg!!! 1/21/10 Last week Doug sent me this picture of Jack and his first shiner. I look forward to when Capt. Jack is pushing us around the flats 1/14/10 The April Keys trip is booked. This year there are 6 of us going. Should make for some good wagers, some good cooking and a great night time shark fishing party! Hopefully the weather will settle down a bit and warm up for us around then. The record low temperatures has caused a major fish kill in Florida. Everything from snook, tarpon, sharks, lady fish and jacks have been affected. We were going to head to the 10,000 islands this weekend, but strong winds and another front has changed our plans. Have read a few reports from south of Goodland of entire coves covered in dead snook and tarpon.. 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! |
