| Trip Photo Album Windy is the forecast as another cool front pushes through Florida. Friday afternoon we arrived, dropped the boat in and motored out to the Atlantic to pole around some shorelines which would hopefully be protected from the wind. While portions of it were, we quickly would get caught and shoved from the shallows out to the deeper water in mere minutes. We did see a nice permit in the cloudy water that shot out of there when it saw us. But we decided as the sun began to sink low that we would be best to head back in for some dinner. We had a lot of good food and drinks with us for this trip, as is normal. Steaks, Snook, Chops, and homemade empanadas. The wind picked up in the evening and was gusting over 30 knots, not great flats weather. Along with the dropping air and water temperatures, the wind only made it more difficult to find fish. Early Saturday morning we had a sweet shot at a permit, but the boys up front didn't get her to eat. We poled along for a while before the cudas called our names and it was on. We didn't see any bonefish on Saturday. In the afternoon, back in Coupon Bight we stumbled upon a large laid up Tarpon in 8 feet of water. Todd dropped a crab to it but the poons tail just wasn't hungry enough to eat that sweet crab. In T's defense you couldn't tell which end of the fish was the head so it became a crapshoot. We headed in on Saturday afternoon with only an accidental bonnet head and a cuda. Sunday Morning the wind was still honkin but favorable forecast were in store for early afternoon. We fought the stiff breeze outside Little Pine Key and didn't see any fish. We then moved into No Name Key and found some wind blocked flats that looked as if they would surely hold some bones (The picture above). Well we poled the entire cove and tore up the cudas, but left without eyeing a single grey ghost. We relaxed at the trailer awhile, with the weather finally getting good, before we load up and head for home. Another fun trip, even though our quarry eluded us, we'll be back.... |
April 6-8 2007 2nd Annual Ohio Key Fishing Trip |
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