Saturday, June 9, 2007

Little Redfish


I forgot to mention when I posted about Tropical Storm Barry, we did get out on June 2nd for some bay fishing. The waves on the Gulf were 10- 12 feet easily and the beach was totally covered (up to the boardwalk on stump pass beach). So we fished Lemon Bay. There are plenty of oyster bars all around Lemon Bay that provide all the right stuff for Red Fish. Well we hit the tide just about right and threw some free lined shrimp right at a couple of oyster beds. I did battle with a couple of nice RedFish, followed by two surprise snook attacks!

Anyway, this bay fishing trip was followed by our failed attempt down in Boca Grand Pass on Sunday June 3. It seems ALL the fish went off shore, including the "white bait", or "green backs" as they call them. We tried to get some bait for snook, reds, and trout....but noth'in showed up. So it was just a long boat ride on Sunday. Fortunately Monday had some treats, for which I am still sore from!

More pictures to come!

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

It's Tarpon Time!

That's right...The Tarpon have moved into Charlotte Harbor and the surrounding coastlines. Now is the time to book a trip down there and hook-up with maybe the best sport-fish in the world!

A couple of years ago I scheduled a trip with my father on Memorial weekend. What a trip! It was much more exciting than I could have hoped for. We hooked up at least a half dozen times. The thrill of having a six foot tarpon online is hard to explain. But the burn in your arms is easy to explain!

I remember our final catch that day ended with a 6-foot, 145 pound tarpon...landed! The sideshow was: 2-3 eight foot Bull Sharks chasing, and even "mouthing" it! But Captain Mike saved the day when he quickly steered the fish 'round to the port side of the boat, and the fish was landed.

Hard to explain in just words. But after a 90 minute fight...you get the idea. Now get on down to Charlotte Harbor and hook-up! Don't be shy girls...there's plenty of fish to go around...

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