Greetings fish fans. I don’t want to sound cliché, but the weather is beautiful, wish you were here. How beautiful you ask? It’s sunny with highs in the low to mid 80s and the fishing has been great. This past week we experienced most of what inshore fishing has to offer.
Out on the patch reefs we found lots of snappers, grunts, small grouper, blue runners, and some Spanish and cero mackerel. This is ideal fishing for the whole family. The bite is steady enough to keep the kids busy and it also provides a good chance of something for dinner. The snappers and grunts are very tasty.
The Oceanside flats have been hosting good numbers of bonefish as well as a tarpon here and there. As long as the water temperature keeps rising so will the chances of looking for that flats “Grand Slam”. For those of you that aren’t familiar with that term, it means catching a bonefish, a tarpon, and a permit all in the same day.
On the Florida Bay side of Key Largo, the waters close to home have been producing nice catches of mangrove snapper, a few redfish, an occasional snook, and some very nice sized sea trout. Sea trout spawn here almost year round, but in March and April, we see our share of the big females. These fish are great fun on light tackle.
Farther to west in the Flamingo area, we are still seeing good numbers of redfish, along with lots of trout, jacks, and ladyfish. Yesterday I guided Laura Cox from Lexington, KY and David Ralph from Coral Gables, FL. Laura had never been fishing before and I really love being part of someone’s “first fish”. They both caught ladyfish, jacks, and a few trout at the fist spot we went. After bouncing around to some different areas, we hit our last spot where David caught the biggest snook he has ever landed, and Laura finished off the day with a snook that weighed 10 pounds. Way to go David and Laura! If you get down here and want to get out on the water, please give me a call.
Until next time, good tides and keep the Sun to your back. >
Capt. Kerry Wingo
Tails Up Fishing Charters
www.tailsupfishing.com
305-394-1383
