The “Ides of March” were upon us but perserverance paid off with good catches of seatrout, jacks, ladyfish and snook. Eventhough the winds blew up to 30mph, we still managed to find spots out of the wind which held nice fish. We did have some nice days to throw at Tarpon. There are Poon in Boca Grande Pass at present, but the big push is still on their way. We did see rolling fish and had some decent shots at them getting two eats in the backcountry…but no hook ups.
There was the Gang from Wyoming most of whom were fishing guides, all of whom could cast very well…it seems that our 30mph didn’t deter them at all as they considered them mild in comparison to what they have in Wyoming.
Chris Williams landed nice seatrout and snook on fly and his brother Scott got a nice permit on fly.. all while their father and their kids caught Mangrove Snapper, grouper, yellowtail snapper and seatrout fishing with a guide friend of mine who can take up to five people in his boat.
Scott Allan had three decent days catching lots of seatrout, ladyfish and had several good snook on that just unbuttoned. Denny Saunders and Jason from Jackson Wyoming had a good time catching seatrout, ladyfish and big snook.
Both Jason and Denny are guides in Jackson Hole Wyoming if you need guides that can really fish and know how to cast.
Vinny from New York had a good time with seatrout, ladyfish and hooking and releasing snook in the backcountry also.
Looking forward to April as Tarpon numbers increase….If you are thinking of coming to fish for the Poons..put away the 4,5 and 6 weights and practice throwing 11 and 12s with Accuracy and casts up to 70 feet…sounds like a lot of fly line through the guides but remember the leader is 10-12 feet long.
+-We also had good spinning action with redfish caught by Bill Cook and friend.
They also managed jacks, seatrout, pompano and had shots at snook. Topwater action will heat up as the waters warm and we start getting higher daytime tides.Gold D.O.A shrimp fished under a splasher or Cajun Thunder produced everyday…Gulp shrimp also was taken readily by redfish, seatrout, jacks, mackerel and pompano.
March, even with the wind not being our friend, produced .
Looking forward to April…as more Tarpon arrive!
Tightlines and Bend a Rod,
Capt. Al
Whitlock
