Pictured is Sam Parker who enjoyed a good day of fly fishing catching a 26” seatrout and an unexpected Gag Grouper…The day was overcast with North winds at about 20mph, but good casting overcame adversity. Steve Melinowski also had a decent day catching snook and another big seatrout. Jason Cribbs of Colorado and friend Ross from Tampa also connected on numerous seatrout and Big ladyfish throughout the day. With low tides and clear water we cast to many snook over 40”s and redfish which cruised the outside flats, but they simply did not move to the fly as water temp was close to 60 degrees. So they just huddled together in their ski parkas and didn’t move! Still great to see fish that big while poling along.
Fishing the beach was difficult as North winds blew constantly everyday. We did have shots at Tripletail but fly casting was almost impossible.
Looking forward to February and hopefully warmer weather, better tides with moving water and lighter winds out of the South and East.
Great to see White Pelicans, Brown Pelicans, Plovers, Kingfishers, Osprey and some big Blacktips cruising in two feet of water..the wildlife that we see on a daily basis is astounding.
Stay well and get to the water..
Capt Al White
