After the effects of Hurricane Ian in October and November, there wasn’t much fishing done as the rebuilding of property became the most important aspect of life. Eventhough I did venture out to look and prospect for fish, dirty water and floating debris made it impossible…
December fishing was descent with catches of trout and some redfish.
Al Jaeger and his son Wayne had a great day of catching 55 trout on spin gear.
Weather was perfect and obviously fish were eating. We fished DOA shrimp under a splasher and it was game on all day.
John Fosholt enjoyed two days of good fishing catching seatrout, mackerel and ladyfish. He is an accomplished fly fisher who travels the world in search of game fish.
FLy fishing was excellent for seatrout and redfish with many great days in the backcountry. The water is gin clear and sightfishing is the best approach for success. Brush flies in yellow and white, chartreuse and beige produced the most strikes. Water was low, never getting above a foot in depth most days which made poling the skiff essential.
The water post-Ian is pretty much back to normal but the landscape shows the signs of major wind damage. The Red Mangroves are starting to turn green once again and all should be well in the coming months.
The one lesson we all learned is that Mother Nature is THE supreme force .
January has already started out great sightfishing with flies. Presentation is key!!!
Look forward to fishing with you..
Stay well,
Capt. Al
Keith with a nice Jack
Buck makes great presentation and gets the eat