January was a challenging month with cold daytime temps and water temp in low 60’s some days. North winds at 20-25 added to difficult conditions. We did manage some warmer temps and water clarity was excellent for sightfishing and…add good fly casting…and Voila!! Because we had “Negative tides” it was pretty easy to find tailing reds in less than a foot of water while poling slowly…
Dick G. got a 30” red sight fishing in the rain and 62 degree water. The cast was excellent…. as the fly landed and fell to the bottom the Big Red dashed 25 feet to grab the offering.. and , game on!
Buck P. from Texas had the same experience…well placed cast, soft landing and the eat was imminent….
Greg from Oregon left the cold river waters fishing for steelhead and had a great day catching big snook and Redfish. Tide was outgoing and fish couldn’t ignore big Shrimp pattern….Seems most steelheaders are very good casters!
We did see many Snook over 40 inches but never got a really good shot at them, they don’t get that big being stupid…
We did some searching for Triple Tail outside but they just weren’t around and conditions on the outside were much rougher than the calm bays of the mangroves in the backcountry.
Looking forward to February fishing around Pine Island, Boca Grande and Cayo Costa….Also, did spot a couple of big Tarpon rolling…but no shots at them…
Weather is just going to get better and better and so if fishing.
Tight Lines
Capt. Al
