Just tons of redfish 2011-14-11

With strong winds and a bright moon, the tides have been very strong and providing us with very low water levels. This is good for us, but bad for the redfish. It corrals them into very limited areas, allowing us to catch them much easier. We've had days catching 25 or more during the past two weeks. Bonefishing has been good on the East wind.. as long as the sun cooperates.

nearly tarpon time....

Arron releases his bone

We've just had what hopefully is the last coldfront of the season... and things are looking very good for the upcoming months.. As the water temperatures slowly rise, so do the fishing possibilties. We've had a great week on the bonefish and tarpon. The bonefish have been plentiful during the last few weeks of Winter (ok, so maybe 80' doesn't count as Winter in your part of the world) and the tarpon are on the move. It'll soon be time to pull out the 6 frames a second Canon and get them dancing on the surface.. here are a few pics to pacify those still in the snow... B

Must Catch Fish!

Having just finished 7 of 8 days on the water, we've experienced 4 major changes in the weather. From a day with winds exceeding 20 mph, another with tumultuous rain squalls with imbedded waterspouts, a slick calm steamy hot day and one with thick fog having less than a 1/4 mile visibility. Though we were able to catch fish (plenty of redfish) on most of the days, it sometimes pains me to have an angler want to pursue a target species though the weather conditions don't allow it on fly tackle. A greasy shrimp would have surely closed the deal. Guess I feel they should get back to the dock having caught something for their  expense of a day on the water with me. I had the pleasure of having had a very patient angler on the bow during my last day. I struggled immensely to see the fish and allow enough time to get my fly angler to get a shot. A few fast moving showers overcame us during the morning as we blew out redfish on a leeward shoreline then draped us in a high veil of clouds during the afternoon as the bonefish scooted out from under the bow of the skiff as i overran them. For they had the advantage in the blinding glare. The day however flew by for me as Bruce and I chatted about the fishery, the strategy of catching these ghosts we could not see and life in general. After my day with my new friend, I'll have to rethink my "must catch a fish" tendency as I had the most pleasurable day with him, sans fish

They're baaacckkk!

After a long hiatus from the flats, the water temps swung greatly in our favor and had the bonefish swarming the flats once again. I'd been forced to fish the backcountry the past several weeks for redfish, due to the cold water. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy it, but the brisk boat ride (freezing cold for us southerners) was getting old. I had a striper fly fisherman on the bow and though we hooked only one, it was good to see the fish mudding recklessly in schools of 20-50... Come on Spring!