March 2, 2013
We have now rolled into March and are off to a good start with last
weeks fishing showing a strong rebound from previous weeks. Red tide no
longer seems be an issue on the inland waters at least for now.
Warming waters and the return of bait fish have contributed to some
great action with snook, redfish and a variety of other fish.
Snook fishing really turned on last week as water temperatures
reached the upper 70′s for the first time since early December. It was
as if somebody opened the gates and the snook magically appeared on the
scene. We caught as many as 30 or more on a couple of trips, releasing
many small fish and several ranging to 28 inches. Live sardines were the
bait of choice.
Redfish were also cooperating on several trips for Capt. Ben and
myself. We sight fished to cruising reds on shallow edges at low tide
as well as producing fish along flooded oyster laden shore lines at high
tide. Sardines, shrimp and jigs all took fish this week.
On Friday, Ben fished with Kevin Vance, Scott Steinberger and young
sons Jason and Wyatt Steinberger. The group caught a variety of fish
including redfish, some hefty black drum, snook, mangrove snapper, gag
grouper and big jack crevalle. Here is Scott with a nice redfish…
I spent a full day out on Friday with Bill Palmer, son David and
their buddy Gary. A goomy chilly day with temperatures only reaching 63
degrees, we found some great action. Using live sardines all day they
released over 30 snook, countless jack crevalle and nice redfish. Here
is Gary with a nice redfish released late in the day…
During the week we also found some nice sea trout running to 18
inches along with pompano and bluefish. I have been spotting some big
tarpon in the back bays along with sharks, but we have not made any
attempts for hookups yet. It is looking like March fishing is going to
shape up nicely!
- Capt. Todd Geroy
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