Spring transition continues on the local waters as we continue to
successfully target a variety of fish through out the week. With mild
fronts still moving through each week, it has been a roller coaster of
conditions from one day to the next controlling where we can fish with
some strong winds and what we fish for as water temperatures fluctuate.
Over all last week was great. Early in the week, my clients enjoyed
some of the best pompano fishing so far this year. We used 1/4 ounce
jigs tipped with shrimp outside of area passes to catch limits of these
tasty fish on several trips. Inshore, live sardines provided some great
action with snook, redfish baby tarpon and jack crevalle while fishing
along mangrove edges.
After the passing of a cold front on Friday morning, I fished a group
of anglers from St. Louis not quite knowing what to expect with high
winds and cooler conditions. We had a great morning fishing with live
shrimp around creek mouths in Rookery Bay. We ended up with a limit of
mangrove snapper to 15 inches, some hefty black drum, sheepshead and
goliath grouper and snook also in the mix.
Large tarpon and plenty of big sharks are also in the area, but we
did not invest any time in them last week as clients were interested in
other quarry. I’m looking forward to another week of good fishing
ahead.
