    
Capt Ken Shannon
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Votes: 1 | | Posted on Friday, November 24, 2000 - 3:36 pm: | |
Subject: West Coast of Florida Nov. 24, 2000
Finally the cold fronts are coming through on schedule. Now what does this mean for us
fisherman. If you like to offshore fish, first this means that for two or three days you will
be on the hill. If you are an inshore fisherman you will have very low tides after the cold
front passes.Now to the fish: Snook fishing has been quite good with a lot of fish around
the Intercoastal Waterway and in the creeks and rivers, there is also as many small Tarpon
as I have ever seen in the creeks and rivers during this time of year. Redfish are very
scattered on the grass flats.
One fish that many people overlook is Pompano. Pompano is arguably the best tasting of
the fish in our area. Pompano are in most of the natural passes like Big Pass, Stump Pass,
Gasparilla Pass, Redfish Pass and Captiva Pass.They will also be outside the passes and
along the beach. Probably the best way to fish for Pompano is to use the common
Pompano Jig to find the fish and then use Sand Flea’s once you find them.
Now along the beach and just offshore: Schools of Spanish Mackerel, Bonito, King
Mackerel and some Cobia. For the first Three, trolling with a verity of spoons on #1 to #3
Planers will do the trick, for Cobia look for Sharklike fish on the surface and toss anything
from jigs to live bait there way and if they are in the mood they will eat it up, if not they
will totally ignore your offering. For the Grouper fisherman the colder the water gets, the
better the fishing will get. Grouper, especially blacks (gags), will move to within a mile or
two of the beach. Live Bait will work best but Spanish Sardine will work very good as a
substitute. You can also troll up Gag Grouper with a large deep diving plug.
Good Fishing
Capt Ken Shannon
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