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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 3:23 am: | |
Subject: Fish Report For March
Spring has make it's way into the fishing picture. Water temperature is at an unusual high for this time of year. But it does relate to outstanding fishing. Snook have been on the prowl, and are easy target's. (If that is possible.......). Redfish have been on the small side, but this writer feels that the red's, good ones that are over the slot, are just around the corner.
Gotta tell you this. I hate to clean those big one's. (Within the slot........) Tough as sheepshead. Good eat'n for sure, for the customer.
Sharp knives are the order of the day when at the cleaning table. Trout are on the flats in good numbers and when the tides and winds condition are not "just right" for snook and reds, they can be fun if you wish to get the string pulled.
Bait is hit and miss when the winds don't howl. Muddy water drives them off shore, and I have not been able teach myself how to throw the net off a deck that is heaving in four foot swells. Don't plan to do it either. I have a
box full of Yo-Zuri lures that work. That is plan B. Say it again Capt. Tom..........Lure fisherman by heart, live bait by necessity.
Pinellas County gang on board..... Tom Hatton, Rick, and Mike. These guys are experienced fisherman. Got bait and went after them. (Snook is "them").
A period of time lapsed with little results. Just around the corner is a favorite hole of mine that I felt would be good in short order. Well, my favorite hole was invaded by unknown person's. I lowered my head and said the "D" word. Watch those guys beat it up. Or so I thought. They leave. Still waiting for the tide to get "right," lo and behold, within 15 minutes another boat show's up on my hole. MY FISHING HOLE!
Again said the D word, this time twice. They leave. And before the bubbles from the outboard settle from the departing boat, my anchor is on board and by gosh I'm going to sit on that bad boy and wait for things to happen. We
anchor up. Within fifteen minutes, the snook fishing gets out hand. Throw some chum out there and they start. We were out gunned in the beginning.on more than a few. Started them out with ten pound gear, and the horses tore
up that light stuff. Went to my G-Loomis SUR945S with Stratic 6000's spooled with 20 pound test Yo-Zuri line trying to level the playing field. It did.
The big girls came and went. Within an hour we probably caught around 20 to 25 snook, and probably lost 8 to ten that were hooked for a jump or two and were gone, and all of this on the last of the outgoing tide. Great fishing there. And on a hole, MY HOLE, that was pounded twice within two hours. I was so busy that I had to sit by the bait well. Take fish off, cut back frayed leader, retie, rebait, and back they went to the action. We, or they had double's multiple times. Timing is everything! I did fail to say that we kept 3 snook from 28 to 30 inch's. Best eatin size in my opinion. Good guys, and I didn't mine going the extra mile for them. Much fun here, and many laughs!
Tip of the week...
Leader material. (Florocarbon...PERIOD!). Went the bite gets going, been there and done this, show some patience, or should it be, DON"T GET LAZY, cut back the leader material when it begins to show wear, then retie the hook.
It will increase your catch ratio.
If you gotta go...
Capt. Tom Haynes
(813) 340-1276
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