    
Capt Tim Fletcher
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Friday, June 01, 2001 - 5:20 pm: | |
Subject: Port Canaveral, Florida Offshore Fishing Report
This is my favorite time of the year. Weather is warm, seas are flat and the big bottom fish are chewin'. Over the last several days, we have taken some really nice Gag, Red and Scamp Grouper, scads of Amberjack, more Almaco Jacks than I've seen in a while and some really big Snapper. Joe Utera and his party joined me last Sunday and, while we didn't catch a lot of fish, they did manage to score a nice Red Snapper of 19 lbs, a 15 lb Dolphin and a nice King. On one spot, it seemed that no matter what we did, we just couldn't get the fat ones off the bottom. We managed to land a few undersized fish and broke off a couple of brutes. On Monday, Scott Schoenly and his party had good action all day. We spent the morning fishing along the beach south of the Cocoa Beach Pier and had Kings skyrocketing all around and plenty of Tarpon rolling. Only problem was getting them to bite. We managed a nice Blacktip Shark and a huge Barracuda, both of which were promptly released, before heading offshore. On south pelican flats, we could hardly get a bait set without hooking up on a king. We bagged 5 nice kings in about an hour before heading off to deeper water to hunt for some grouper and snapper. Scott and his pals bagged 2 Red Snapper to 21 lbs and lost a nice fish or two as well.
Look for bottom fishing to be red hot from the 21 fathom ridge out to the cones. The bigger snapper seem to be holding along the 21 fathom ridge while the grouper can be taken in just about any depth. Live baiting for kings has been very consistent on 8A reef, Hetzel Shoal and Pelican Flats. Some good numbers of Cobia and a few Dolphin are being taken in these areas as well. Don't miss out on the action along the beach. With the weather patterns we've been having, this action could explode any day now. Expect some nice sized kings, jumbo tarpon, huge Jack Crevalle and lots of different species of sharks.
Best of luck to you,
Capt Tim Fletcher
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