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January 2008
JAN. 4, 08 FISHING
YES I KNOW, "WHERE HAVE I BEEN", WITH OUT A NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER WHATS IS DOING. WELL IT JUST SEEMS I HAVE BEEN BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS. BUT I WONDER WHAT DID I DO WITH THE TIME? SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY A NEW THING A LIVE BROADCAST FORM THE NOOK ON OUR WEB SITE EVERY THURSDAY AT 8:30 PM AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO BE HERE, NO WAY OUT. HAVING LEFT THE TELEVISION WORLD, STILL DOING A LOT OF RADIO I HOPE WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK. IF YOU ARE HOME DIAL IN AND SEE HOW MANY MISTAKES I CAN MAKE. LET’S GO CATCH A FISH.
COLD THIS WEEK WITH TEMPS STARTING THE DAY IN THE LOW FORTY’S AND OVERCAST WITH A FEW SHOWERS, YES THE WIND WAS BLOWING. TODAY IS A NEW DAY OVERCAST BUT QUIET WITH NO WIND. THE WATER IS SETTLING, CLEARITY IS COMING BACK AND THING ARE LOOKING REAL GOOD.
THE SURF IS BLUE FISH AND MORE BLUE FISH SO MANY THAT THE WHITING WERE COMING UP ON THE SAND TO GET AWAY FROM THEM. NOW ADD THE COLD SNAP AND YES WE WILL HAVE MORE BLUES. THESE FISH ARE IN THE THREE TO FIVE POUND CLASS AND YES THEY DO MAKE EXCELLENT TABLE FARE. CUT BAITS, SPOONS, TOP WATER PLUGS WILL ALL GET THEIR ATTENTION. THE WHITING, AT YOUR TOES, NOW THE POMPANO, THEY LOVE THE COOLER WATER. POMPS HAVE BEEN OFF AND ON IN THE SURF WITH TEMPS AND CLARITY MOVING THE FISH. WELL THE TEMPS ARE PERFECT THE SEAS ARE POLITE, LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCH IN THE COMING DAYS.
TROUT SEASON IS OPEN AND THEY DO NOT KNOW IT, STILL A LOT OF BIG FISH TO REPORT. TWO FEET OF WATER IS THE DEPTH AND YOU COULD START ON THE SAIL FISH FLATS ANDGO NORTH TO VERO, TOP WATER, SOFT RUBBER AND LIVE BAITS HAVE ALL PUT FISH IN THE BOAT. STILL A LOT OF BIG FISH, GREAT FOR PHOTOS, TERRIBLE ON THE TABLE. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP A TROUT IT MUST BE FIFTEEN INCHES, THE BEST FOR THE TABLE, FIVE IS THE BAG, 15 TO 20 INCHES AND ONE OF THOSE FISH CAN BE OVER 20 INCHES. REDS ON THE WEST SIDE FROM SEWALLS POINT TO FT. PIERCE, IT IS A MORNING BITE AND THAT TWO FEET OF WATER IS THE ACTION ZONE. DO NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN ONE SPOT, STAY IN THE CHANNEL AND WATCH THE WEST BANK FOR ACTIVITY THEN DRIFT IN. I PREFER A JIG, SOFT RUBBER, AND ANY BAIT THEY CAN GET ON TOP OF. SOME ANGLERS GET THEM WITH TOP WATER BUT I JUST TAKE IT A WAY, TO FAST ON THE HOOK SET.ONE PER ANGLER PER DAY AND 18 TO 26 INCHES IS THE SLOT. COOLER WATER IT WHAT IT WILL TO GET THE POMPS TO EAT AGAIN AND THAT’S THE REASON ANGLERS ARE NOT SAYING A WORD ABOUT THE FRONT. THEIR WAS A BITE AND THEN THE WATER WARMED AND THE FISH ALL OF SUDDEN HAD LOCK JAW, COLD FRONT IS SOUNDING ANY BETTER? WHEN YOU SEE THE FISH SKIPPING BEHIND THE BOAT IT IS TIME TO MAKE THE CIRCLE AND DRIFT BACK TO THAT LOCATION. PUT THE ANCHOR OUT START CASTING NYLURE JIGS WITH A PIECE OF SHRIMP ON THEM, VERY SLOW KEEP YOUR JIG ON THE BOTTOM. IT IS TO LIKE A CRAB OF SORTS JUST MOVING ACROSS THE BOTTOM. I WOULD EVEN PUT OUT A ROD WITH A SAND FLEA OR TWO TO GET ANOTHER BAIT IN THE WATER. POMPANO TRAVEL IN SCHOOLS AND THEY USUALY HAVE PATTERN THEY TRAVEL IN, LETS HOPE YOU ARE IN THE TRAVEL LANE. ANGLERS HAVE STARTED TO JIG FROM THE BRIDGE WITH HOT AND COLD REPORTS, DOC’S GOFFY JIG IS THE BAIT ANDI AM NOT SURE WHY, WHO CARES THE POMPS LOVE THEM. GOOD CATCH OF MAC’S AND BLUES ALSO HANGING AROUND AND THE MACS ARE BIGGER THAN THOSE CAUGHT OUT SIDE THE INLET. PLENTY OF BLACK DRUM IN THE RIVER FROM ALL ACESS POINT EATING SHRIMP AND THEY ARE ALL GOOD SIZE FISH. JACKS, LADY FISH, SHEEP HEAD AND FEW I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION HAVE KEPT RODS BENT, RIVER IS BUSY SO COME ON DOWN.
OUT TO THE BLUE WATER, NOT SO POLITE THIS WEEK BUT AGAIN WITH COLD FRONT WHAT SAIL FISH WERE NOT HERE ARE HERE NOW.
SAIL FISH ACTION, START LOOKING IN SIXTY FEET AND TROLL FROM THERE, YOU NEED TO TAKE DINNER TO THE FISH. WHILE YOU ARE OUT THERE LOOKING PAY ATTENTION FOR ANY OTHER FLOTSAM THAT MAY HOLD A DOLPHINS ATTENTION. THE DOLPHIN HAVE BEEN IN THE TWENTY POUND CLASS OR PEANUT SIZE, NOTHING IN BETWEEN, RUN AND GUN YOU WILL FIND THEM. BOTTOM FISH, HAD TWO GROUPER BOTH IN THE THIRTY POUND CLASS AND AN ASORTMENT OF SNAPPER MOST FROM SOUTHERN LOCATIONS, SIXTY FEET, AND SARDINES WERE THE FAVORED BAIT.
I KNOW STAY UP TO DATE, LETS HOPE OUR THURSDAY NIGHT REPORTS CAN GO OFF WITH OUT A CATCH. NOW GO CATCH A FISH.
JAN. 18, 08 FISHING
LET’S GO CATCH A FISH, SEAS ARE FLAT, WIND IS DOWN AND THE TEMPS ARE PERFECT. SOUTH FLORIDA, I LOVE THIS PLACE.
FINALLY OFF SHORE HAS SETTLED DOWN, NOT PERFECT IF YOU ARE SAIL FISH TOUNAMENT ANGLER BUT PERFECT FOR THE REST OF THE ANGLING WORLD. SAIL FISH ANGLERS LIKE A LITTLE WIND, COOL WEATHER AND A LESS THAN CONFORTABLE SEA AND THEN THERE IS ME. GOING OUT OUR INLET TODAY, WORKING THE WATER FROM 80’ TO 125’ HAS BEEN THE ACTION ZONE WITH SAILS AND DOLPHIN KEEPING ANGLERS BUSY. NO NOT LOTS OF SAILS BUT MOST BOATS REPORT A RELEASE OR TWO AND REALLY THAT’S ALL YOU NEED. NOW THE DOLPHIN BITE IS THE TARGET AND THESE FISH ARE FROM TEN POUND FISH TO MID TEENS WITH A FEW BIGGER FISH... TROLLED BAITS HAVE BEEN THE BAIT OF CHOISE, LIVE BAITS HAVE BEEN A HARD FIND WITH THE SWINGS IN TEMPS WE HAVE HAD AND THE ANGLERS COVERING GROUND ARE CATCHING, THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS. TODAY THE SEAS ARE FLAT AND WE SHOULD GET SOME BOTTOM REPORTS AND GROUPER IN THE TEN TO FIFTEEN POUND CLASS SHOULD TOP THE LIST WITH MUTTONS A CLOSE SECOND.
FINNALY, BACK TO THE REPORT AND THINGS ARE CHANGING; NOW IT IS TO COOL TONIGHT????? WELL NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS BUT IT IS REAL NICE AS I TYPE, COOL WE CAN DEAL WITH IT IS THE WIND THAT ROCKS THE BOAT AND BRING UP THE SURF. PLENTY OF BLUE FISH WITH THE MORNING HOUR BEING BEST FOR DUBLE HOOK UPS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ALL DAY. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME ROD PULLERS COME ON DOWN ANY TIME, FUN TO CATCH AND THERE ALL DAY. THE POMPANO BITE IS CRAZY WITH SCATTERED TIMES FROM EARLY TO LATE DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION. ANGLERS REPORTS OF TWO OR THREE HAPPEN ALL DAY BUT TO GET IN THE SCHOOL YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT IN TIME. PLENTY OF WHITING, CROAKERS AND FEW SPANISH MAC’S ARE MIXED IN; SURF HAS JUST BEEN A GOOD LOCATION TO CATCH FISH.
WELL IT DID GET COOL LAST NIGHT AND NOW THE WIND IS BLOWING, I KNOW GOOD FOR THE SAIL FISH. ONE OF THE GREAT POINTS OF BEING IN OUR AREA AND FISHING INSIDE IS THE MILES OF SHELTERED AREAS TO FISH NO MATTER WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS. INSIDE FISHING IS REAL STRONG. TROUT, REDS, SNOOK, DRUM THE LIST IS LONG. ONE CAN ALMOST PICK OUT A TARGET AND THERE IS A LOCATION, SHELTERED THAT YOU CAN FIND YOUR FISH. THE REDS HAVE BEEN ON THE WEST BANK ACROSS FROM BEAR POINT AND THE SPOIL ISLANDS ACROSS THE SAIL FISH FLATS CLOSER TO THE INLET. TROUT ARE JUST HANGING OUT IN THREE FEET OF WATER AND I AM SURE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE SEASON IS OPEN. SHRIMP, DOA’S, SPOONS, GULP HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE LIST OF BAITS. EARLY THROUGH MID MORNING HAVE BEEN YOUR BEST BITE TIMES BUT AS I SAY, NEVER CAUGHT A FISH WITH A WATCH ON. THE POMPANO HAVE STACKED UP UNDER THE BRIDGES BUT THE TIMES ARE SCATTERED NO PATTERN, BUT WE DO HAVE COOING TREND GOING AS I TYPE THIS. TEMPS MAY PLUMIT INTO THE SIXTY'S, I KNOW GOOD FOR THE SAILS, FLOUNDER, AND POMPANO BUT WHAT ABOUT ME? WE HAVE A GOOD CATCH LIST FROM THE RIVER THIS WEEK DEPENDING ARE WHERE YOU ARE FISHING. THE DRUM, POMPS, MACS AND BLUES ALONG WITH LADY FISH, JACKS AND A BUNCH MORE, YOU JUST HAVE TO GET YOUR BAIT WET.
STILL TRYING TO GET THE BUGS OUT OF OUR LIVE BROADCAST, JUST CAN NOT GET THE WORD AND MOTIONS TO SPEED BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING………………………HENRY
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