FISHING REPORT

Weeks of Nov. 13th - Nov. 19th, 2016

Weather Conditions: Partly cloudy most of the week with some off and on rain showers.

Winds: The same 5-15mph out of North switching to NE each day and swinging to full east some afternoons.

Air Temperature: 82 to 86 degrees with lows between 68 and 79 degrees

Water Temperature: Temp: 80 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 1012-1019 mbar

Sunrise: 5:49 am Sunset: 5:22 pm

Moonphase: The super full moon was on November 14th and it was spectacular rising over the reef!

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Some big numbers were landed this week with at least three boats topping 20 bonefish to the hand. The biggest of the week was 4 pounds. DIY anglers landed many in the lagoon behind the lodge!

PERMIT (Palometta): Permit are still relatively happy to eat with more than a dozen landed this week. The star of this was the permit duo of Joe and Mary with six permit between the two of them. Mary's largest topped the week at 20 pounds, and she couldn't lift it! Adam and Daniel added permit notches on their belt; Patrick was thrilled with his permit, Ryan got a permit as part of his "soft" super slam, and Dan 2 landed a beauty mid-week.

TARPON (Sabalo): Mac got a tarpon off the dock!! Dante got a nice fish on a last minute trip on his departure day. As he was not scheduled to leave here until 2 pm, he fished from 6 am to 1 pm, landed the tarpon, took a shower and headed out packing a bagged lunch for the plane in his pack! Jeremy had a four jump encounter with a large tarpon that will be forever etched in his brain (I clearly remember the first tarpon I jumped 20 years ago)

OTHER SPECIES: Snook, cudas, snappers, grunts, king mackerel (outside the reef one day)

GRAND SLAM: Congratulations to Ryan who over the course of the week landed a permit, tarpon, bonefish, and snook. Even though it was not all in one day, it is still noteworthy!.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Special, Gotcha, many variations of Crazy Charlies.

FOR PERMIT - Bauer crab, brown, Christmas Island Special, mantis shrimp.

FOR TARPON - Black Death, Peanut Butter, White Bunny.

This Week's Summary:

An average weather week here, with good action for permit and bonefish. The big super moon was pretty unique as well. Now we will get ready for the Thanksgiving crowd!

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].