FISHING REPORT

December 20th - December 26th, 2015

Weather Conditions: A solid week of crazy wind and mostly clear skies

Winds: 18-30 mph rotating from North to Southeast and everything in between.

Air Temperature: Highs were in low to mid 80's with lows in the mid 70's.

Water Temperature: Temp: 80 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 30.05 - 29.81

Sunrise: 6:16 am Sunset: 5:20 pm

Moonphase: The first quarter moon is on the 18th.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Our guests took comfort from the wind on some of the secluded flats on the west side of the island with bonefish days ranging from 1-25 fish. Winds like this limit our fishery to a fraction of its normal size. Flats that are normally clear are riled up, wide open flats were just too windy to try so it takes some patience , some blind casting and perseverance to make things happen, A great Christmas week with lots of families visiting; Husband and wife Jeff and Peggy, Jeff, John and Ali, Bryan, Molly, James, Robert, Davis and John, Michael, Naomi, and Seth Robert, Pam, and Kim, Matson, Sam, Sawyer and Susie, Charles, Elizabeth, and Josie, Steven, Wyatt and Jackson, Robert, Bobby, Natalie, William, and Tobias, Nancy and Gray, Hill, Cornelia, Cornelia 2 and William, Jonathan, Samantha (Sam), George and Thomas, Most of them took part is some good bonefishing despite the wind

PERMIT (Palometta): Two permit were landed this week one of which led to a Grand Slam! Gray visited the lodge with his lovely wife Nancy and was rewarded with a very big permit early on in his trip. Mike persevered through the heavy wind and off color water and managed an unlikely permit.

TARPON (Sabalo): Mike was the only success story for tarpon although there were many hookups that ended in the dreaded long distance release. Our famous tarpon flats were totally out of shape with the high winds we experienced this week so the only tarpon fishing that was available was searching around likely mangrove creeks and lagoons.

OTHER SPECIES: Barracudas, Snappers, ladyfish, tripletail, triggerfish, Jacks

Grand Slam: Mike's Slam happened during the worst of the wind and his success kept all the other fishermen going this week. We wish Mike all the best as he rushed back to the states after falling ill with some heart related issues. His prognosis is good and we are hoping for a speedy recovery to celebrate his grand slam!

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - CI-Special, Crazy Charlie

FOR PERMIT - Avalon (small one), Christmas Island Specials

FOR TARPON - White toad

This Week's Summary:

The wind was tough but the anglers persevered and got some good fishing in. Christmas was celebrated with one of the largest group of guests El Pescador has hosted. The family atmosphere was wonderful.

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].