FISHING REPORT

Feb. 1 - Feb. 13, 2016

Weather Conditions: The weather ranged the gamete from clear, cloudy, rainy, calm windy with only a day or two of clear skies and low winds. It got really cold last week with a low in the mid-sixtys!

Winds: 5-23 mph rotating from North to east and everything in between.

Air Temperature: Highs were in low 80's with lows in the low 70's, dipping to lows of 60 and highs of 70 late in the week.

Water Temperature: Temp: 77 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 29.88 - 30.22

Sunrise: 6:20 am Sunset: 5:22 pm

Moonphase: The full moon was on the 8th.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): As the cooler days kept coming we could tell that the bonefish were a little less enthusiastic the colder it got. There were some slower days for those who continued to sightfish, but it remained quite productive for those who fished deeper where the water was a bit warmer. All guests were successful with bonefish each day; they pursued them even with the chilly weather. The high boat of the week was 20 fish.

PERMIT (Palometta): Tom G. got his hands on a permit to start the trip off right, Kate was able to get a permit, our friend Howard was thrilled with his permit. Louis was the last to add a permit to his fish totals this week.

TARPON (Sabalo): Jeff got a nice 70 pound fish out on a perfect day on the deeper flats of Savannah, Tom leadered his fish but was denied the picture, El Pescador's returning guest Rob got a tarpon on his first day out, but as the weather cooled off, so did his luck with those persnickety tarpon! Amanda got the prize ~ landing 2 tarpon in one day next to her tarpon-less spouse Jason. Jason was happier about Amanda's fish than he would have been if he caught them, so all was well. Louis, a French Canadian enjoyed landing a tarpon and playing a few other. Lots of follows, some bites and a few to the boat.

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks, Cudas, and snapper!

Grand Slam: Louis ended up with a super slam for the week and to him it didn't seem to matter to him that it was not all in one day - just landing each over the week was a thrill!

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Christmas Island Special, Crazy Charlie

FOR PERMIT - Christmas Island Specials, Mantis Shrimp, Raghead crab

FOR TARPON - White Toad, Cockroach in olive, Purple Bunny, Cockroach in natural.

This Week's Summary:

A big thanks to Teagan, my 8 year old assistant, who helped me with the pin ceremony each evening! Rarely does a cold front make it far enough south to impact our fishing, but this one lasted about a week and we could see signs of fish leaving the shallow water in favor of the deeper warm water. We had to look a little deeper to find the fish as the water cooled.

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].