FISHING REPORT

Feb. 21- 27, 2016

Weather Conditions: Some rainy days, some cloudy days, in general not much sun this week.

Winds: Mostly from the North, Northwest, North Northeast and a wide range of 5-20 mph.

Air Temperature: Highs were between 75 and 85 with lows in the low 70's

Water Temperature: Temp: 79 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 29.9. - 30.22

Sunrise: 6:12 am Sunset: 5:56 pm

Moonphase: The full moon was on the 22nd.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Bonefish bonefish bonefish, the silver ghostclad with mirrors, perfectly camouflaged no matter what color bottom they are on. They are built for speed and eating things on or even under the bottom. Ever see a bonefish puff out a critter that is covered in sand? The can jet spray water out their mouth to uncover prey! Remarkable. Kevin and Jamie, got the hang of bonefishing right away, Tom, Glenn. Larry, Austin, Ross, Rick and his son Connor, Sue and Ray (from England), Jeremy and Liza, Gene Greg and Terri, returning guests (now part of the family) Evie and Bill, Mandy and Glen Chris, Steve, Matt Boomer, Jim. All had a great time enticing bonefish with fly rods, spin rods.. everything! Gene, Greg and Terri, Mandy and Glen Chris, Steve, Matt Boomer, Jim. All had a great time enticing our lovely bonefish !

PERMIT (Palometta): Kevin was the start permit player this week as he somehow got at least one permit 3 days in a row with his sweetheart Jamie cheering him on. Although Jamie did not land a permit she had some shots and out fished Kevin in the tarpon department!

TARPON (Sabalo): Go Jamie!! She landed the first tarpon of the week showing Kevin how it's done (payback for the above permit lashing Kevin gave Jamie!). Glenn had the fun part: the eat and the first jump, this is where its at for a tarpon junkie, watching them eat a fly and then the unbelievable jump that usually follows. The jump can be a low greyhounding leap or a perfectly vertical gill shaking explosion. Miss Glenda "queen of the tarpon" decided to skip the old wisdom of starting with bonefish and went directly to tarpon. Awesome! Chris followed this up with a nice silver king, Austin brought 2 to the boat 1 day, and Bill celebrated his birthday in style with a beautiful; fish coming to hand.

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks, Sharks, Barracuda, Snappers, and a crazy pelican! ) Oh I almost forgot Evies trophy box fish!

Grand Slam: A soft slam for Jamie and Kevin with a bonefish, permit and tarpon over the course of the week between the two of them.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - CI-Special, Crazy Charlie, Gotcha

FOR PERMIT - Peterson spawning Shrimp

FOR TARPON - Black death bunny, White toad, light natural cockroach, olive toad

This Week's Summary:

A fairly poor weather week but some remarkable catches by some beginning and experienced anglers.

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].