FISHING REPORT

Feb. 21- Mar. 5, 2016

Weather Conditions: Coolish weather, generally fair to partly cloudy.

Winds: Mostly from the North, switching to the east 5-15 mph

Air Temperature: Highs were between 75 and 80 with lows in the low 70's

Water Temperature: Temp: 79 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 29.96 - 30.20

Sunrise: 6:09 am Sunset: 5:59 pm

Moonphase: The last quarter moon was on the 1st.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Keith got his fill of bonefish right out of the gate, Fred, Orv and Sue, Paul, Virgil, Bob, Ann and Mark, father/son Patrick and Patrick, Sue and Jim all enjoyed bonefishing this week. The largest fish was about 4 pounds and a few guests hit double digit numbers daily.

PERMIT (Palometta): A small percentage of anglers are successful when they first come face to face with a permit. Congratulations to Keith for his first permit ever and it was done with great humility by giving the credit to his guide. Father and son team Patrick and Patrick Jr. teamed up for a total of 4 permit for the week making it look easy. 4 permit is a lifetime achievement for many veteran anglers� not a week!

TARPON (Sabalo): No tarpon were landed this week, partly due to the fact that it was a lightly attended week and not many people were fishing for them. A few were fooled but none were on for more than a few seconds.

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks (3 species), snappers, cudas

Grand Slam: No Slams this week.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - CI-Special, Crazy Charlie, Bitters

FOR PERMIT - Peterson Spawning Shrimp, Avalon.

FOR TARPON - Chartreuse Toad, black bunny

This Week's Summary:

A quiet week at the lodge with some good weather.

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].