FISHING REPORT

March 6th - March 13th, 2016

Weather Conditions:

Winds: Winds were vicious for most of the week from 20 miles an hour with gusts to 29. Mostly out of the east, so at least there was shelter on some of the west side of the island.

Air Temperature: Highs were between 80 and 85 with lows in the mid 70's

Water Temperature: Temp: 79 F. degrees

Barometric Pressure: 29.82 - 30.07

Sunrise: 6:03 am Sunset: 6:01 pm

Moonphase: The new moon was on the 8th.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Our guests were able to lean on the bonefish to make great days out of the really strong winds we were struck with this week. John brought a great group of his Montana fly shop friends with him this week http://www.thetackleshop.com/. John,& Kayla, John#2, Rick, Bill, Tim, Tom, Wayne fished daily and most had some personal bonefish records this week. Check out the shop if you are ever heading to Montana. Lots of returning guests arrived for anywhere from their 2nd to their 10th visits. Jim and Lindsay and their friends John and Linda never seem to stay long enough as their week flew by. Emily and Chris brought future fishing pro Jack - Jack is less than 2 but will be fly casting soon. Emily didn't get to fish last time ( because of little Jack being really little) but this time she made sure to get her very first bonefish under her belt. Ian and Robin were bone-fishing machines, Leslie, Grayson and Sophia spent a day on the flats with a nice shore lunch, CJ and Taylor fished hard, Toby and son Quintin got some bones, and Fred, Jeff, Jed, Mike, Davis, and Angus all had fun with our bonefish populations.

PERMIT (Palometta): Jeff landed a permit early in the week inspiring others to have faith even in the wind. Taylor brought a permit to leader, returning guest Jim was able to get another permit to add to his permit total and Chris got the most this week with 2 to the boat.

TARPON (Sabalo): Returning guest John had the only real encounter with a tarpon this week as he jumped one early on right out of the gate. With the heavy winds this was no easy feat!

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks, Shad, Snappers, Barracuda (someone hooked a ray), Ladyfish

Grand Slam: No Slams this week.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - CI-Special, Crazy Charlie, Bitters

FOR PERMIT - Avalon, raghead crab, Christmas Island Special.

FOR TARPON - White Toad

This Week's Summary:

Despite the windy weather our guests were able to accomplish some pretty solid results! There was more wading than normal since the most sheltered areas were very close to shore on west facing flats.

Fish On!
Ed Blank [email protected].