FISHING REPORT

Weeks of May 1st - May 8th, 2017

Weather Conditions: A couple of overnight showers, mainly sunny.

Winds: Strong winds to start the week ending with lighter winds.

Air Temperature: 84 to 90 degrees with lows in the mid to high 70's to low 80's.

Water Temperature: Temp: 84 F. degrees

Sunrise: 5:24 am Sunset: 6:15 pm

Moonphase: New Moon.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONEFISH (Macabi): Good week! Jim Grandt brought twenty hungry spin fisherman eager to land permit, tarpon, and bonefish for their annual spin fishing tournament. Plenty of bonefish were brought to the boats as all the anglers experienced a lovely weather week. Top rod for the tournament caught over 50 bonefish. Bill B and John T also had a blast catching lots of bones as well. Francisco from San Salvador joined the fun and landed quite a few even though his stay was short.

PERMIT (Palometta): When you present a fresh crab to a permit it is hard for them to say no. Lots of folks landing permit during the tournament with some of the anglers bringing in some big boys. Bill and John weren't going to be outdone and caught some on the fly. As usual, there's always a lot more Permit seen than landed, but always fun to have the opportunities.

TARPON (Sabalo): The tarpon were cooperating nicely this week eating as many sardines as they could. John, who was one of the tournament participants hooked several tarpon and landed one that was at least one hundred and fifty pounds. Francisco was having fun and also landed a nice one. Maybe the boys are back in town early this year. Come and get your Tarpon on!

OTHER SPECIES: Jacks, barracuda, and snapper.

GRAND SLAM: No grand slams this week.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONEFISH - Always Christmas Island Specials, Mantis shrimp in tan, and Gotchas

FOR PERMIT - Peterson Shrimp and Crabs worked well.

FOR TARPON - Were eating White Toads and Black Deaths.

This Week's Summary:

Great week of fishing for all the anglers. Decent weather always means happy fish.

Fish On!
Ken [email protected].

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