Winter and especially the month of Jan. can be one of our most challenging months of fishing here on the West coast of Florida. Our inshore trips have consisted of fishing deeper darker waters for sheepshead,redfish,black drum,and mangrove snapper with mackeral,pompano,ladyfish and jacks filling in the gaps. The offshore trips have been producing BIG gag grouper, red grouper, nice mangrove snapper and some sheepshead. If you like good eating those key west grunts are filling coolers. I suggest that on those nice calm days , wich we haven’t had too many of in the last week or two, going offshore, and on any other day know that you can take refuge somewhere from the cold and still catch fish, bend the rod and have a good time.
After all this is Florida.
Look for this pattern to continue thru at least the next couple of weeks.
Trophy Florida Alligator Hunts get yours now hunts are limited and available on a first come first serve basis. Last year we had some great hunts with 4 out of the 6 gators taken were over 10′ with 11’11” and 12′ being our two biggest. Here are the hunt dates. Two the week of Aug. 22-29 and 2 the 5-12 of Sept. The hunts are for Lake Istokpoga about 80 miles east of Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay. This is the same lake we hunted last year and with much success. Also one of Florida’s top bass lakes for trophy large mouth bass, if you want to wet a line while your there. Henderson’s fish camp has lodging on the lake.
If your interested please get in touch with me soon as these hunts are very limited and extremely hard to get. All the pricing is on the website along with some other info.
Red fish are on the move. Schools of reds have now invaded the bay. We’ve been doing well with 20 to 25 slot sized reds and a few over slot not uncommon right now. On the same trips we’ve been catching trout , flounder, snook, lady fish, jacks, sharks, mackeral, and a few other species in the mix as well. It’s just a great time to fish. It’s not too hot right now, there is bait everywhere and the fish are biting so give me a call and we will get after them. Oh and I still have 2 Gator hunts left if you want to go gator hunting let me know soon. What ever you do it’s a great time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors.
Thanks for your time,
Capt. Brady
