Saltwater Fishing Reports, Freshwater Fishing Reports

It’s early May and it feels like the latter part of March, what with the winds blowing like they have been. Like I’ve stated in my previous reports, when the wind isn’t too bad, and we’ve gone out, the fishing has been very good. Fishing in the ICW has been pretty good from daylight to around 9am for Specks. I’ve been tossing out a 4” Top Dog Mirror Lure for my top-water applications, and when the fish seem to tire of that, I’ve gone to my trusty Exude Dart or Exude RT slug. I’ve been experimenting with a few different lures and colors, and while I’m still throwing the Golden Bream, I’ve also been using the Shrimp fantail in solid white glow, and it’s been producing some nice fish when used under a popping cork. While fishing for specks, I’ve also been picking up some nice Skipjacks (Ladyfish) and a few Bluefish mixed in.
I’ve been working a few docks near some of the flats in the ICW, and have hooked up some nice slot redfish. My baits of choice have been a live shrimp with a #4 live bait Gamakatsu hook, a Berkley Gulp 3 –4” Shrimp on a ¼ oz jig head, or a weighted Gamakatsu hook. During my night trips, we have been going after the reds that are running near the 3-mile bridge. This has been some great fishing, and we’ve not only hooked up the reds, but also some white trout, specks, and even some nice keeper mangrove snapper.

The surf has been a little rough just off the beaches, but at the beginning of the week I was able to get out, and it was

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May 9, 2008

INSHORE:

We have enjoyed some great weather lately here along the Treasure Coast. The windy days are beginning to lighten up and early mornings can find some great conditions for top water lures on the flats. Lots of baitfish have been filtering into the river and you can look forward to the predator fish chasing them around the waters. Redfish, snook and trout are in the shallows and I love fishing the Indian River in May!

I was able to get out and cast a rod myself this week and found the fish feeding in the shallows in less than two feet of water. Two snook at 26" and 27" were fooled by a DOA CAL shad tail around the mangroves of the flats. Look for snook and trout to continue to chase the bait this month. Don't forget that snook season will close the end of May, so there are just a couple more weeks to try and get that slot snook for dinner.









These two snook were caught along the mangroves on a DOA CAL shad tail....

Trout fishing slowed some during the week, but with the warmer water the action will pickup. Bob Bergen and Bob Whitbold were out fishing on Thursday and

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Inshore/nearshore report Jacksonville area waters

The water has warmed to 70-72 degrees now and fishing has picked up.All we need is for the wind to give us a break. Lots of jacks have moved in so the blues,which are still here, finally have some competition for your expensive baits. Large ladyfish and spanish mackerel are fairly common catches, too. I'm catching smaller spanish trolling and the larger ones on live bait when targeting other species such as trout. All these fish are great fly rod fish.


Speaking of trout, I've heard of an 11 and 10 pounder being caught recently, on lures and bait, respectively, They are hitting topwater and diving lures, as well as the always reliable live shrimp. Two to four pounders are common using the sliding float rig. If you catch a big one,which is most certainly a female, consider releasing it after a photo as your contribution to future fishing generations.



Redfish are around, though with all the tournaments and every day fishing pressure we have here in northeast Florida, it is sometimes difficult to find any. With the right bait you can usually hook a few at the jetty tips, weather permitting.



Black drum are an occasional catch also, along with pompano and flounder. Keep your eyes open for triple tails, also. You just might stumble on to one hovering next to some floating object such as a crab trap float, etc.


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Hola,

The fishing the past few days has been nice mixed bag. The Sailfish bite has slowed a little but everything else has picked up. The Marlin bite is good for both Striped Marlin and Blue Marlin. The Yellowfin Tuna bite has picked up with lots of boats reporting a few 30 pound fish. The Dorado bite has also been good…with some big ones reported.

Most of the boats were fishing 25-30 miles out around the craters.

Captain Bill on the “Sailfish” Caught 2 Sailfish, a Striped Marlin a few Tuna and a Dorado.

Captain Brandon on the “Fish Whistle” caught a Sailfish, a Blue Marlin, a Striped Marlin, a Yellowfin Tuna and three 50 pound Dorados.

Captain Dana on the “Hoos your Daddy” caught a Sailfish, a Blue Marlin, several Yellowfin and a couple Dorado.

Captain Jorge on the “Barrilata” did a half day trip about 15 miles out and caught 4 Dorado…a couple 30 pounds and a couple 20 pounds.

Thanks for your time,

Bubba

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The photo of the week shows Francis Timmons of Quebec with a bright, 19-pound hatchery male Steelhead landed on the Kitimat River this spring. Photo by: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters.

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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated April 27 – May 4, 2008
(Number 69)

Dear Fishing Friends:

SUMMARY: The weather has been good all week but staying on the cool side. It rained a little but not heavy. The main snow melt-off from the mountains has not started yet. We need warmer weather for that to happen. The water has been coming up slowly all week but is staying in fishable shape on most rivers. This is just what is needed to move in more Steelhead and Chinook (King) Salmon from the ocean. Conditions are near perfect on some rivers. The Kalum is clean and fishing good. The Zymoetz (Copper) is dirty and in turn is coloring up the Skeena into which it flows.

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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
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Cabo Fish Report
April 28-May 4, 2008

WEATHER: We had just another week in paradise with our daytime highs varying between 90-95 early in the week and 85-90 later in the week. Our nighttime lows varied as well with 75 early in the week and 65 later in the week. That nighttime low of 75 on Monday and Tuesday night forced us to turn on the air conditioner! We had partly cloudy skies all week long with winds at 10-15 knots from the northwest with occasional higher gusts.
WATER: There was little change in the surface conditions from last week. The Pacific side of the Cape had swells at 3-5 feet and the Cortez side had 1-3 foot swells. The water temperature on the Cortez side was a pretty even 74-76 degrees from the shore out to around 12 miles, then it became 67-69 degrees for another 12-20miles, then there was a pretty strong break where it warmed right back up. On the Pacific side the temperature remained around 66-69 degrees. On the Pacific side from the Golden Gate and across the San Jaime Bank and toward the beach the water was a fairly dirty green, the closer to shore you got the dirtier it got. This plume of cool, green water extended to the south of the Cape keeping the water outside the 1,000-fathom line that dirty green.
BAIT: There was plenty of bait this week as

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This story took place almost a week ago and I am still wearing the same stupid grin I had on when I stepped off the boat at 2am.

My brother Mike, my fishing buddy DJ and myself chartered the Lady Pamela 2 out of Fort Lauderdale on Saturday April 26th for a combo day / night charter. We arrived at the boat at about 12:30pm. I noticed right away that the captain and mate were excited about the trip. As they loaded the boat I saw the load carefully cut strip baits and the freshly tied rigs. It didn't seem like another day at the office which is the norm with charters in my experience. Like us, these guys loved to fish and it showed. The weather was cooperating and we were on our way.
We left the slip at 12 noon and started trolling a few miles out of the inlet. As experienced northeast offshore fishermen the 3 of us settled into the waiting game. After about an hour of trolling Paul the captain noticed a large black shadow in the trolling spread. With a little convincing from Chuck the mate and the captain the big blue marlin hit and headed off to the horizon. As luck would have it the fish hit the 30lb outfit in lieu of the heavy stuff. My brother Mike jumped in the chair and the fight was on. Even on 30lb tackle Mike was starting to tire a bit until the captain called from above with the most motivating one liner I ever heard on a boat, "Mike, if you land this fish you have the rest of your life to rest". Well after all that we lost the fish a good

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This spring season is off the hook. I took Denis Quill and his son David out for a ¾ day trip. They came here on holiday, from Ireland, and wanted to catch some fish. We loaded up on bait as best we could and then bee-lined it to the Grunt & Sweat wreck. The first drop of the day was a nice legal Gag Grouper.

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Then the real fun began as they struggle on 10 drops and managed to pull only one Amberjack off the wreck. We left there with the Jacks winning by a score of 9-1. After that we tried for a few Permit but they had the Quill’s number also and he lost the only one that hooked up. We finished our day putting 2 nice Pinkies (Mutton) in the box.

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Steve, Chris, and Steve Jr. had a great trip with us and Devon and I enjoyed ourselves equally as well. We had a full day of laughs and fish. The trip started off with them telling us that Steve Jr. had caught a 98# AJ and Jacks weren’t on the list. OK! Bait is becoming a bit of a struggle but we managed to get enough for the entire day. First order of the day was to try for a Mutton or two. We arrived to find 2 other boats drifting the same wreck. No big deal, find a spot, put her in neutral, and drop! Seemed to work fine… for us! We boated a Mutton, an African Pompano, 2 Barracuda, and a Bonito head.

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Get Out Your Plastics for Spring Trout

Three days on the water and three windy days. The wind has continued to blow like it was still March; nevertheless there were some trout to be caught.



All week long the Rip Tide Mullet, Rip Tide Curtailer, and Rip Tide Flats Chub have worked well on Banana River Sea Trout. All were fished on ¼ ounce jig heads. Brothers Greg and Tom are shown in the picture below holding trout caught on the Rip Tide Curtailer. Andy in the background had just lost a trout which would have made a triple catch for the visiting brothers had it not gotten off at the boat.



The most productive colors were the Fire Tiger for the Curtailer, Electric Chicken and Silver Mullet for the 3 inch mullet, and Gold ’n Glow for the Flats Chub.

A slow retrieve while lifting the rod tip and then letting it fall was used to tempt the many trout bites of the week. The trout would almost always strike on the fall.



The mullet have not yet showed up in large numbers, when they do the fishing should get even better.

That's what it's all about. Good fishin'.

Capt. Ron Presley
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May 2, 2008

INSHORE:

May continues to be a transition month here on the Treasure Coast. Weekly weather fronts moving across the state and water temperatures working their way towards the mid to high 70's signal that spring has arrived and summer is just around a short corner. You can see more baitfish entering the river and the activity on the flats will increase during May. Fishing this week was up and down and the windy conditions dictated on where you might fish on any given day.

I fished with some great people this week and we sure enjoyed the Indian River. Tom Hull (the Lazy Spirits Fishing Team) was down to visit and enjoy some fishing and relaxing on the river. Jay Smith and his girlfriend, Melissa, was also down and enjoyed a sunny outing on the river. The latest front slowed down the fishing mid-week, but the bite had started to pick back up by Thursday.

Trout have been hitting soft plastics, like DOA CAL jerk baits in pearl and rootbeer colors. Live shrimp and pinfish will also entice some trout into biting, like Melissa proved this week. Harbor Branch and Queen's Cove have been the best spots to target lately. The snook bite has begun to move to the flats. Brennan Smith reported catching a number of snook south of Fort Pierce along the mangroves and Bob Bergen reported similar results to the north of Fort Pierce the latter part of the week. Live bait, top water and soft plastics were the best

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April Fishing Report

April started out as March ended…HOT, HOT, HOT. Everyone was fishing about 30 miles out and they were raising and releasing double digit Sailfish numbers…mixed in with a few Dorado.

Captain Bill on the “Sailfish” went 16 for 22 on Sailfish and had 5 Sailfish and a Dorado hooked up at the same time…a sixer?

Captain Dave on the “Missbehavin” took Lou and his buddy out again today the clients hooked their own fish and they ripped it up going 15 for 30 on Sailfish with a couple big Dorado for dinner.

The second week of April the bite shifted far to the south and guys were running 40-45 miles and crushing it.

The guys on the “Spanish Fly” took a crew from Michigan out and in true “Spanish Fly” fashion released 24 Sailfish and a Marlin.

Bob from Jersey wanted to hook his own fish on the “Fish Whistle”…Captain Brandon did not disappoint. They went south and Bob went 7 for 15 on Sailfish and caught a 50 pound Bull Dorado. Bob admitted that fishing with the circle hooks was something new. It’s hard to undo years of hook setting instinct.

There were one or two slow days around the middle of the month and then bite picked up again but this time just 30 miles out. The bite continued to be good until the very end of the month. The last few days of the month were slow…but the fish are still out there.

Captain Kevin on

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Kona Hawaii fishing report – April wrap-up .

I did last month’s wrap-up a day before the end of the month and in last month’s report, the big news was Kona’s first “Grander” of the year. The very next day after that report, last day of the month, another “Grander” was caught. It was an awesome battle! I know because I was the captain on the boat! It’s a huge milestone for any captain to bag a grander and most Kona captains never attain the goal. A lot has to go right in order to get one. It really is a combination of skill and luck. We came close to loosing her a couple of times and then, once we had her subdued, we almost became a sad “almost a grander” story. Three Oceanic white tip sharks attacked the marlin as we were trying to pull her in the boat. They took about 150 lbs. of meat off of her in about 1 minute but even with that, she still weighed in at 1056 lbs. There’s more about the trip at FISHinKONA.com on the “Hall of Fame” page and for only about a week more, on the “Fish Photo’s Page”. The angler also wrote about the trip in the “Guest Book”. A note for you fish huggers out there, I release almost all my marlins and I don’t feel bad at all for killing this fish. If I ever get another grander, I’ll kill that one too. Any blue under 1000 lbs. is free to go. I keep small striped marlin to eat. Any big ones are free to go. It’s most likely that because I target a wider variety of fish than any other captain in Kona and, I let most everything go, that

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