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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 Post subject: Fall "catching" report 2009 |
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FINELINE FISHING CHARTER CATCHES FOR FALL 2009
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Most of the Fall has been pretty good for us this year. We’ve only experienced a few slow days of fishing. With the extended warm spell we’ve had through September and October, it’s almost been like summer never ended until November 1st. along the beaches bluefish, ladyfish, jack, redfish, shark and tarpon have been pretty plentiful. Chelsea Shaver of Orlando joined her father Don for one of the slower days we had out there. We had some blues and jacks, but nothing that broke the five pound mark that day. Chelsea really wanted to catch a big one but we will just have to wait until the next time she has an opportunity to go. None-the-less we had wonderful weather and great conversation all morning long.
A few days later I had the Tim Johnson party out and the tarpon were very good to us. We landed three to about 100 pounds on live menhaden. They started the day off with a nice double hook up on fish of about 80 pounds. Shark, blues and others were all willing to play that day as well. None of them were looking forward to leaving the beautiful Florida weather behind. But they had to go back home to Montana (and the snow that had just fallen there) the next day.
The Indian River and the Mosquito Lagoon have also been good this fall. Black drum have been very abundant on many of the flats. Groups of 200 to 400 fish have been fairly common and on some days there can be as many as 1000 fish in a school. Live shrimp, Berkley Gulp, Trigger X Crabs, and saltwater assassin drunk monkey colored shrimp have been top producers for these fish. Although I haven’t had any fly fishing clients lately, a few of the other captains fishing these schools with me have been using crab imitations flies with there clients and having good success. Here is Sandy Silvaggi with a 15 pound fish she landed from one such school of drum.
Teilla Lathrop took her father Dick from Missouri out for a great day on the water. They had a blast with the black drum as well. We were on a school of about 500 fish that day and as you can see by the picture the weather and fishing couldn’t have been any better. Here is one of five fish that they caught while using live shrimp on jig heads that day in the Indian River Lagoon near Titusville.
Charlie Brown and his buddy Terry from Lakeland, Fl. drove over on morning to fish with me and got in on some really good action on the over-sized (bull) redfish. The two of them landed ten giant reds measuring from 38 to 44 inches in length while “sight” casting to a school of about 250-300 fish. They couldn’t believe the way these fish would attack the Rapala Skitterwalk top water plugs I had them throwing at these fish. But they were completely satisfied with the results.
On the first day of November we still had great weather here on the east coast of Florida. Kathy and Kirk Knoepfel of Cocoa and Robin Carpenter of Rockledge joined me on the Indian River for some big redfish action. After unsuccessfully looking for the schools of black drum for about an hour, I decided to run about 8 miles and try plan “B”. Earlier in the week I had located a school of big reds that were tailing in about three feet of water. I eased up to the spot and it was like they were waiting for us to show up. These are extremely smart fish that are about 20 to 25 years old and won’t put up with any strange noises around them. I was able to quietly pole my 22 foot Skeeter bay boat into casting range and they never knew we were there. They happily rolled and played along this deeper flat as they worked there way southward. Kathy, Kirk, and Robin all cast to the school of fish and we had a triple hook up in no time. After about a 15 minute fight two of the three fish came to boat side. Kathy’s unfortunately pulled the hook. We rounded out the day catching some slot-sized redfish for them to take home for supper.
The rest of November is pretty well booked up with charters at this point, but there are still a few day open here and there throughout the month for anyone who is interested in joining me on the water.
Until next time...Catch a memory!
Capt. Jim Ross
www.finelinefishingcharters.com
www.inshorefishingacademy.com
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