Spring has sprung can I get an amen! Boy the bite is on fire from the snook and trout on the flats to the Spanish mackerel in the middle of the bay, to snapper and AJ's offshore. The bite turned on for me reel hot on Monday of . this week. The snook we had this week were nothing short of spectacular. Our clients landed 6 fish over 40 inches which is in the 20 pound class, several keepers and over slot fish. The trout are very cooperative with limits coming in within an hour or so.
On thing happened last Friday, we fished one or our greatest clients, James "Bubba" Turner and his friend .John Calfee Bubba and John had caught several trout when all of a sudden BAM big snook on Bubba's line. When we started catching the trout we had a pod of about 6 porpoises come in and just hanging out. Well when the snook hit a porpoise decided to eat him and got the whole shooting match hook and all. The thing looked like a Blue Marlin grey hounding across the flats. I have never seen such a thing inshore but have had it happen several times when trolling for grouper or catching snapper along the shipping channel.
Don't worry about flipper after running out a few hundred yards the hook gave way and we retrieve everything but the snook. I think he may have given up on stealing fish inshore as I have fished that area everyday since and have not seen hide nor hair of the pod of porpoise anywhere on that flat.
With the weather forecast calling for the warm weather to continue its time to get out there because it's only going to get better. This weekend should be great inshore and offshore alike. Remember grouper season is closed as is American Red Snapper.
