Aquatic Adventures Sailing School & Fishing Reports April 2, 2011
In this week's Aquatic Adventures we take you sailing at Matheson Hammock Park. With Biscayne Bay in our backyard, and great weather year round, South Florida offers some of the best sailing anywhere. Today we follow one woman as she takes her first sailing lesson at Castle Harbor Sailing School. Watch here...
For more info please visit http://www.castleharbor.com/
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Capt. Kerry Wingo - Key Largo - Flamingo
Greetings fish fans. March has been a great month. Lots of warm weather, lots of fish, and lots of spring breakers to help boost our economy. I want to thank all of you for coming to visit the Fabulous Florida Keys. As we move into April, it's time for us to knock the dust off of our big rods and get ready for tarpon season. If you are looking to do battle with the silver king, this is the time to get 'er done. From now until around the 4th of July is prime time for tarpon, so give us a call come on down.
The trout and ladyfish bite out in Florida Bay has been nonstop. Last Friday I had two anglers from Boston that were out to enjoy some sunshine and some rod bending. They caught probably 70-80 fish with maybe 20 of them being landed on an 8 wt fly rod. We didn't set any records but managed to catch a few trout that were large enough to be invited back for supper.
Saturday's weather must have been ordered by the Chamber of Commerce. The temperature was in the mid 80s and it was flat calm. With these conditions, I made the decision to head out to the patch reefs on the ocean side. Great choice if I do say so myself. I had the pleasure of guiding D.K. Morgan and Kayla Kopp form South Haven, Michigan, to their first Key's fishing experience. I'm not exactly sure how many different species they reeled in, but they sure did a lot of hootin and hollerin. Some of the species were mangrove and yellowtail snapper, some small grouper, porkfish, porgies, grunts, and some nice sized cero mackerel. I think the most fun was watching Kayla do battle with a 9 ½ lb bar jack on 10 lb spinning tackle. She finally got the beast to the boat for some pictures, and then released it to fight another day. Like I said before, if you want to come down and fish, just give me a call. The action in April is going to be HOT!
Until next time, good tides and keep the Sun to your back. ><)))>
Capt. Kerry Wingo
Tails Up Fishing Charters
www.tailsupfishing.com
305-394-1383
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SeaSquared Charters - Middle Keys
Dan Verdick, from Elk River MN, and his 9 year-old son, Ben, fished with us during their vacation to Marathon Florida Keys last year. This time, Dan brought his lovely wife and daughter along, Colene and 14 year-old Hannah.
With the wind kicking up its heels this morning, I opted to fish one of my favorite calm spots near the Seven Mile Bridge, and the fish did not disappoint us! The rod-bending commenced almost immediately upon putting the chum in the water.
The crew released a bunch of small grouper and brought back 25 snapper, including their limit of mangroves plus some yellowtails.
We had a pesky barracuda dining on some of our snapper. He made a bad choice, however, when he took a snapper on Ben's line rigged with wire! Ben did battle with the toothy critter and when we brought it in the boat it was nothing short of about 4 and a half feet of angry fish! It, too, made the trip back to the dock and is now resting comfortably in my shark bait freezer.
In talking with Dan on the dock, we agreed it's really more about the family time and less about the fishing … but he won't tell his kids that just yet!
Call 305.743.5305 to book your charter today!
Capt. Chris & Christy Johnson, SeaSquared Charters, Marathon Florida Keys, 305.743.5305. Please visit SeaSquared-Charters.com MarathonFamilyFishing.com FloridaKeysSharkAdventures.com FloridaKeysSunsetCruise.com HookedOnMarathon.com
SeaSquared Charters
http://www.SeaSquaredCharters.com
