April 2013
Fishing Report: Large female Spotted Sea Trout were schooling
up in the shallows a few weeks ago in March.
We were using Scaled Sardines tossed into two feet of water with great
results. I think the larger sea trout
have learned to stay near the shallows and residential docks at night giving
them a little protection from Flipper. We were actually looking for Redfish on
a recent trip when we found a large school of female trout measuring up to 27
inches. I would like to see a maximum
limit of 26 inches on trout as these fish are all fat with roe.
Redfish are
starting to show up more as the water gets a little warmer in April. We have been doing well locating Redfish near
the oyster bars on the higher stages of the tides. Shrimp and fresh cut bait are working well on
the Red Drum in these areas. Remember to
limit your boat noise as the fish are very spooky in two feet of water and
less.
Kingfish are
here now and hopefully will hang around into May. I am not able to fish for the Kings very often
as my boat is a flats boat and not made for off-shore fishing. However, on the
calm mornings with an east wind I am able to venture a few miles out for the
Spanish Mackerel, Kings and Bonita schools. Get them into a feeding frenzy
behind the boat by tossing a hand full of live bait out every now and
then. This is how a fly fisher can score
a fast swimming Pelagic.
Capt. Paul
Hajash 727 251-2623
www.flyfishingflorida.com
