How lucky we are to be fishing in Tampa bay!

How lucky we are to be fishing in Tampa bay!

Report Date: March 24, 2008

The million dollar question is still unanswered. Is the wind ever going to stop blowing? It sure didn’t stop blowing for long last week. Although it remained windy last week, it didn’t stop us from fishing or even put a damper on it. The biggest obstacle the wind creates for a fisherman is that it prevents him from fishing in some of the places he would normally fish when it is not windy. Then again…. it can also work in his favor. A few different areas exist where the fish migrate to in big numbers when the wind is blowing out of the south. There are also areas where the wind blowing out of the north creates a migration of fish to a certain spot as well. The key to combating the wind and not letting it even put a damper on fishing is being able to spend a great amount of time on the water. Spending time on the water helps the fisherman know where to fish even if it is windy. With that being said, last week brought a great week of fishing even though it was windy.

Due to the windy weather or my clients not wanting too, we didn’t fish for tarpon a great deal last week. To date, every tarpon trip I’ve done we’ve jumped at least a few fish. We have landed many as well and hopefully we can keep the great adventure of tarpon fishing going. I can’t let all my fishing secrets out of the bag, but I will admit that when it comes to tarpon fishing, I’ve changed a few things that I’m doing this year to bring more action with this type of fishing. Book your tarpon trip today and you’ll see it first hand.

Some

bigger schools of redfish are beginning to show up and are feeding better than they have been. The biggest reason for the bigger fish showing up and feeding is the water temperature. It is coming back up to where it normally is for this time of the year. When the water temperature gets up above 70 degrees, the fishing really changes and gets very good. Although, you can pretty much catch redfish all year long, you do have to change the way you’re catching them as the weather changes. For example, if the weather is cold, you might have to use lures or shrimp to catch them instead of other baits. Nothing compares to getting on a big school of redfish and catching them on every cast and I was able to experience that a few times last week. Fishing for redfish should just keep getting better as the water temperature continues to rise.

We had

some great numbers of good size snook last week. We’ve been able to put more time into snook fishing last week and had some great results for doing so. We are definitely starting to see some of the bigger fish feed. As with the redfish, we are seeing more snook and they are feeding better because of the water temperature. Although we still managed to catch snook on some of the colder days that they usually don’t feed on, snook fishing is much better when the weather and water temperature is warmer.

Trout fishing

has been awesome. As with the snook, we were able to put more time into trout fishing, and as a result, we caught a good number of these fish. Each trip I’ve had recently where my clients wanted to take a few fish home, we didn’t have any trouble catching as many trout as they wanted. It makes me happy to see the abundance of trout because many trout died from the red tide that plagued the area a few years ago. Trout are making a great comeback and I’m glad to see it. Please visit www.castawaychartersinc.com and book your trip today.

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