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fish2much
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 Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: SW Florida report / pics (UPDATED RED TIDE REPORT) |
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Had a great family vacation and even got to do some fishing. It's a very easy place to get your fishing fix and still keep the family happy. Rather than typing a long report I'll attach the pics and post comments. Got a "Gulf Coast Slam" on my only free day of fishing and will post the rest of the pics in the gallery later.
BZ.
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| Started the day by taking advantage of some snook chasing bait in 18" of water. The Super Spook Jr. was the ticket and was hit on every cast for about a 1/2 hour. |
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| After the snook wised up to the spook they would follow the bait but not strike it. I caught several more by luring them in and casting out soft plastics like this DOA shrimp, a Storm swimbait, and a Super Fluke. |
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| 27" of Gulf Coast seatrout. My personal best and on a TOPWATER! |
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| this trout fell for the bait and switch after he blasted my topwater. The swimbait more than he could stand |
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| Completed my slam with this little rat red. He streaked across 30' of 12" deep water to chomp the swimbait. |
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SageDrifter
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how was the Redtide clearing up?
i've heard it could take up to 5yrs before some areas completely recover from last years bout.
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fish2much
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couldn't really give you a good answer after spending less than two weeks there. What I can say for sure is that the damage done last year did have and impact on overall fish stocks killing hundreds of thousands of snook, reds, and seatrout from Boca Grande to Marco. I honestly didn't see any difference from years past when I visited but of course I was only there a short time. The glass minnows were there in unbelievable numbers as were the greenbacks, but the snook were absent from the beach thus far even though greenbacks and snook and travel in similar conditions. Saw one lone tarpon rolling of Doctors Pass and heard one other hooked.
The Caloosahatchee was put on the top 10 most polluted water ways and the fishing this winter has been short of non-existent so I don't have a good feeling about the algea bloom this summer. The "Big O" and all the lanscaping and developnment down there are putting the hurt on the enviroment in a big way.
Only time will tell...
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fish2much
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: Attention S.D. and other interested parties... |
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Here's you're update on the redtide. Sickening.
"Estero Bay is essentially dead..."
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jul/07/john_preeg_red_tide_kills_fish_north_naples/?sports
A post from FLA Sportsman online - "Fished Wiggins Pass on 7/1. Tons of dead fish, mullet, catfish and a few snapper. We found bait, put it in the live well, ran to where we could fish and it was all dead.
I would say it was a horrible day, no action and dead fish everywhere in and around the pass."
Another from FLA Sportsman online - "Went to little hickory near new pass and bonita beach did not even get one cast in felt like some one dump sand down my throt"
Here's the official FFW current conditions map http://www.floridamarine.org/features/view_article.asp?id=12373
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