May 4th, 2008
Almost Perfect
I'll tell you what... It was almost a perfect week. We absolutely hammered fish here in Tarpon Springs this week. We had inshore slams on 3 fishing charters and we even had a 100+ fish day on another. With the exception of one day, when dolphins and other boats ruined the party for us, it was down right laughable how many fish we caught.Early in the week we managed 20-30 reds and trout a day on live greenbacks fished under bobbers. Those charters also managed to get a few bonnet head sharks even though their "all knowing captain" told them that they wouldn't eat live bait. Snook took a little bit of a break this week due to a mild cold front that dropped water temps by 7 degrees.
Then after the first two charters, the flood gates opened. It doesn't always come together like it did this week but when it does it really is fun. Mark from Ohio was in town for a business convention and he needed some time on the water to just relax and get away from work. So he hired me for two days of fishing to take a vacation from the phone and email. I don't know if he got to relax much but on the first day he only caught about 20 redfish so I guess he had a little time to collect his thoughts between bites and to chill out a little. On day two with Mark, David A. Brown, a well known outdoor/photographer asked to catch a ride with us to get some pictures for a few articles he has coming up. Mark was very kind to allow David to ride along. We must have found some really vain fish because they were jumping at the chance to have their photo taken. We must have boated 75 fish with a good mix of them being redfish and trout.
Then yesterday we had the best trip of the year (as far as numbers go). Kevin and his son Mark wanted to try their hand at inshore fishing and we hit things just right. They were happy participants of my first 100 fish day of the year. It was pretty much an equal mixture of redfish and trout. The reds were lower to mid slot sized but the Trout were all jumbos. 20-24" were the average sizes of these snaglge toothed beasts.
Then today was the slow day of the week. Thomas and Thomas caught 5 redfish, 1 trout, 2 ladyfish, and one mackerel. The spot that had been so productive the day before had been bombarded by boats and dolphins and the fish just wouldn't cooperate after such disturbances.
Overall it was probably the best week of the year. Bait is on the beach, fish are chewing, and the weather is nothing short of awesome. If you've been thinking about a fishing charter do it now before the weather gets to hot. The fish are biting and the tides are good. See you soon!
Captain Clay Eavenson
813-300-2147
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