It's the first day of summer, the longest day of the year, the sun is shining, there's a light breeze blowing, we just had a gorgeous full moon, school's out, vacations are in full swing, families are playing at the beach and ALL the FISH are BITING! It just doesn't get any better now does it? And if you are sitting at your desk at work reading this, wearing a tie and those hot itchy socks thinking "Why is she torturing me with this?" remember, I'm at my desk too, although I'm probably not wearing socks with my flip-flops and I most likely rode my bike to work.
Tarpon Report: Good News! Yesterday morning was still & calm as could be and West Pass was full of happy tarpon free-jumping and putting on a show for Capt. Kelly Butler's anglers. All 7 of the Flats-fishing guides we book have been successful the past couple of weeks putting their (mostly flyfishing) anglers on fish but the news that they have moved into the passes & the cut bodes well for the light tackle & bait fishermen. Yes, Bayfishing guides CAN fish for Tarpon.
Don't know if you caught the news that there are Goliath Grouper in Bob Sikes Cut, but last week Capt. Grayson Shepard caught 2 of them in one afternoon while on a shark fishing trip, one was up to about 350 lbs and Capt. Tommy Holland caught one 7 feet long, also while fishing for sharks. He said it was so big it "liked to have sunk his boat" - not that he would have let that happen - while he had it held up next to his boat for photos. (Goliath Grouper are on the protected list and these were released unharmed.) Did I mention that we have guides for Shark fishing trips? NOTE: All of our Bayfishing trips are family friendly and several of our guides with bigger boats can now take 1 or 2 extra people over our normal 4 angler max for a slight additional charge.
Tom Lowe's 16 lb tripletail with Capt. Tommy Holland
Just in case you have been reading my email fishing reports for years and were wondering to yourself, Yes, June really IS an excellent time to fish for sport fish in the shallow waters of the Northern Gulf (Tarpon, Redfish), or for eatin' fish (trout, tripletail) and for deep water species as well (grouper, snapper, triggerfish). Hope you can come join us this summer!
Other Business: Just Listed! Miss Ruth Ellen's house on an acre with a pond in Apalachicola. A very cool, unusual house with a very reasonable price tag. Please check it out on Robinson Real Estate Company's Featured Listings Page.
Apalachicola's Water Street Hotel and Marina is dangling some juicily baited hooks to lure you here in Summer 2008! One of the most appealing reasons to make the trip here is Water Street Hotel & Marina will refund you $30.00 toward the cost of your gas to get here for a minimum two night stay based on the best available rate plan.
Don't forget - Scallop season opens July 1st!
Have a great weekend and call me if you want to go fishing!
Kathy Robinson
Robinson Brothers Guide Service
118 Commerce St.
Apalachicola, FL 32320
850-653-8896
www.FloridaRedfish.com
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