Sunday, January 30, 2011
When a plan comes together
Today’s charter was not so much about the extraordinary, but more about what we expect to find on a nice day on the water in Stuart, Florida. We chose an early start in order to meet the customer’s schedule and avoid the Sunday madhouse at the ramp. It was cool until the sun got through the offshore cloud deck but then we could run with general comfort and because seas were down, we headed out the inlet to look for action. The usual herd of boats was meandering incessantly looking to catch the few bait available where one one boat picked up two on his Sabiki rig. We didn’t go there; not a live bait day.
Near shore was the plan and we worked the reef in search of rod benders. Bluefish, Blue Runners, Jacks and Spanish Mackerel were all there to give us a game as the natural drift pushed us along the reef in clear water. We saw far more fish than we caught. Spanish Mackerel were plentiful, but not willing to eat what ever we offered. The commercial boats seemed to be successful mostly with nets. The flotilla of boats chasing them wandered constantly, like a hungry pack of wolves, as they searched for willing fish, but we saw no evidence that they were successful. When they hit the shallow reef, they seamed to finally stop as they began catching Bluefish and Blue Runners. We had been enjoying the same catch until they overtook our position. We moved to another part of the reef and consequently found some bigger fish.
So we spent nearly 4 hours fishing successfully, enjoying the day and the scenery and the weather. We weren’t jumping Sailfish or Tarpon or fighting slot Snook, but we were enjoying what the weather and the water had to offer us on a Sunny Winter Florida day. And it was good. I think they’ll be back.
posted by Captain Ray at 2:29 PM
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Capt. Raymond Winters
Capt. Raymond Winters
Green Water Charters
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