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Sunday, February 8, 2009
West Coast Florida Fishing Report: Venice
If you can bear the cold, there are some nice sheepshead along the Venice inlet. The whiting bite continues to be excellent on the beaches of from the jetties down to the city pier. Small trout are being caught on trolling grubs and sinking Mirr0Lures in the Alley. For bigger trout, flounder and some black drum, fish the north side of the south jetties at the inlet. The fish are in the deeper water. It is a Welsh wind on the end of the pier and if you can brave these elements, have fresh mullet and the virtue of patience a shark is almost a hook up nightly. Wear layered clothing to prevent that chill to the bone from that Welsh wind. A Welsh wind is a lazy wind; it would rather blow through you than around you.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
El Jobean Florida Feeding Frenzy
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Feeding Frenzy of January Begins at Dusk
The full moon occurs on Sunday at 3:47 a.m., while the lunar perigee happens a day later. Both facts combined create the largest nighttime feeding period of the month and if the daytime weather is ideal, perhaps the largest daytime feeding period of the month.
Normally, the new-moon event produces the best daytime fishing experience of the month, but as in all cases with judging which fishing day is better or was better, the weather usually determines the winner.
Today, however, the major feeding migration of the day occurs during daylight hours from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. with a peak time of 10 a.m., however the amount of fog and clouds or lack of, along with any barometric pressure changes, will influence when exactly the peak period will actually occur.
The secondary feeding migration of the day occurs during nighttime hours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Expect this to increase in intensity and duration each day over the next week as the moon causes the majority of fish to feed in unison by the light of the waxing full moon. The nighttime feeding session normally becomes the major feeding migration of the day, over the daytime feeding session, during the full moon-event week. Nevertheless, if the weather produces cloud cover during the night and the barometer rises or remains unchanged, less fish will feed successfully, meaning they will attempt to feed again during the daytime migration period. We found this true this week as we fished El Jobean Pier for a wide mixture of fish caught on live shrimp to grunts and Pinfish.
Bean Bay from El Jobean Pier
It has been spotty on the El Jobean Pier with Spotted Seatrout on the grass-flats. Small sharks, Snapper, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, Ladyfish, and many short Grouper are scattered all around the pier and channel. We found some slack times but most of the times allotted us to bait ups and loosing up drags to running fish. This is also the time that keeper size Grouper start coming into the bay, holding just under the causeway near the channel. The channel at 23 plus feet deep rises to skinnies and six-foot ledges as a perfect spot for may a fish on a falling barometer or approaching cold front. If angling at night, be sure to being plenty of bug spray or you will find out who really is the bait.
Fresh caught live Pinfish and Grunts make excellent bait on the bay for the larger fish like Grouper.
Historical Facts:
From 1888 until 1921, Southland existed solely as Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railroad depot that serviced Hall Naval Stores and Stephen Brothers turpentine camps that leased prisoners for labor.
In 1922-23, Joel Bean had the town replanted and renamed to an anagram of his name, El Jobe-an, and began building up the town by providing a Post Office & General Store and a Hotel.
Feeding Frenzy of January Begins at Dusk
The full moon occurs on Sunday at 3:47 a.m., while the lunar perigee happens a day later. Both facts combined create the largest nighttime feeding period of the month and if the daytime weather is ideal, perhaps the largest daytime feeding period of the month.
Normally, the new-moon event produces the best daytime fishing experience of the month, but as in all cases with judging which fishing day is better or was better, the weather usually determines the winner.
Today, however, the major feeding migration of the day occurs during daylight hours from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. with a peak time of 10 a.m., however the amount of fog and clouds or lack of, along with any barometric pressure changes, will influence when exactly the peak period will actually occur.
The secondary feeding migration of the day occurs during nighttime hours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Expect this to increase in intensity and duration each day over the next week as the moon causes the majority of fish to feed in unison by the light of the waxing full moon. The nighttime feeding session normally becomes the major feeding migration of the day, over the daytime feeding session, during the full moon-event week. Nevertheless, if the weather produces cloud cover during the night and the barometer rises or remains unchanged, less fish will feed successfully, meaning they will attempt to feed again during the daytime migration period. We found this true this week as we fished El Jobean Pier for a wide mixture of fish caught on live shrimp to grunts and Pinfish.
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Bean Bay from El Jobean Pier
It has been spotty on the El Jobean Pier with Spotted Seatrout on the grass-flats. Small sharks, Snapper, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, Ladyfish, and many short Grouper are scattered all around the pier and channel. We found some slack times but most of the times allotted us to bait ups and loosing up drags to running fish. This is also the time that keeper size Grouper start coming into the bay, holding just under the causeway near the channel. The channel at 23 plus feet deep rises to skinnies and six-foot ledges as a perfect spot for may a fish on a falling barometer or approaching cold front. If angling at night, be sure to being plenty of bug spray or you will find out who really is the bait.
Fresh caught live Pinfish and Grunts make excellent bait on the bay for the larger fish like Grouper.
Historical Facts:
From 1888 until 1921, Southland existed solely as Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railroad depot that serviced Hall Naval Stores and Stephen Brothers turpentine camps that leased prisoners for labor.
In 1922-23, Joel Bean had the town replanted and renamed to an anagram of his name, El Jobe-an, and began building up the town by providing a Post Office & General Store and a Hotel.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sheepshead on a Bite Means…
Sheps on a bite means heads on for winter and a smorgasbord in delights of November inshore fishing. Heads, drum, flounder and bass, bluefish, ladies and mackerel too, join in a party of reds to snook with sea trout thrown in for good measure in making for a boiling pot of hot inshore action for our southwestern Florida waters.
Medium spinning tackle with 20-pound fluorocarbon leader will handle nearly all these species. If you encounter blues or mackerel, add a piece of 50-pound leader to reduce "sharp teeth" cutoffs. One- quarter to one-half ounce jigs will catch all of these species, if used with the right presentation or use a plug or spoon. For sheepshead and black drum, use live shrimp hooked through the horn or fresh dead shrimp covering the hook or fiddler crabs hooked through the back of the shell, on a #1 hook and just enough split shot weight to sink it to the bottom.
Diving birds are a sure fish finder of feeding fish. No need for electronics’ when the birds are around for they tell it all whether it be bluefish, mackerel, ladyfish and speckled trout. As for snook and redfish, they are now located in the backcountry areas. Creeks and rivers hold will be holding more of these species than open flats with winter-like conditions upon us, look for deep channels and ridges to hold fish. Gags, Sheepshead and even some Porgies will be on most bay reefs by now in the area. Sheepshead and black drum also will be around bars, bridges and barnacle-ridden docks. Flounder are on the move and found near structure, such as submerged rocks, oyster bars, bridges and such on the out flowing tides. Silver trout and whiting can be intercepted off beaches and in gulf passes with your best bets on the piers and jetties using dead fresh shrimp.
Medium spinning tackle with 20-pound fluorocarbon leader will handle nearly all these species. If you encounter blues or mackerel, add a piece of 50-pound leader to reduce "sharp teeth" cutoffs. One- quarter to one-half ounce jigs will catch all of these species, if used with the right presentation or use a plug or spoon. For sheepshead and black drum, use live shrimp hooked through the horn or fresh dead shrimp covering the hook or fiddler crabs hooked through the back of the shell, on a #1 hook and just enough split shot weight to sink it to the bottom.
Diving birds are a sure fish finder of feeding fish. No need for electronics’ when the birds are around for they tell it all whether it be bluefish, mackerel, ladyfish and speckled trout. As for snook and redfish, they are now located in the backcountry areas. Creeks and rivers hold will be holding more of these species than open flats with winter-like conditions upon us, look for deep channels and ridges to hold fish. Gags, Sheepshead and even some Porgies will be on most bay reefs by now in the area. Sheepshead and black drum also will be around bars, bridges and barnacle-ridden docks. Flounder are on the move and found near structure, such as submerged rocks, oyster bars, bridges and such on the out flowing tides. Silver trout and whiting can be intercepted off beaches and in gulf passes with your best bets on the piers and jetties using dead fresh shrimp.
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