Well, it’s been another fairly decent week of fishing, but the bite has been completely different this week than last week. We had very good morning and mid morning bites in my last report but now it seems like the bite is coming around noon or later.
Live shrimp, mahorra, croakers or pinfish are still working for the snook this week, but we’ve had to be much stealthier with our leaders, weights and hooks to get these fish to cooperate. Typically, I will use a 4/0 or 5/0 VMC circle hook in my croakers but this week we’ve had to downsize to 2/0 and 3/0 sized hooks to get the fish to bite. These are basically the same size as what we are using in our large shrimp. Leader size has been dropped as well from 40 or 50 pound test fluorocarbon to 30 pound test. These reductions in size and strength have led to a few lost fish. But you can’t lose them if you can’t hook them, so I’m willing to have my hookup versus landed fish ratio diminish to get the fish to strike.
I do not have any availability for my Spacefish readers to book a trip with me until the June time frame but if you want to get ready to catch some tarpon, book early and often. Reservations can be made on my website at finelinefishingcharters.com or give me a call at 321-636-3728. Thanks for reading and give me a call so we can get out and catch your next memory.
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