April 3 ,2008
Naples Offshore Fishing Charters Report
Grouper Season Open!
Charter fishing in the spring is our favorite time due to the wide variety of fish available
at this time of year. Red grouper have gone on their annual fall feeding
frenzy and gag grouper are now stacked up on the inshore ledges and wrecks.
The Mangrove snapper fishing has been so good lately we have had time to spend
fishing live baits over wrecks for larger trophy fish. Recently we have
boated several cobia in the 50-60 pound range and large smoker kingfish
are also being caught in large numbers using this technique. Jewfish
(Goliath Grouper) are feeding as hard as the snapper and can sometimes
become a nuisance eating the fish you are catching.
King Mackerel are making their annual migration though our area and fishing for these tremendous fighters could not be better. We are catching limits daily trolling and spincasting.
For the folks who live to troll the fishing has been red hot. Limits
of King and Spanish mackerel are being taken on trolled spoons
and feathers. For those more patient we have anchored and chummed the
fish to the boat and then caught them by casting bucktail jigs into the
school. Often we are catching kings in the 30 pound range.
Permit and cobia fishing is begining to pickup and should peak in the next two weeks.
We have also taken a number of night charters offshore to catch limits
and double limits of mangrove and yellowtail snapper. Some of the mangroves
have been over seven pounds. These fish are being caught on live and
frozen shrimp on light tackle.
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Naples Back Country Fishing Report
There is loads of bait in the area right now and the fish are loving
it. Redfish are being caught in large numbers in the pass and along the
groins and jetties. Trout season is open right now and they must know
it because every little creek or inlet seems to be full of hungry speckled
trout.
If you can obtain live thread hearing catching snook around docks and
mangroves is very easy right now. We have caught several snook in the
20-pound class. Tarpon are around but not very active in taking baits.
There are record numbers of large jack crevalles around however to take their
place. Catching one of these bulldogs on a light-spinning rod is a thrill
not soon forgotten.
We will soon be moving into our spring patterns and that will cause
changes in our fishing techiniques. More next month about how the late winter season wraps up.
Please visit our websites for more information or give me a call at 1-877-263-8833.
Thanks,
Captain Allen
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