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hile mystic grouper can be caught year-round in the Bahamas, the winter months are our favorite time of year. Whenever a weather window presents itself, we point our bow east across the Florida Straights in search of these deep-water bottom dwellers. Mystics are one of the lesser-known grouper species, simply because anglers don’t fish deep enough to target them. Like all grouper, they are excellent to eat and usually weigh from 15 to 50 pounds, although they can grow much larger. It takes special gear to fish the 800- to 1,200-foot depths where we find mystics. Armed with Shimano Tiagra 80 WAs and Shimano Tiagra 50 WAs equipped with Hooker Electric Autostop drives, we string up 65- to 100-pound Power Pro braid on Crafty One Custom’s Deep Drop Rods. We begin by paying close attention to our Humminbird Solix sonar with CHIRP HD digital technology to locate bottom structure. We look for cones, holes, drop-offs, ledges and deep-water ridges. Once viable structure is located, we position the boat above it with engines out of gear to judge how wind and current will manipulate our drift. Then the
boat is repositioned up-current from the structure and the deep-drop rigs are readied. When targeting mystics, we use our www.ThreeBuoysFishing.com grouper deep-drop rigs made with three 8/0 VMC 3x Circle Hooks on 100-pound branch lines off of 12 feet of 150-pound main line. For bait, we prefer fresh-cut 8-inch strips of dolphin, tuna, wahoo or barracuda. Many deep-drop anglers claim, “no light, no bite,” but our experience has proven that, especially with mystics, we catch more and bigger fish without lights. We deploy two rods on opposite sides of the boat. Lead weights in the 10-pound range are the rule of thumb, but weight can be adjusted to the current. After the weights hit bottom, the reels are left in freespool to lay the rigs straight down on the bottom. The engines should be used to decrease the boat’s drift to a standstill, if possible. If the boat drifts, let out line to keep the rigs on bottom. When the rod tip bumps and shakes, resist the urge to lock up the drag and retrieve line. Wait a minute or two for additional fish to sense the commotion. They’ll often eat the remaining baits. When it’s time to strike, lift the reel’s drag to strike (pre-set to 20 pounds of drag) and slowly start your retrieve. Big mystic grouper put up quite a fight at first, and you might even think you’ve hung bottom. Be patient and slowly gain as must line as possible. When fish are about halfway up, their air bladders expand and create lift. They will begin to float your rig up to the surface. For more tips and tactics on deep-dropping and the tackle and rigs to get tight, see www.threebuoysfishing.com. Also, keep up with all of the offshore action @ Team Three Buoys on Facebook and Instagram.
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Finding bait becomes more important than at any other time of year. Goebel likes to get out well before dawn in search of shad or herring flickering near the surface, especially when a big moon keeps baitfish active all night. Diving birds are also a dead giveaway. They are likely feeding on baitfish pushed by stripers from below. “A lot of times if there’s bait there, I won’t even worry about marking fish on the graph,” Goebel said. “I’ll just put out my lines and start fishing where the bait is.”
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here aren’t many anglers willing to endure the frigid early morning temperatures of winter on a large reservoir. But for those who can handle a little discomfort, right now is the best time of year to hook up with the striper of a lifetime. Around the Southeast, in reservoirs where striped bass were introduced, falling water temperatures spur changes in behavior that make the largest fish in the lake susceptible to anglers. Those 30- to 50-pounders are feeding up right now. They’re storing up reserves that will take them through the spring spawn. “It’s trophy striper season,” said Shane Goebel, of Big Ol’ Fish Guiding Service. “The bigger fish are participating a little better. This time of year, we start going after those big ol’ hogs that are chasing the big baits.” The large summer schools broke up months ago. Stripers are spread out and on the move, following baitfish into the creek mouths and up into the backs of the creeks. Big fish move shallow when water temps hit the mid to low 50s on the lakes Goebel guides in the mountains of north Georgia and western North Carolina. It might take some searching to find them, but the rewards can be huge.
Because the stripers are continually moving with the bait, covering water is crucial. Goebel said to troll as many baits in as wide a spread as you can handle. Herring are great on lakes where they are present, but this time of year you should also work some big gizzard shad or trout into the spread. Sometimes it takes a big mouthful to convince big fish to eat. Goebel runs baits 30 to 40 feet behind planer boards. He’ll drop freelines 100 to 150 feet behind the boat. If the area where he finds bait isn’t too shallow, he’ll put a little bit of weight ahead of the baits on the inside boards to cover more water vertically. He slow trolls at about half a mile per hour. This is a pattern Goebel fishes all the way into May, when stripers have moved into a pre-spawn phase. It might not produce the numbers of fish that downlining into summer mega-schools will, but the fish are generally a lot bigger than those 5- to 10-pound summer schoolies. If catching an enormous striper sounds like fun, zip up your parka and get out on the lake. It’s trophy striper season. Check out Big Ol’ Fish Guiding Service at bigolfish.com.
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f Costa Rica isn’t already on your bucket list, it should be. Famous for both inshore and offshore fishing, it’s also a country with incredible biodiversity and exciting eco-tourism opportunities. In short, there’s something for every sportsman and adventure seeker here. From a fishing perspective, the west coast of this Central American country is most favored with several significant cities and ports including Jaco, Quepos and, of course, Golfito. It’s Los Suenos, however, where
my wife, Felicia and I found outstanding action on a trip last April. We worked the inshore grounds, catching huge roosterfish, rainbow runners, grouper, jacks and even mahi. We also decked a big cubera snapper. Of course, we did have an edge. Coastal Angler’s very own Costa Rica inshore reporter Capt. Carlos Arguedas and his first-mate son, Christopher, were our charter crew. “This really is a terrific place to fish,” said Arguedas, “We have access to a lot of different spots ranging from very close to the marina to 50 miles away. The roosterfish action is unbelievable here but we also catch big cubera snapper, amberjack, groupers and huge red snappers, too.” Arguedas loves to take clients for roosterfish because they fight so hard, are found close to port, and grow big. He’s had a 90-pounder grace his deck. For these, he’ll slow troll live baits like blue runners, herring, sardines or bonita. All of these baits, impaled on size 8 circle hooks, also attract other large predators; so you never know what to expect when the rod doubles over. “Roosterfish are very impressive when you first see them,” said Arguedas. “They are exotic-looking with big dorsal rays, a huge mouth and striped flanks. They are stunning to see for the first time. They are also exceptionally strong. Fight a 20-pounder and you’ll think you have a 40-pounder at the end of the line. They jump, too, and shake their head, so remember to lower your rod tip when that fish comes up or you’ll tear the hook free.” Among the other big fish that hit the deck for Arguedas’ crew on a regular basis are goliath grouper that can top 400 pounds. These are targeted around local reefs. If you want to run offshore, sailfish, tuna and marlin abound within 10 miles of port. Dorado, sometimes topping 30 pounds, can be tempted within sight of the coast. Costa Rica’s tropical climate makes it a year-round destination. Most travelers prefer to visit during the dry season, which runs from December through April, but you’ll find lighter crowds and lower travel prices during the “green” or rainy season from May to November. Whenever you visit, it really helps to work with a travel pro that deals frequently with Costa Rica to customize a trip here. Blue Water Sportfishing Charters (http://bluewatersportfishingcharters.com) specializes in setting up trips to Los Suenos. They can put you in the right place at the right time for the fish you want to catch, sights you want to see or adventures you want to experience. They’ll also book you with Capt. Carlos—or you can contact him yourself at www.wingmancr.com.
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ahoo Smackdown X, hosted by the historic Bimini Big Game Club Resort and Marina on Nov. 8-12, saw 23 boats competing for more than $25,000 in cash and prizes. Out of the 23 competing boats, 22 teams landed fish, bringing 152 wahoo to the scales in the process. Team Who’s Your Daddy took top team honors with 16 fish weighing a total of 231.5 pounds and took home $15,000 in cash winnings. Second place was Team Blitzsea, which earned $7,500 in cash for their 21 fish and a total catch weight of 206.4 pounds. Team Murderize, out of Freeport, Grand Bahama, finished third, taking home $2,500 in cash winnings for a catch of 11 fish with a total catch weight of 193.6 pounds. Team Little Giant caught the largest wahoo of the tournament at 50.7 pounds. Tournament festivities included live local entertainment nightly, a cocktail reception poolside for the captains’ meeting, a cookout on day one of the tournament, and a closing awards party on the great lawn, featuring a buffet, live entertainment and a full open bar. Sponsors for this year’s tournament include American Beverage Marketers (www.masterofmixes.com) as the Title Sponsor, Bahamian Brewery and Beverage (Sands), artist David Dunleavy, Tropic Ocean Airways, Caza Offshore, Live Wire Tackle, Flanigan’s, CS Custom Lures and Bimini Big Game Club. With more than 50-record-setting catches in the waters around the island, Bimini has often been referred to as the Sport Fishing Capital of the World. The Big Game Club opened for business in 1947. Owner Neville Stewart saw the promise and allure of fishing and personally developed and encouraged tournaments. He sold his interest to Bacardi, which over 30 years grew the tradition with many memorable tournaments. The current owners, the Southern California-based Hankey Group, put the iconic fishing resort back in play in 2010 and are completing a multi-million-dollar renovation, that includes numerous capital improvements to the rooms, restaurant and lounge, landscaping, new pool and a renovated 75 slip marina, including docks and seawall.
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An octopus emerges, half hidden, from a pipe at Blue Heron Bridge. Photo by John Liddington.
By John Liddington or too many years I divided my Florida diving between the Keys and the caves. I saw the space between them on the map as no-man’s land, to be covered at maximum speed in minimum time. Five years ago, that changed. I dropped in to the Pura Vida Divers shop to find out about local diving. I learned that for divers PBC stands not for Palm Beach County, but rather Palm Beach currents. Singer Island is where the Gulf Stream makes its closest approach to the United States. This means their offshore dives are drift dives. In addition to describing many of their boat sites, Pura Vida said I
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should check out the Blue Heron Bridge. Jackpot! The Blue Heron Bridge, which connects Singer Island to the mainland, is a marine-life melting pot. Angelfish, batfish, bonefish, dolphinfish, frogfish, jawfish, lizardfish, needlefish, parrotfish—if it has fish in its name, you will probably find it there. Phil Foster Park, at the eastern end of the bridge, is the perfect spot to look for them. The waters off its beach contain a variety of micro-habitats that offer all those fish homes and feeding grounds. Sand and sea grass holds garden eels, stargazers, jawfish, batfish, flying gurnards and invertebrates like horseshoe crabs, mantis shrimp and sea stars. An 800-foot snorkeling trail, with concrete reefs and three concrete shark statues, runs parallel to the shore. Here you can find reef fish, such as grunts, porkfish, angelfish and parrotfish, along with arrow crabs and banded coral shrimp. The bridge pilings have built up heavy encrustations of sponge, soft coral and hydroids. Spadefish, adult angelfish and morays like this environment, and you might see spotted eagle rays or even a manatee. Of course, there is no shortage of human debris. If it’s big enough to squeeze inside, you’ll probably find something, especially blennies and octopus, calling it home. Getting in the water requires planning. Most of the south side of the park is beach where divers can enter the water. Stay on the surface while in the designated swimming area. Dive flags are required. Of course there has to be one thing to keep it from being perfect— remember Palm Beach currents? The lagoon’s water rises and falls with the tides, and all that water goes under the bridge. Because of strong currents, the most comfortable diving and best visibility comes in a window between about a half-hour before and after slack high tide. I’ve been back to the Blue Heron Bridge many times over the five years since Pura Vida Divers turned me on to it. Shortly after my first dive there, Sport Diver Magazine listed the Bridge as one of the 50 top dives in the world. I couldn’t agree more.
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he winter season is upon us here in the Keys & I try to send a text to some of my good friends who are shoveling show and remind them what winter looks like & how great the fishing is here in Islamorada this time of year. In the backcountry we have been finding a steady bite of Snook and Redfish over in the Flamingo. Heading out to the western side of the park there are plenty of Sea Trout and some nice sized Mangrove Snapper along with Triple Tail floating on the surface. The Gulf of Mexico is where I will be spending a lot of my time this winter, I love it out there and there are so many opportunities from the wrecks to the mackerel fleet. So far the Spanish mackerel bite has been fantastic and they are a bit larger than last season, honestly this is a great time to be out on the water if you want to bend a rod. When I head out to fish the Macks I take 2 boxes of frozen chum and a well full of live bait, if you can find the pilchards load the well but if you don’t like to throw the net buy as many live shrimp as you can afford & let the games begin. I like to go a bit further then most guys and my 25Ft Contender will allow me to make the run out past most of the guys in the flats skiffs, from Islamorada take a path out past Sprigger Bank then keep running till you see a group of boats. When you see the fleet its best to go to the end of the line (nobody likes it when you anchor down current of their chum slick) set your anchor to be in the general group and start heavy chumming, I like to put a bag on both sides of the boat and start throwing pilchards or live shrimp. If you do this it will not take long for the fish to find you and if using a light spinning rod with a trace of wire and a jighead or circle hook you will have bent rods and smiling faces in no time. After you have caught a few try throwing a Hogy soft bait back through the chum line you will find the larger bait will get strikes from larger fish, we regularly catch Cobia to Kingfish on this rig so I always have one rigged in the rod holder ready to cast. I just got a new Contender 25 bay boat with all the options so if you are looking to get out on the water lets go catch a fish together. COASTALANGLERMAG.COM • THEANGLERMAG.COM
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hat a year it has been! With plenty of amazing catches this past year, days of double digit sails in the spring, mahi and blue marlin over the summer. Banner days of bottom fishing in the fall with some black grouper pushing 50lbs and an awesome bite of wahoos this winter! With a pile of personal records beat, were looking at this year with high expectations. The fishing has been great! Whether live baiting, trolling or bottom fishing there’s plenty action to keep you busy. With each cold front that makes it all the way down here, it brings along a fresh wave of fish. If you’re looking for some wintertime wahoo, you’re in luck. The wahoo have been snapping on the edge in 120-200ft of water. On the days when we’re specifically targeting the ‘hoos, we’ll leave the dock as early as possible, as the bite is usually over by midmorning. The edge is alive with action in 100-140 ft of water right now. Fishing with live ballyhoo, cigar minnows and pilchards we have been putting together some nice catches of king mackerel, mahi, blackfin tuna, sailfish, mutton snapper and wahoo. Ideal conditions are blue water and a roaring north current, this gets the surface bite going. Yellowtailing in 60-80 feet of water has been nothing short of epic, plenty of fat fish that are hungry for cut ballyhoo and peeled shrimp. The critters can be pretty bad some days so as soon as you hook a snapper it turns into a race to get it in the boat. For tackle we’ll use 12lb test monofilament topped off with and arm’s length of 15lb flourocarbon leader and a small jig head. Always keep a heavier rod ready to pitch at whatever might show up in the chumslick, cobia, yellow jack and even mahi will get curious enough to pay a quick visit. Let’s break in the New Year and go fishing, if you’re in the area give us a call and we’ll get you out there on one of our two boats for an awesome experience! Capt. Dallas Hopper Fantastic II Charters “guaranteed fish” 305-451-2890 www.charterkeylargo.com
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Santa listened and brought us multiple cold fronts during December. These drops in water temperature push the migratory pelagic fish down to our neck of the woods. Coupled with the influx of copious amounts of bait fish, we have the ideal environment for stellar wintertime fishing. This time of year, sailfish reign supreme on the reef edge in 100 to 180 feet of water. They’re feasting on the abundance of baitfish – pilchards, ballyhoo, sardines, cigar minnows and goggle eyes – present for the taking. All variety of techniques are successful for sailfishing but, by far, live-baiting with a kite is your top producer. We use 40-pound leader with 4/0 or 5/0 Owner Inline Circle hooks to handle the larger baits required. Mixed in with the sails are plenty of nice size blackfin tuna in the 10- to 20-pound category. The tuna tend to prefer smaller baits on a lighter leader than typically used for the sailfish. We use live pilchards fished on 25- or 30-pound leader with 3/0 Owner Inline Circle hooks. You may also encounter dolphin (mahi), wahoo, king mackerel and even cobia all in the same zone along the reef edge. Between cold fronts and when the weather is conducive, we catch yellowtail snappers on the reef proper. Bob wanted his grandsons to have a good Most of the time, they’re first fishing experience so Capt. Jason stuck found in the shallower to the bridge and they brought back a regions of 30 to 50 feet. nice mixed bag on the SeaSquared.
However, certainly the most consistent action during January occurs in Hawk Channel. This area is loaded with snappers of all kinds – muttons, yellowtails, mangroves, lanes – as well as porgies (a great substitute for hogfish) plus king, cero and Spanish mackerel. All these fun-fighting, good-eating fish bite aggressively in the wintertime. Fresh shrimp or small pilchards fished on a jighead is the key to success here. All the mackerel respond well to chumming with live bait. Throw a scoop full of pilchards out in your chum slick and then one pilchard with a hook in it and hang on. Don’t forget to include a small trace of wire to prevent bite-offs.
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You’re also likely to catch groupers and hogfish, which must be released immediately, as the season for each is closed. At least you can say you caught one! Another excellent venue this time of year is the Seven Mile Bridge. Here too, small live pilchards or shrimp fished on a jighead around the pilings at the old bridge should produce lots of snappers and yellowjacks for dinner. Six-year-old Jackson had a great time helping Florida Bay still holds his dad, Jeff Rabe, reel in some nice blackfin tuna with Capt. Alex and Steve on SeaSquared mangroves around the banks and nearshore wrecks plus loads of Spanish mackerel to fill your smoker. Those shrimp or small live pilchards on a jighead work here as well. FREE FISHING SEMINARS: In partnership with the Hyatt Place/Faro Blanco Marina and The Tackle Box, we are hosting monthly fishing seminars once again this year. The topic for January is Backcountry and Bay, with special guest appearances by Capt. George Clark Jr. and Capt. Lain Goodwin from Fishguyz TV. The seminar takes place on January 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Hyatt Place. Check our Facebook page for the complete schedule. Capt. Chris Johnson specializes in offshore, reef/wreck, gulf/bay, saifish, shark, tarpon and lobster fishing with SeaSquared Charters 305-743-5305 • SeaSquaredCharters.com For daily fishing reports with pictures, please click over to http://Facebook.com/MarathonFishing.
The large Evans group fished on three of the SeaSquared boats. They caught snappers, Jacks, bluefish, ladyfish and sharks bayside.
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The Full Moon and Wahoo ! The full moon is coming on January 21st and with it is the prime time to hunt wahoo. The three days before and after the full moon are the best times to find them schooling on the reef in schools of 50 fish or more. The large numbers of fish make it easy to get a shot on one but landing a wahoo is something special. To bring home a wahoo we first have to analyze the body of this extremely fast fish. They are very slim and soft. The lack of heavy bone structure makes for an excellent tasting fish although this presents a problem for the spearfisher. The strong fish can easily tear out a typical reef tip from a spear shaft. The best way to prevent a tear out is to spread the load out over a broader surface. I like to use a slip tip that is about 5” long with a flexible cord to attach it to the shaft. This increases the chance of landing a fish but it still requires patience. Once you have the proper tip it is important to slow the wahoo down. They can run faster than 40 mph so if your line comes to a sudden stop it could put tremendous pressure on the fish. I always use a long float line with a small buoy. When I make the shot I can let the entire rig loose to let the buoy do the work. Just be careful it doesn’t hit you from behind. The most important thing to remember is to always dive with a trained buddy. If you are pushing yourself to find that big trophy fish there is always the chance something could go wrong. When it does you will be thankful your dive buddy is right next to you to fix the problem. Remember if you need advice or equipment to stop by our shop or book a trip for the fish of a lifetime.
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By Capt. Nate Wheeler
2018 is definitely ending in a bang. December was a fantastic month all across the board. The wahoo, a personal favorite of mine showed up in good numbers crashing and tearing up the baits of unsuspecting anglers. The biggest fish seem to come on trolled lures in the 200-300 ft. range. This is the same area to also fish for the very tasty blackfin tuna. On a more visual note the sailfish showed up real heavy. We were able to land fish in as shallow as 20 ft.! It is truly an amazing thing to see these incredible creatures from the deep throw their sail up and push bait balls into the shallow water. No other way to catch these fish than pulling up and throwing bait to them. It kind of reminds me of flats fishing but on the reef. Speaking of flats, early in the month while the weather was warm we had a great permit bite. A few of the guides had multiple permit on fly. On more of the action side there have been a ton of big jacks chasing the ballyhoo schools around. Looking forward to the New Year? Hands down the greatest part about fishing the Florida Keys in January? You’re not ice fishing. I did that one time and I can’t say I’m a huge fan. Right now you might as well be ice fishing in the shallow water. Cold wind and water pushing into the shallow water will quickly drop temperatures into the 60’s. Water temperatures this low, will drive out most of the notorious shallow water gamefish. Instead focus should be on winter time targets which can be a lot of fun. Large schools of jack crevalles, snapper, trout, ladyfish, barracuda and sharks will be pushing their way south following winter migrations. With the shallow water significantly slowing down, I turn most of my attention towards the deeper water. The right weather can provide incredible bites for snapper on the reef. Just a little bit deeper off the reef lay the fish of glory. Sailfish, or offshore tarpon as I like to call them, will be in full swing and ready to fatten up for the winter before they turn and make their spring migration to the west. With so many variable with these finicky fish it’s hard to say what the best method on any particular day is. The always consistent method is to cut the motor and drift live baits. Patience pays. Putting out some live baits in 100-200ft has the chance to catch anything. A large cobia could be a tasty surprise. Stay warm and fish hard. Captain Nate Wheeler Waypoint Fishing Charters • (305) 394-2177 www.waypointfishing.net • captnatewheeler@aol.com 8 FLORIDA KEYS
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eah January is here and winter water temperatures have dropped and Santa has brought us the cold fronts we need to help the fish settle in for a long winters bite. As the water temperatures drop the ballyhoo settle in on the reef edge and the reef fish are sure to follow. The reef is still full of yellowtail but the grouper and mutton snapper migrate to the shallow edge of the reef to follow the large quantity of ballyhoo. The new concentration of bait does not go unnoticed by the Kingfish or cero mackerel as well, quite often you will see the mackerel sky rocketing on the reef feeding. Another amazing site on the reef is the Sailfish spraying ballyhoo. This is where the sailfish swim in 60-90 feet of water then they race into schools of Ballyhoo making then jump towards the reef for the protection of the shallow water. Quite often you can wait on top of the reef with live ballyhoo and sight fish the sails in as little as 10-12 feet of water. You must present the bait quickly because the sails will not stay up on top of the reef they race up to feed and race back off. It is beautiful to see as well as a blast to fish. On the northward sometimes you will even find large dolphin up on top of the reef spraying ballyhoo. It is important that you are quick to cast a bait because the opportunity will not last long. Once you drop off the reef edge there will be Sailfish from 120-250. It is a great time of year for kite fishing. The majority of the fishing in January in the blue water will be inside of 400 feet of water. The tunas are feeding early morning and late afternoon. There will be a time in January that the wind will blow southeast for a couple of days in a row. This is your key to go offshore and look for Dolphin. Yes dolphin I know they are typically a spring and summer fishery but every year in January we get a southeast wind for 4-6 days and the dolphin snap. On the Gulf side the cold waters will bring in tunas to the shrimp boats and cobras to the wrecks. The wreck fishing for cobra and snappers will be filled with shark bites. While your on the wrecks always make sure you have a spinning rod ready to go for cobia. Sometimes they pop up on the surface and you get your shot and they are gone. So make sure you are ready for ti when it happens. The flats off Key West will fill with trout and barracudas. There will still be permit and the occasional bonefish and yes even a small tarpon or two, but the main targets will be barracudas, sharks, jacks and snappers. On the colder days the fish will slide off the flats into the deeper channels feeding along the edges. On the sunny days the flats will slowly warm in the mid day sun and the fish will climb back onto of the flats to forage for food. Watch your tides this time of year and hunt for the warm pockets of water. Enjoy the cool winter breezes and the hungry fish. Winter time fishing is a blast. Just take a day and go enjoy why we are all here. Capt Mike Weinhofer Compass Rose Charters 305-395-3474 • www.Fishnkw.com
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