3/7/12 Rough winds, limited options, but fish to be caught backcountry!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 01:28PM The wind was howling today close to 30 knots out of the east, not leaving many options for those who dared to make it out today in the backcountry fishing islamorada. Fishing was also extra tough as the shrimp boats did not make it out last night so most captains were stuck with frozen shrimp. Capt. Jim Willcox did some stake up bonefishing close to home as we had some overcast/rainy weather this AM. Colleen Starman caught this 30 knot 9 pounder bonefish near home with Capt. Jim! Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Bill Bassett did some snapper fishing around the islands in the florida keys everglades. Hugging the banks was imperative and the ride/spray was not too bad, ended up dodging most of the rain too. Both reported a good bite of snapper, lots of little ones with some big ones mixed in for dinner! Capt. Mike Bassett ran back in the backcountry further east of flamingo where the water was a little cleaner and found some good mud eventually and caught lots of trout and ladyfish. You've almost always got options here fishing in the florida keys, and they are usually better than sitting in your hotel room!
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Hows the weekend looking down there.. weather wise?