9/23/12 September Islamorada Redfish fishing report

Had Michael down for a surprise birthday trip yesterday on 9/23/12 with Andrea to see if september fishing in islamorada is good?  We left out at 7:00 AM and it looked like the weather might be an issue - massive rain/lightning very early in the morning had woken many people up, the rain had settled but looked like more may be on the way.  We ventured into the backcountry and things were stable, some overcast ominous looking clouds, but nothing in our path.  We ran all the way back around flamingo for a half day flats fishing charter.  Our first stop proved to be the right one , the redfish were out in force on the flood tide up on some flats I can stake my boat up on.  We caught about 15 in the first spot, including a few double headers (and triples with my dead stick rod!).  After that action slowed down, we simply moved a few hundred feet to another muddied section of flat and went back to work islamorada backcountry fishing.  This time it was even better, a double header most every cast for about 15 minutes.  We likely caught close to 40 fish, many slot size fish which all of were released!  Even called another fellow guide over to enjoy the bite.  The overcast skies kept things nice and cool all morning, right around the time the sun peaked out and it starting getting hot, it was time to go - just perfect!  The Islamorada redfish guide is still doing very good and many of the larger fish for our area move in this time of year through October, remember a full day trip is going to be your best shot as you'll have much more time to fish and areas to work with consideration of the tides/conditions.  So if your heading down to the florida keys fishing in september make sure to ask about it!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk