1/25/11 WINDY day, but good fishing!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 05:22PM Well the wind was howling out of the east all day today 25mph or better for our florida keys fishing trips! But the backcountry was fishable and when you got in the runoffs and canals it was pretty nice! Capt. Rick Stanczyk, Capt. Jim Willcox, Capt. Jeff Beeler, and Capt. Skip Nielsen all reported double-digit redfish! They all also caught some trout and ladyfish as well. Capt. Skip also fished for mackerel and caught quite a few of those, and had a couple big spinner sharks as well, and did report getting once nice red that was 12 pounds! Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported catching half a dozen large black drum also, and some snappers for dinner for his clients as well. Fishing in Islamorada is still happening even with the crazy wind!!!
Capt. Skip Nielsen's full report from the past two days was... Bernard and Paul Pielow of Liverpool, UK fished with capt. skip nielsen 2 days this week. First day was offshore. We caught some nice sized Barracuda on light tackle and kept a couple for shark bait. During the afternoon after some very hard work Bernard released 2 Bull Sharks in the 300lb class. Paul Pielow caught a King Mackerel that weighed 35lbs. nice going on the big Bull Shark and King Macks.
On day two we fished the backcountry. For starters we caught 20 Spanish Mackerel then moved further northwest near Sandy Key and got into a hot bite of Redfish. Bernard released a red estimated at 12lbs. Over 30 were released before moving to the Flamingo area where a couple big Spinner Sharks were jumped and lost. Pompano,Trout and Ladyfish finished the day for the boys. Great fishing for a windy day.
