Saturday, April 2, 2011

The water has been very cloudy and choppy and the fishing very poor over the last several days in both the bay and gulf off Captiva and Sanibel; no one has been catching anything.

Although tarpon are beginning to move in and, before the bad weather, had been sighted in substantial numbers, the wind, the rain and cloudiness of the water has prevented catching or even seeing them over the last several days.

The weather broke this morning and the winds decreased substantially.  It was the beginning of a beautiful day and, hopefully, a run of good weather and better fishing days.

We went out early and setup in Redfish pass to catch some ladyfish to use as cut bait for tarpon and, more likely, sharks.  It was still quite bumpy in the pass on the incoming tide, but we anchored very close to the beach on the Upper Captiva side of the pass, casting shrimp toward the rocks, and almost immediately caught a nice black drum.  We also caught a small snook and several other fish, but no ladyfish.

We saw some birds diving nearby in the bay and headed to see if we could catch some ladyfish and/or spanish mackerel.  We quickly caught several ladyfish on jigs and headed north, just off Buck Key, to see if we could find some tarpon or sharks.  We anchored up and within 30 minutes had a 4-5 foot bullhead shark on the line.  We landed him and then released him in good shape.

Our luck has changed after several tough days!

Captain Joey Burnsed ~ Call 239-472-8658 to book a charter.