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11/24/15 Late november backcountry fishing report

 | By Seamus on 11/24/2015 7:06:26 PM | Views (610)

Well holiday time is upon us and things are starting to get busier.  We've had a few large groups down fishing so plenty of guides have been getting out again on a more regular basis.  Fishing has been on the tougher side however.  Sunday night we finally got our first taste of cool weather though it didn't get real cold only down to 70 or so.  Though this helped bring the water temperatures down in to the mid 70s which is much better for our fishing this time of year.  It had been still in the 80s which is very hot.  Anyways before the cold there wasn't a whole lot of consistency with anything.  We were trying to start doing our typical fall/winter things though one day fishing would be fair, the next you couldn't get a bite.  Mackerels have been on and off some days being good, others not.  The water in the backcountry had not been very nice looking with the high winds plus a little bit of an alagae bloom from the hot summer turing the water nasty green in some areas.  Since sunday however things have been picking up yesterday Capt. Bill Bassett reported some good action on the patches out front they caught some nice lane snappers, a handful of porgies and other things, and a nice permit.  Today he had simlar fishing losing a permit though catching the nice lanes again, plus he reported 3 bonefish too!  Capt. Jeff Beeler also caught a permit out there.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk had good action today with mackerels in the morning, porgy, jacks, and snappers mid day, and finished up the day with a good tarpon bite landing his young angler Kyle his first tarpon.  Capt. Mike Bassett reported a good snook bite today landing double digit snook, plus some big jacks and snappers.  Capt. Mike Venezia reported a handful of drum in the backcountry with some sheepshead starting to show up.  He also got into the mackerels good a few days ago locally in Islamorada!  Anyways fishing should get better and better, another good cold front and I imagine that will help even more.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving we are going out of town again, hope everyone gets to catch a few on their time off!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk

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Catch Information

Species:
Bonefish
Bonefish

Lane Snapper
Lane Snapper

Sheepshead
Sheepshead

Snook
Snook

Tarpon
Tarpon

This Fishing Report was submitted on 11/24/2015 7:06:26 PM by Seamus and last updated on 11/24/2015 7:06:26 PM.


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79851 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL US


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