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Well 2016 has officially begun. Yesterday afternoon the winds finally laid down nicely and today was a gorgeous way to start the new year. We've had nothing but crazy wind out of the southeast for a good 2 weeks almost now. Not the typical northerly cool winds we get in winter. We had a tremendously busy 'chrismtas week' which is always one of our busiest weeks of the year. Luckily the fishing has been decent even though conditons have not necessarily been. There have been a mix of things going on and with as warm as it is, there are shots at just about any type of fish. The most consistent thing for the most part has been out in the gulf fishing for the spanish mackerel. Further out Capt. Rick Stanczyk had been able to get during the higher winds and they were able to land lots of mackerel just about ever day. They also got into a big tiger shark one day as well as a big lemon another day out there. He also reported fair snook fishing back at east cape the one full day he fished and spent part of the day back there. Today he had Ian from Fox Tackle over in the UK with his family. They caught the spanish macks it was a little tougher (no current) but they worked and banged out a dozen plus some other things, then caught big sharks for an hour, 2 bulls and a black tip. Capt. Skip Nielsen the last couple days in the everglades park got into the tarpon they caught 1 large 100 lb fish one day, and a couple the next day! Capt. Vic Gaspeny reported several tarpon bites fishing an evening trip a couple nights ago too so that is a definite possibility if things stay warm. Capt. John Johansen had some nice porgies and yellowtails on the patches yesterday afternoon when it calmed down. Capt. Bill Bassett today fished way deep in the everglades. They worked very hard though were able to catch some redfish and a few snook as well. Capt. Mike Bassett has reported some mackerel in the gulf with some juvenile groupers of various species too. Capt. Jim Willcox had some good fishing back at cape sable they caught a mix of sheepshead, black drum, redfish, and snook. Capt. Jeff Beeler a few days ago reported a decent bite of redfish and snook as well. Looks like near the end of this weekend we are suppose to get a dip in temperature, perhaps down into the 60s... brrrr! We will see if it hapepns as it has yet to get below 70 here. Anyways this should help the winter time specimens we normally fish for. It's been too rough for anyone to do any 'patch reef fishing' though if the wind stays calm and goes north that should light up the fishing out there which is a great option for half day trips. If you are looking to go fishing this January please give us a call at 305-664-2461 we would love to get you out on the water!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
This Fishing Report was submitted on 1/3/2016 6:11:06 AM by Seamus and last updated on 1/3/2016 6:11:06 AM.
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