August 6th, 2007 fishing report by Capt Doug Blanton
Redfish
The red fishing has been strange this year. They never moved out of some of their late winter early spring spots in Cocoa Beach. The schools did brake up a little a few months ago but they re-schooled again a few days ago. They have been a little slow to eat on some days but if you are willing to put in the time and not put to much pressure on them we have been able to boat a few nice fish upwards of 40 pounds. With that said I haven't seen our big 40 to 50 pound fish yet, however, It should be any day now.
I know I usually talk a little about the depth I am finding these fish. Well, one day we are finding them in less than a foot and others in 3 to 4 feet. The only thing I can say that I see as a pattern is when the bait is thick they are holding shallow and when the bait pushes off I am finding them in deeper water. I can also tell you that they seam to have no interest in baitfish. This is strange to me because there is almost no crab or shrimp on most of the flats I'm fishing for them in. The only bait I have watched them eat over the past few weeks is needlefish. Now just to make it more confusing, all of the reds we have boated have been on the Trout Fingerling.
Trout
The trout fishing has been pretty good as long as you are willing to sort through all the small fish. As with my last report we are still boating our best fish on Yozuri's 3-D fingerling in 4 to 6 feet of water most days. On days that the water temp is closer to 80 we have been catching our better fish in 2 to 3 feet.
Snook and Tarpon
The tarpon are here. There are large schools of tarpon up to 60 pounds working the drop-offs in areas that are holding a lot of big bait. The best part about this is that that are starting to feed pretty good. We are having our best luck with big top water plugs like the new 6.5 Monster High Roller in Florida Special and the 5 inch Pinfish Fingerling.
On fly we have had our best catches on the EP Rattle Mullet. Once you get this fly in front of them it has been a matter of a how fast you can strep it in. They have been a little more willing to take a fast moving fly.
Now when it comes to snook fishing we have had our best catches in the early morning on small top water plugs like the Redhead Pop Roller. and on fly with the Blue or black back crease flies.
I also want to remind everyone that October is only a few weeks away. This is the time of year we put more tarpon in the boat than any other time of year. I still have a few days left so if you are looking to get in on the action let me know ASAP. Just 3 years ago we put 30 tarpon in the boat in an afternoon.
until next time.....
Get out there and catch a memory.
Capt. Doug Blanton
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