We've finally gotten the cold fronts that we've needed to get the shrimp moving. Along with that, the tarpon fishing has picked up dramatically. Prior to these last two fronts coming through back to back, the tarpon fishing was still hit and miss.
On Monday (1/22) it was a hit evening. We fished a 6 hour trip starting at 9:30 pm. This was to take advantage of both the Inlet and Bay fishing action. The Inlet produced 1 doubleheader tarpon, 2 ladyfish, and 2 mangrove snappers. The Bay was where the majority of action was with 5 tarpon, 2 of which were on artificials.
The next two evenings were miss type trips. We caught ladyfish and seatrout, however, there were no tarpon to be found. Where they went had me scratching my head trying to figure it out.
Then the 2 fronts came through and we move forward to Tuesday (1/30). This evening was another that allowed us to take advantage of both the Inlet and Bay areas. This time the Inlet was Haulover. The water temperature had dropped 4 degrees. Very light wind varying from the north to east @ 1 - 5 knots gave us just enough drift speed when combined with the current of the Inlet. Before moving into the Bay, we had action with 3 fish in the 25 - 40 pound class. When the tide made its change, we moved to the Bay and fished 3 different locations. The final result in the Bay was 4 fish (40 - 100 pound class) for a total of 7 fish overall. Now that's more like what tarpon fishing should be this time of year.
That's it for now.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 965-9454 Cell
nkostyo@bellsouth.net