August 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Hello. Welcome to Southwest Florida Fishing Report, the digital home of Captain Rebby and Rebstock Fishing Charters. The site is currently under construction, but hopefully I will be getting it into all the best search engines by the end of the month. The last time that I built a website was in 2003, so to say the least, my knowledge of what it takes to build a modern website is slim to none. That is why I decided to build this site before I undertook the task of creating a site from scratch for TechinaFlash.net, a marketing platform and remote portal for the Technical Services that I plan on offering through my new business Tech in a Flash LLC. Most of you that will be among the first to read the blogs hosted on this site, are no strangers to the captivating stories and experiences told over the years by the “Great White Hunter”. The amount of content that I had on some of my archived hard drives from my first custom build computer was definitely enough to fill this site and allow me to create a specific style around that content. Keep in mind that this is still a work in progress.
Matthew
March 17th, 2005 No Comments »
Friday found me with John and Ben netting bait south under the Sanibel causeway. I was trying to elude the red tide that has been killing a bunch of manatees to our north. I was able to find very nice bait in about 5 throws. We were earlier than the tide and started in a canal on Sanibel island where I usually can find some snook and jacks under some docks at this time of year. I did find the snook. A couple of bruisers were lurking under those docks and boats but they did not want to have anything to do with our baits. Water temps were 61 and they were not biting yet. We did catch about 10 jacks in that canal and that was a good warmup for the day. After that we went north to Gault island and fished the incoming tide for reds and to our surprise found some very respectful trout under the bushes. we spent the whole day pitching the trees and caught a limit of 12 trout , most of which were around 19 inches and 3 small snook , and! one 15″ redfish puppy.
Saturday , after talking to other captains, decided to go back to home base. Launched in Bokelli to the north. Found bait at one of my usual flats and had the well full in 3 throws. I had good friends Jim and Bill on board. They wanted some redfish for blackening that nite. But I threw them a curve ball and took them for grouper offshore for an hour while waiting for the tide to start moving in. Well we struck out on that idea, but heck , ya gotta try. Last year at this time we boated some impressive grouper early in the mornings. So back to the trees and on our first spot Bill lost a keeper snook, and Jim caught a snook about 14 inches. We then moved to another key , where the water was so clear I thought I was in the Keys .I could see reds and what I thought was snook moving ahead of me on the trolling motor. I staked out a couple of times working my way from hole to hole. They didnt seem to be interested. But after an hour of chumming Jim nailed a nice 26″ redfish which put up a great fight in the shallow water. Then Jim caught a seatrout that was a whopping 28 inches. This was a monster trout and fought very well in 8 inches of water. The tide was slowing and we decided to go find some more trout. We fished 3 flats and found a school of keepers and soon had 12 in the box for a nice dinner. On the way back in I took them to a cove where I had located some nice snook last year . We chummed most of what was left in the well out and had snook blasting baits all around the boat. Jim had a decent one on and it threw the hook on the first jump. Next Bill caught a short snook and with that we called it a day at 3 pm. A little later than I wanted but we were having too much fun to quite on time.
Sunday I had Doc Steve out and we pretty much did the same as the day before except Steve was a little more keyed up and missed the only two redfish that bit his line. I was able to put a two reds and a keeper snook in the box. Then we spent the rest of the morning fishing for trout and caught our 8 fish limit before heading in.
Once back at home I had to change out a ball valve on the boat as it was leaking and prevented me from using my center livewell all weekend. And my new GPS/Sonar unit would not read a water temp on the old transducer so that forced me to remove and replace the transducer. That took all of 2 hours to complete. Ouch. But now everything is running fine and I expect that with the bait on the flats and reds in the bushes we should be in for some great fishing in April and May. Next weekend I am gonna be up at Lake O for three days with a bass tourny on Sunday. I will keep ya all posted on my results from the tourny.
~ Capt Rebby
March 7th, 2005 No Comments »
Friday was a cancelled trip due to high winds and cold temps. Doc Steve called me the night before and we both decided it would be better to push the date out to a more comfortable time of the year.
Saturday I fished with Garth , who lives on Pine Island. Garth wanted to learn the how to’s of chunking for reds. Well we spend a good part of the morning trying for bait and only raised about 4 pinfish. That kinda set the tone for the day. The tide was very slow and only was gonna bring in 6 inches of water over a 6 hour period. Not very promising. I knew that the red tide bloom was still in the sound to the north so I headed south to find some ladyfish. On our 3rd spot we found a small school in a pot hole. I managed to catch 5 of them but garth never had a hit . From that point on we fished 5 different spots where I thought we might find them but never had a bump. We ended the day at 2pm and Garth never bent a rod. My first skunk in years. It had to happen sometime. I promised to give garth a call when the fish turn on and take him out.
Sunday , I had a Jim and his 3 friends. Although I strive not to take out 4 in the boat due to room and safety reasons. I told them I would but that we would be going for sheepys and trout as I could not see the benefit of struggling with all those lines near the bushes. The less people in the boat the less noise and chances for snagging the trees so of course the fish get spooked far less.
I went south , way south to redfish pass , about 12 miles . Once there we were catching sheepsheads left and right. The boys had a ball ranking on each other and catching a bunch of fish. I had to move about 3 times to reposition the boat in order for everyone to have a chance at a dock while the wind was working against the tide. Tricky anchoring and I could have used a second anchor to stop my swing from the wind but we made it work. At 11am I was ready to head across the sound to some nice trout water. But Murphy’s law had other ideas. While coming on plane I heard a horrible bang and shut down the engine quickly. After further review of the situation I saw to my dismay that one of the blades on my stainless steel prop broke completely off. Of course now the engine, when put in gear, vibrated so bad the boat shook. I idled out to open water and set out the drift sock , rigged up jigs for everyone to fish with while I called Boat US for a! tow back to the north end of the island. the whole ordeal took until 2:30 pm to unfold. Once back at the dock we cleaned up 25 sheepies and I cried in my way home at the loss of a 400.00$ propeller, making the whole weekend a wash.. This was a day I wished I charged the same as the local full time guides. Now my next problem will be finding a prop and installing it before my Friday trip.
Well the good thing was that everyone on board the boat Sunday was in good spirits , caught a bunch of fish , and all understood the trials and errors of owning a boat.
~Capt Rebby
February 14th, 2005 No Comments »
Two reports in one this week.
Friday, day of the front. winds from the southwest 30 mph , temps at 65, cloudy and drizzle. Had doctor Steve and two of his friends Bill and Bill. Easy to remember. I tried my best to talk him out of it but he wanted to go anyway. So I opted to fish in a small creek channel not far from the dock. The south winds were moving the tide into the creek at a good pace and that proved to be just what was needed to catch some fish. Fishing an inside curve before a point in the creek we found sheepies stacked up under the bushes. Right from the start we were catching some decent sheepies , most around the 12″ mark and lots of releases. One of the Bills caught a nice 16″ trout and I managed two more of the same on a jig. Then after a few hours Steve connected with a 26″ redfish. It did not put up a very good fight due to the cold water but Steve was very happy that he caught that fish. ! They are excellent on the grill. By 11 am the air temps had dropped to 50 degrees and both Bills did not have any jackets, go figure. and Steve had enough of the cold and called the trip to end there. Not bad considering , 9 sheepies , 3 trout and one red.
Saturday This was an experimental trip and I had good friend John P. with me. We got a late start at around 9am , it was very windy from the northeast. I went in search of gator trout. I started on some inshore potholes I had heard of and found them , we caught only 6 trout for the day but all of them were over 24″ long. So now I know where they are.
Sunday Planned this trip with Steve S. and his 2 young boys. 9 and 11. Well the wind was blowing very hard. So I called him and because he is local I made arrangements to fish on a better day. The kids would not have had a chance to catch any decent fish with the wind blowing that hard. So I spend the day doing maintenance and preparing for my Patriots game. Go Pats!!!
~Capt Rebby
February 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Friday Well this weekend finds me in good spirits as I can wear my Pats hat for another 12 months with pride. Today I had Mike R. from Boston down to fish with me. Of course monday thru thursday it was beautiful, calm, and sunny, As soon as Mike arrived the front passes through. So we have 30 mph winds, 55 degrees in the morning , water temps at 61. Here I am thinking how cold it is and Mike is loving it. I almost forget that you can’t float a boat on 2 feet of ice. Anyway we fished the same places in the creek as I fished with Steve last weekend and we caught a bunch of sheepies and some small trout. Then I forced my way onto a flat to try for those gators and it didn’t work . I could not find the holes the water was so churned up from the wind. Next time it is calm I will need to bunch these holes into my gps so I can find them. Error on my experiment trip eh. So we ended the day without many trout , jus! t a dozen or so shorts and some decent sheepies. I did not need to fillet any as Mike wanted to catch and release fish. fine with me.
Saturday Today was Jim L. who split his trip with Mike from Boston. The day was much calmer for Mike and we were able to go to some of my more favorable docks for sheepies. Once there we caught some very nice ones. Including Mikes 12 pounder. It was a monster sheepshead on 10 bl test. After that we went the pass for grouper only to find a red tide bloom in progress. Here we go again. Red tide can ruin the fishing in an area for months. I quickly left the red tide for another part of the sound. I went to two flats for trout and found that they did not want to play. We never had a hit. So I then took them to a back bay area that was sheltered. We anchored up near a deadfall. In the next hour the guys caught some more sheepies , 3 undersized reds, a small gag grouper, a flounder and some puffers. I think it was entertaining for mike who hasn’t seen some of these fish before. On my way out I saw a group of 10 really nice snook. But I could not get them to even budge on a bait. I think the 59 degree water temps have them shut down.
Sunday This was supposed to be the best tide and best weather for me in a long time. And it was. I had Dave V, twin bother Brian V. and dad Art V. These guys were fun to have on board my boat as they were giving each other the rassa mataz all day. Once at the favorite dock , we caught nice sheepies up to 10lbs for an hour before the redtide rolled in. Knowing that the sheepies were biting I ran 12 miles south to redfish pass to elude the red tide only to find out that it was over there even worse. After 15 minutes of hacking and sore throats we left to search for trout. I took off across the sound to fish the flats. On our first drift I found them in 4 ft of water that was 61 degrees. They caught trout on every cast for an hour. But only caught 4 keepers. but it was fun anyway. Then the ladyfish showed up. We caught a bunch of these before calling it a day. Back at the dock I cleaned 12 sheepshead and four ! trout. Too bad about the red tide or it could have been a better day. But we all had fun and that’s what its all about .
~ Capt Rebby
January 19th, 2005 No Comments »
Weather this weekend was hot, with afternoon thunder showers , the usual summer pattern.
Thurs. I had some clients from New Hampshire down. Steve and John. These guys wanted to go fish for something big. So trout and snapper were out of the scene for this day. With all the influence of fresh water runoff from Dennis our bait was run off the flats that I normally go to . I tried different flats heading toward the gulf until I finally found the right sized bait to run offshore with. It took me until 10 am to get it but at last we had 100 big 8″ threads in the well.
On the way out to my cuda spot my livewell stopped working and killed half the bait. I was not worried as I have a backup well that still had around 30 good baits in it. I would use the dead ones for chum. Once out on the wreck I found that the water was not as clear as it had been in the past. we could only see down a couple of feet. and usually we can see almost 40 feet down. Well after chuming and fishing a few different methods for an hour, and moving a couple of times around the wreck we had to give it up and move on. The water was just turned up from the storms last weekend. I have never did very good in the gulf when the water is cloudy. So back inshore we went to find some tarpon. We tried a couple of drifts at redfish pass for snook and John had one on and lost him. Steve caught a 26″ red. After that we moved to a flat with a nice trench in it that holds tarpon. It was an outgoing! tide and the poons were rolling in the trench. I chunked threads, hung live ones under a cork , chummed for 2 hours. and only caught one catfish, (which I also used for bait) Anyone who has fished with me in the past knows that I will use whatever comes aboard for bait when seeking a big fish. But it just was not happening . At around 3pm we called it a day. John was skunked and I am not proud of that but sometimes the larger fish are not in an eating mood and that was this day.
Fri. I had one client , Bruce. Bruce called and said that he was out of fillets in the freezer. so he wanted to catch numbers and food fish. Just like the day before I struggled to get bait. I wanted 3″ shiners but only managed 1″ shiners . very small indeed. But finally we had to start fishing or the tide would be over. So we took what we had and fished. My first snapper spot was a bummer . Fresh water had moved them out of there just like the bait. I moved to a flat and started to trout fish. Well this flat was infested with trout. we must have caught at least 50 with 8 nice keepers and two over the 20″ max.
Next we went in search for snappers and found none. but along the way I spied a school of threads on the surface and made one throw for about 20 nice baits. Although with only one well running they were not gonna last long. So off for a mangrove spot for reds. We set up on a wind swept shoreline , because it positioned the boat correctly and felt cooler there. I diced up some threads and chunked a ladyfish that we caught earlier. We no sooner got a sandwich opened up to eat and our first red was on. Nice fish about 25 “, in the next hour we caught 3 more and a couple of cats. Storms started to rumble so we went in for the day at 2pm.
Sat. I had a cancellation. so I tried without any luck to fix the pumps. I think I need some professional help on this one. So I stayed cooled off indoors.
Sunday, I had Bob, and Jeanne. This couple fished with me in May and caught the heck out of the fish. It would be tough to repeat in the conditions we are in now. But I found the bait on the second stop and I just loaded the boat with the small stuff as it worked on Friday. Off to the trout flats. Boy were the fish eating , must be because it was earlier in the morning but we nailed them Jeanne caught about 30 herself with two 23″ trout. When we got our 12 th fish in the box we were off to locate the snapper. I skipped over the areas I did not find them in on Friday. and headed to creek mouth. Only this time I positioned my boat about a mile from the mouth on an under cut bank . And they were there in full force. Bob and Jeanne caught fish after fish for the next 2 hours without me needing to move the boat. Nice snapper up to 15″ long. They boat a limit and a couple of flounder to boot. Next was b! ack to the redfish spot to see if they were still on the bank. They were there but really didnot hit that well. Jeanne lost one half way to the boat and Bob missed another one on the set. It was 4 pm and the skies were ready to unleash on us so we headed into the dock. I was cleaning the 12 trout, 15 snapper, 2 flounders when the storm hit with full force . lightning , thunder and 3″ of rain all at once but I got the job of filleting the fish done , even with the rain. Now my truck smells like a locker room, ha ha .
More to come next weekend as it is fully booked.
Capt Rebby
December 6th, 2004 No Comments »
Two trips logged this weekend. Our temps have dropped some and even though it is getting into the low 80′s late in the day our water temps have been in the high 60′s every morning.
Sat. I met with Bob and Steve at the ramp for thier scheduled monthly trip with me. We spent very little time looking for bait and settled for a livewell full of pinfish as I could not find any signs of shiners. With the water colder and the trout season closed we focased our atttention to bottom fishing for grouper. I spent a lot of time in nearshore waters around 30′ deep. We fished for about 4 hours and managed 2 shorts and 3 keepers. The gag groupers ranged from 22″ to 24″ , all were fat healthy fish. Very good eating fish. While we were out there we ran into a school of Macks busting bait on the surface. We managed to catch 3 nice 20″ macks on jigs after losing 3 or 4 jigs to the toothy guys. On the way back in I decided to try a few docks and see if the sheepshead were running yet. And to my surprise we caught 3 very respectable sheepies. The bite wasnt as fast as when they are here in full force like they should be by Febuary but at least we caught some. Then the tide was stopped at 2pm and we called it a day. Not bad for winter fishing , 3 groupers, 3 macks , and 3 sheepshead.
Sunday I fished with John P. and after getting bait we headed out for the grouper again. This time the first fish had us scrambling to pull up anchor and chase. After what seemed like an hour battle with the bruiser we finally got it to the boat. It was a spotted eagle ray of about 150lbs. For a ray , it put up a decent battle. It jumped twice clearing the water by 5 feet. and made fantastic runs spooling off hundreds of yards of line. But we got photo and let it go. By the way , this thing was about as big as a car hood!! After having his butt kicked by the ray, John managed to bring a 22″ gag grouper to the boat along with a short. So we headed back to the dock early to get more tide than the day before. Once there, we caught a few short sheepies and a black drum that was about 20″ long. The drum did put up a good fight and John did an excellent job of getting him away from the dock poles. We ended the day with some catch and release trout fishing as john loves to fish for trout. The trout are there and once Jan comes around I am sure we will get some decent fish in the box. So the day ended with 1 grouper, and one drum to be cleaned.
capt rebby
November 1st, 2004 No Comments »
Two trips on the books for this weekend . Great weather, high in the 80′s, low in the 70′s with no wind in the forecast. It was a full moon. with an incoming tide. This was a father/son weekend.
Friday, I had Bruce Sr and Bruce Jr. for another day on the water. Bait was easy and we were off to the pass to try for some snook. After about 10 drifts without a hit we went to the outside bar where the birds were diving. I set them up with topwater plugs and for the next hour we caught ladyfish and bluefish on every cast. It was a blast. I kept 6 ladys
for chunking bait and released the rest. After hitting a few flats for trout with so much as a hit I was begining to realize that these fish must have fed heavy on the full moon. Bruce Jr. kept asking me about sharks so I took them to a flat where I know shark hang around. We chunked up some lady-fish and set to big rigs out with live foot long lady-fish on for bait. In the first 10 minutes something big nailed on of the baits. As Bruce set the hook a 6′ tarpon did a jump that would have been a 9 on the Olympic scoreboard. That fish when up in the air about 10 feet and spun around 3 times wrapping the line down her body and landed on top of the 80lb test power pro line snapping it like thread. It was very thrilling to see the look on Bruces face. After an hour or so we gave it up to go for some trout again. And after a few more drifts the guys caught 5 trout and a nice 22″ redfish.
Saturday I had Jim, Ron and Ronny. three generations from father to grandson aboard. They have fished with me in the past and knew my boat well enough to pitch right in and catch some fish. Again , bait was easy. But this day they wanted Macks. and the day before we did not get any keeper fish until the after noon tide so I decided to jump ahead of the falling tide and go outside to a near shore wreck. Once at the wreck in 40 feet of water we chummed with cut bait and live shiners for macks. First to show were some small jacks. Ronny was having a ball catching them . I used two of them for bait on the big rigs. and Soon Ron was onto a big fish . After the first run we witnessed a 10 foot shark clear the water and again we had a wrapped fish to fight. Well soon after that the line broke on the rough skin of the shark. We had another big boy on the opposite rod but for some reason the hook came free. It was time to jump back ahead of the tide to the inside as things were slowing down out there quickly. After fishing about 8 different flats without so much as a keeper trout I was begining to doubt myself. Ronny was having fun with short trout and ladyfish but Jim was looking for a fish dinner. It was about 3 pm and I usually go in by 2:30pm but I really needed to save face at the ramp so I extended the trip. ( I also had no evening comittments with the wife) Last spot! I used the trolling motor to sneak up to an oyster bar , which will remain unnamed, and spied a group of reds and one lone snook laying in 6 inches of water. I
back off the bar and staked out my boat for the last act. I chummed everything I had, ladyfish chunks, slice and diced pinfish, and dead and live shiners. It did not take long for some thing to happen and Ron was onto a nice red. Once boated it measured at 26″ , it was a day saver for me. I was much calmer now and then Ron caught a big trout , about 25″ on a chunk. Something that doesnt happen often. Jim called it and said 5 more minutes and we got to go. At one minute left Ronnys rod takes off and the battle is on. I helped him horse the big fish from the bar and it cleared the water twice. While this was going on Rons rod was hooked up to another gator trout. As both fish neared the boat I netted one and dumped it on the deck to net the other. Ronny had landed a 28″ snook , while his dad nailed another 25″ seatrout. It made for some great photo ops. and some high fives around the boat. A great way to end a boys day out on the water. Back at the dock everyone was commenting on Ronnys snook . I am sure that today at school he is telling everyone about it and the giant shark his dad lost.
Capt Rebby
October 20th, 2004 No Comments »
Hey everyone,
I am back! I have returned from the woods of Penn State with a freezer full of venison. I was able to harvest a nice 8 point buck and a doe with bow and arrow. This will go down as one of my most memorable hunts ever. Weather was mild, food was plentiful, caught up with old friends and made some new friends. Never did have time to go fall asleep by my favorite tree as the deer kept me busy most of the week. great time .
Friday , first cold front moved through our area. Water temps were 80+ degrees. It was too windy to fish outside so Bob,Steve and I decided to try and locate reds this day. Getting bait was not a problem , loaded up in 3 throws. We headed down to the south end of the sound and began working mangrove banks where I had last seen reds back in Sept. We only were able to catch 4 catfish. We moved every 20 minutes from spot to spot trying flats , holes, and bushes as were fish our way northward. Each and every stop we caught catfish. They seemed to be everywhere we were at. Some were
very large too. Our only excitement came when a large fish nailed a ladyfish chunk while we tried to eat our lunch . Steve fought it for what seemed like 10 minutes. Our water here is very dirty due to the fresh water runoff from the storms so when we finally got her close we I.D. the fish as
a large stingray of about 40lbs. Nice fight anyways and a great job by Steve to keep her out of the bushes. Later in the afternoon we decided it was time to get some fillets and out onto the flats we went to harrass the trout. Our bait was on the large size so most of the trout caught were keepers . The boys landed 10 nice trout up to 20″. Rain was threatening so we headed in about 2pm.
Sat. trip was scheduled with Robert. Robert has fished with me on numerous occasions and the last 3 times down to Florida he has seen some of our coolest weather. Today was calm and mild but it was also the day after the front and the fish were very tight lipped to say the least. We nailed bait fast at Ussepa Island and headed to the pass for snook . After about 8 drifts we both had a snook on and Roberts was a nice one but we both lost them. Snook have a habit of not holding the bait long when a cold front comes. Seeing it was nice out we went outside about 2 miles looking for birds and tuna. but we saw nothing much happening. We then went back inside to fish for reds. and after fishing a lot of spots we could only manage a 15″ red , small gag grouper, a small black sea bass and lots of kitty catfish. So off to fish for trout. After a couple of drifts we found a pot hole that they were in and then we couldn’t keep a bait in the water. Catching all those trout after going so long with out keeper fish was fun. At about 3:30 we headed in with 8 nice trout in the cooler.
capt rebby
September 20th, 2004 No Comments »
Well as you all have heard Florida has been hit by three (3) hurricanes this year. Charlie’s eyewall went directly over my favorite spots. Causing the lay of the land to be somewhat different than normal. But the next two hurricanes affected my bookings with their threats of extended wind and rain forecasts. This weekend I was able to book a trip for Friday and we were pleasantly surprised with some decent fishing.
Friday,
We hit two bait spots early with nothing to show except very small shiner fry. I headed father and son Bruce I and Bruce II to saltier waters. Seems that the runoff of the Peace and Myaka rivers was so strong that we had fresh water intrusion all the way to the passes. On our third spot we ended up with a livewell full of nice sized pinfish and a very few shiners. I did not want to waste too much more of the incoming tide for bait and decided to head for the beach in search of some snooks. The fish were there and hungry . We had company as two other boats were fishing in the same area. I edged the boat into a spot and as I was anchoring the other two boats had multiple hookups. The bite was on and for the next two hours the Bruces caught about 6 snooks including 3 keepers over 26″. After the tide stopped I headed back inshore to some trout flats where they nailed 8 nice trout around 17″ each. The hits were not as plentiful as I have seen before but when they got one it was a nice fish. We also caught two ladyfish which I kept for bait. It was noon now and I figured we could waste some time while waiting for the tide to start rolling out by soaking some ladyfish chunks under what is left of the mangroves and eat out sandwiches. Well after chunking up a half a fish for chum and setting out 4 rods with ladyfish chunks we didn’t even have time to open up the sandwiches before all 4 rods were bent over with a redfish on. Boy were they hungry. I mean the reds not the Bruces. We spent the rest of the day in that one anchored spot just nailing the fish. I ran out of ladyfish and started to cut up the larger pinfish. Bruce I caught 5 nice reds , 3 keepers around 21″ and two outside the slot at 30″. He also caught a very large flounder about 4 lbs. which is a record on my boat. Especially on a chunk of pinfish!. Bruce II was having a little trouble getting the feel for the set and lost about 4 reds, caught 2 and had back to back true brutes on that spooled two of my reels. I figured that they were truly bull reds in the 40+ inch range. or they could have been cobia , however I have never seen a cobia in the bushes , let alone in that fresh of water. In any case , the water was very stained and I could not get a positive I.D. on the fish he lost or should I restate, got beat by. We probably could have given chase with the trolling motor but we didn’t want to screw up the spot by moving around . We did have a nice school of reds worked up behind the boat at that point. During the course of the day we got to see a nice water spout form and drop down into the sound about a mile from us and then disappear just as fast. ( on Sunday this weekend we had 3 tornados touch down in Cape Coral). Back at the ramp I filleted 3 snook, 3 reds, 8 trout and one flounder. not a bad day of fishing with using just pinfish and ladyfish for bait. Goes to show you that the fish will eat what is around them.
This will be my last report for three weeks as I am going on a hunting vacation for three weeks. Next week I will be hunting lake Okeechobee for ducks and then the following week I will be leaving for my annual deer hunting trip to Penn State. So stay safe everyone and keep in touch.
capt rebby