Florida Fishing Report: Florida Fishing Charters

The weather is under direction of the Chamber of Commerce. Strong ridges and bubbles of high pressure have the winds howling out of an easterly direction and have been for some time now. The skies are bluebird and the air is warm. Not the best conditions in which to catch fish; however, there is one exception. There is this one period of time that occurs every year, where nothing else matters. It is that magical time of year that serves as our calling and that time is now!

Now is when you will find the baitfish migrating up the coast and into the shoreline. Hungry Spanish macks, kingfish, cobia, grouper, barracuda and sharks are in hot pursuit. Inshore, the resident fish travel outside their winter haunts looking to regain lost body fat. 

The Nakamuira group was back at it again. This year's agenda? It was Bounty Hunter Redfish V 1.0. Here the guys are tripled up on the jumbo reds. Having a 50 redfish afternoon fellas? In addition to the phenomenal redfishing, snook and tarpon were also taken.

Redfish school, snook have their guards down, and trout are in pre-spawn feeding mode. Jacks can be seen in schools marauding the clear shallows and the classic cobia's riding of the backs of Southern stingrays is definitely worth a cast or two for a shot at a good fight with a potentially tasty outcome.

I see no significant cold fronts in the forecasted future. We all know Mother Nature will have her way and throw one or two at us when we least expect it, but for the most part spring has sprung. Night temperatures are falling in the lower 60s and daytime highs are in the mid 80s. The Vernal Equinox arrived on the 21^st of March. It’s time…time to let the pictures do the talking.

We are now just weeks away from the start of the giant tarpon season. Each year, those wishing to test their mettle against the ultimate big game fish make the pilgrimage from all around the globe. They are neurologists and they are cattle ranchers. They speak English and they speak Japanese. They fish the silver gladiator with wimpy long rods and weightless flies. Just as well, they  fish tarpon  from 50 lb. class Pompanette fight chairs.