Fishing News
Redfish biting in Ten Thousand Islands, Cape
By Byron Stout, [email protected]
Redfish action was hot inshore, snapper fishing was good inshore and offshore, and panfish were plentiful inland. Anglers, on the other hand, were so hot they mostly stayed indoors, according to most reporting stations.
REDFISH: Reds were biting very well in the Ten Thousand Islands, with keeper-size fish accounting for about one-third of catches that mostly are below the 18- to 27-inch slot limit. Outdoor Resorts of Chokoloskee Capt. Cecil Oglesby's Tuesday and Wednesday parties had catches of up to 40 reds and 15 to 20 trout, casting shrimp under popping corks on the outside points for redfish, and on the outside grass flats off the Chatham and Huston rivers for trout.
Saturday's Redfish Challenge out of Cape Coral Yacht Club saw all 18 boats weigh in redfish, with a catch from southern Pine Island Sound by captains Gary and Don Clark, and Jim Cline, of Cape Coral, topping the fleet. Reds were reported caught in the sound from north to south, according to Cape Tool & Tackle.
Bill's Tackle in Punta Gorda got good reports of redfish biting in Gasparilla Sound, from Whidden's Creek down through Turtle Bay, and in the Two Pines area in northeast Matlacha Pass.
SNAPPER: The Bait House in Iona reported plenty of snapper, if not plenty of fishermen, at the Sanibel Causeway this week.
J.B. Long and Wayne Dutton of Cape Tool & Tackle caught their 10-fish aggregate limit of snapper to 14 inches in a jiffy Tuesday, fishing with shiners under the mangroves of Josslyn Island in Pine Island Sound.
Bill's Tackle reported snapper biting well in Boca Grande Pass and in Punta Gorda Isles canals, particularly around Ponce de Leon Park.
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