The SoWal weather the past week has just been incredible! Calm seas, Blue water and highs in the mid 70's make for a perfect time to be at the beach.
When we came in from fishing yesterday afternoon there were bikinis on the beach, paddling around on SUP boards and folks surfing without wetsuits. Welcome to an early spring after an early (and hard) winter!
Wow ! Somebody threw the season switch to Spring! Looks like over a week's worth of high skies, warm days and light winds.
I even saw a couple boats bass fishing on the dune lakes today! The last half of February is always a good time to find those ten-pound-plus "green groupers" looking for a place to bed.
While a lot of folks spent last Sunday getting the party ready for a super bowl game I got to take some locals out and we partied with the Amberjacks.
A beautiful clear sky, calm seas and a light but cool North wind made for the perfect day to run offshore.
The fish were happy to cooperate and everyone (including the captain!) got to catch some big fish. A big Jack can dang sure pull!
Sorry for the lapse in fishin' reports but this weather we've been having has not been conducive to fun on the water !
While I have mainly been working on tackle and rebuilding the running gear on the cat's trailer I did have a father / daughter team at Indian Pass last week.
What a cold windy start to the New Year. Snow in every State but Florida and plenty of nights below freezing here.
Add the inconsistent Federal (anti) fishing laws and it's a wonder that we can still go out and have this much fun!
The past weekend was cool but beautiful here in South Walton.
The beach here in Northwest Florida had its usual population increase for the week between Christmas and New Year's. Lots of folks in town and a bunch of 'em wanted to go fishin'.
The weather however did its winter thing and only gave us two nice calm days to run out and chase the finny critters.
Seasons Greetings from the beach! It may be winter but we are still are having some beautiful sunny days here in South Walton.
I have spent most of the past 2 weeks working on the boat. The "Dead Fish" has two brand new 70 horsepower Yamaha 4 strokes, new hydraulic steering rams, some new fiberglass and the interior all has shiny new gelcoat.
I know, it's been two weeks since I wrote a report but I can plead "busy during the holidays".
I got to run three trips from Grayton Beach over the Thanksgiving Holiday. I had a couple more booked but the weather didn't let us go everyday. Once it cools down I try to avoid rough. It just doesn't go well with cold!
It's been a couple weekends since I typed up a report but I have been runnin' hard. The Weekend Red Snapper season held up with fairly nice weather and a great bite of fish all the way to the end.
Yesterday was the last day for the 2010 "special" snapper season. In between catching Snappers, Groupers and Kings I went over to Indian Pass for 5 days and took a father/son fishing team on the flats in the morning sight fishing redfish and out to the oyster bars in the afternoon chasing Trout.
I am happy to report that
The last cold front to come through was a real one, dropping the night time temps down to the low 40's and bringing a hard Northwest wind.
The Gulf temp has dropped down to right at 70 degrees on the beach. While this turns off the swimmers in shorts and bikinis it sure makes the fish bite!
I had to cancel both my trips last Friday as the wind was just too much for it to have been any fun on the water.
