Captain Favorite's Weekend Fishing Forecast: Nov. 14, 2013

Posted Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:00 am

Merab-Michal Favorite

BRADENTON – It's not the best time to fish; Weather Underground is predicting advisory level winds with gusts up to gale force over the offshore waters through Thursday. Two license-free fishing days will take place over the holidays. Florida manatees are beginning their annual migration to warmer waters, which is their instinctual response to winter’s approach and surviving the cold. Capt. Rick Grassett says that fishing deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay for trout, blues, Spanish mackerel and jacks or reds and snook in skinny water should be a good option next week.

Fishing Updates

Holidays bring fishing bonuses

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday and for many people represents their only four-day holiday. So what better time to offer license-free fishing days? Friday, Nov. 29, will be a license-free freshwater fishing day, followed by a saltwater license-free day on Nov. 30.
To round out the gift-giving, Saturday, Dec. 28, was also designated as a license-free freshwater fishing day.
In 2013, the Legislature authorized the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to offer four additional license-free fishing days annually. FWC Commissioners subsequently implemented a long-term strategy to encourage introducing new anglers to recreational fishing, and to give those who haven’t been fishing recently another incentive to enjoy time on the water. Since the dates for some of these long-term options had already passed in 2013, they also picked the one-time-only dates mentioned above to make sure anglers got all the free-days the Legislature authorized.

Watch out for manatees migrating to warmer waters

Florida manatees are beginning their annual migration to warmer waters, which is their instinctual response to winter’s approach and surviving the cold.
As these slow-moving aquatic mammals migrate along rivers, canals, bays and coastlines, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) cautions boaters to slow down and watch out for manatees. The average adult manatee is 1,000 pounds and 10-feet long but may be difficult to spot despite its size.

Green sea turtles nest at unprecedented pace in Florida this year

The number of green sea turtle nests in Florida this year was more than double the count of the previous highest year. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have documented more than 25,000 green turtle nests on 26 index beaches in the state in 2013.

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Fishing Forecast

Hazardous boating conditions will continue today as high pressure builds in from the north in the wake of a strong cold front. Solid advisory level winds will overspread the forecast waters with gusts up to gale force over the offshore waters. With the northeast flow developing seas will rapidly build as one heads offshore. Conditions will improve slightly on Thursday though cautionary level winds will continue through the rest of the work week.

Thursday

Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Thursday night will bring east winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.

2013/11/14Thu05:03 a.m.0.17L

2013/11/14Thu11:08 a.m.1.65H

2013/11/14Thu04:20 p.m.0.97L

2013/11/14Thu09:59 p.m.2.29H

Friday

East winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers. Friday night will bring east winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Showers likely.

2013/11/15Fri05:46 a.m.-0.04L

2013/11/15Fri12:04 p.m.1.62H

2013/11/15Fri04:51 p.m.1.09L

2013/11/15Fri10:25 p.m.2.38H

Saturday

East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers. Saturday night will bring east winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers.

2013/11/16Sat06:26 a.m.-0.17L

2013/11/16Sat12:52 p.m.1.58H

2013/11/16Sat05:18 p.m.1.17L

2013/11/16Sat10:52 p.m.2.43H

Sunday

East winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers.

2013/11/17Sun07:02 a.m.-0.24L

2013/11/17Sun01:35 p.m.1.53H

2013/11/17Sun05:44 p.m.1.21L

2013/11/17Sun11:19 p.m.2.46H

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