ishing Captain Favorite's Fishing Forum: Jan. 19, 2015

CATCH OF THE WEEK

Marshall Dinerman, from, Atlanta, Georgia, had good action with Spanish mackerel and trout on a couple of trips. The Spanish mackerel was caught on an Ultra Hair Clouser fly and the trout on a DOA Deadly Combo.

BRADENTON – Happy Martin Luther King Day! For those of you lucky to have off work, NOAA is predicting nice weather but choppy conditions offshore. Blue crab closures are ending early in Northwest Florida. Look for albies feeding near the surface and tripletail around crab trap buoys.

• Northwest Florida blue crab trap closure ending early
  Recreational and commercial blue crab traps may be placed back in state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles) from the Florida/Alabama state line through the Franklin/Wakulla county line starting Saturday, Jan. 10.
  Traps had to be removed from the water as part of a 10-day closure that started Jan. 5, but this closure ended early because efforts to remove lost and abandoned traps have been completed.
  This and other similar closures give groups authorized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) the opportunity to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.

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WEEKLY FISHING REPORT BY CAPT. RICK GRASSETT

 

Capt. Rick DePaiva, from Ft. Myers, FL, battles a tarpon jumped on a fly while fishing the coastal gulf with Capt. Rick Grassett.

Anglers fishing with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released trout, blues and Spanish mackerel on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay, snook in the ICW near Venice and snook, trout and flounder in the Terra Ceia area on CAL jigs with shad tails, DOA Deadly Combos, DOA Shrimp and flies during the past week.

Keith McClintock and Victor Feldman, both from Ill., fished the Terra Ceia area with me on Monday. They caught and released trout, flounder and several snook on CAL jigs with shad tails. Dean Fields, from Indianapolis, Ind., snook fished with me in the ICW near Venice on Tuesday evening. We fished lighted docks and he caught and released a few snook and a trout on my Grassett Snook Minnow fly.

Marshall Dinerman and his son Michael, from Atlanta, Georgia, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Wednesday. They had some action with trout, including one that was more than 3-pounds, on CAL jigs with shad tails, DOA Deadly Combos and an Ultra Hair Clouser fly on deep grass flats on both sides of the bay. Martin Marlowe, from NY, snook fished with me on Wednesday evening in the ICW near Venice and caught and released 8 or 10 snook on my Grassett Snook Minnow fly.

Tom Lamb, from Geneva, Switzerland and Roy Glah, from Sarasota, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Friday afternoon. Despite a slow tide, action was steady. We fished deep grass flats on the west side of the bay where they caught and released several blues, Spanish mackerel and trout on CAL jigs with shad tails and DOA Shrimp.

Trout, blues, Spanish mackerel, pompano and more should be good options on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay. Look for reds and big trout mixed with mullet schools on shallow flats and edges of bars. Afternoons may fish better than mornings when water is cool. Catch and release night snook fishing may also be a good option depending on conditions.

Tight Lines,

Capt. Rick Grassett

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Fishing Forecast

High pressure will move east over the state later this afternoon then out to the Atlantic tonight through Tuesday. A dry frontal boundary will move through the area Wednesday with high pressure returning Thursday. An area of low pressure will then move over the area from the Gulf on Friday. Winds and seas will remain below critical thresholds. 

Monday

Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Tonight Northeast winds around 5 knots then becoming east around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

2015/01/19 Mon 06:43 AM -0.79 L

2015/01/19 Mon 01:18 PM 1.12 H

2015/01/19 Mon 05:24 PM 0.81 L

2015/01/19 Mon 11:11 PM 2.24 H

Tuesday 

Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Tuesday night will bring southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.

2015/01/20 Tue 07:25 AM -0.82 L

2015/01/20 Tue 01:48 PM 1.14 H

2015/01/20 Tue 06:16 PM 0.72 L

Wednesday 

Wind variable less than 5 knots then becoming northwest around 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters smooth. Wednesday night will bring oath winds around 10 knots then becoming northeast after midnight. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

2015/01/21 Wed 12:01 AM 2.24 H

2015/01/21 Wed 08:05 AM -0.76 L

2015/01/21 Wed 02:16 PM 1.18 H

2015/01/21 Wed 07:10 PM 0.61 L

Thursday 

Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Thursday night will bring northeast winds 5 to 10 knots then becoming southeast around 15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers.

2015/01/22 Thu 12:52 AM 2.15 H

2015/01/22 Thu 08:44 AM -0.62 L

2015/01/22 Thu 02:45 PM 1.24 H

2015/01/22 Thu 08:07 PM 0.49 L

Friday 

South winds around 10 knots then becoming west in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of showers. 

2015/01/23 Fri 01:45 AM 1.97 H

2015/01/23 Fri 09:22 AM -0.41 L

2015/01/23 Fri 03:16 PM 1.34 H

2015/01/23 Fri 09:10 PM 0.38 L

Solunar Forecast