Capt Wes’ Fishing Archives: Jan 06 - July 07

My friend Capt Steve Jones bags a 17 inch snook on a soft plastic…wow! I am going to have to change my website and start offering snook trips.

God Bless
Capt Wes

850-982-7858

The wind howled all morning and finally started to slow some when Mike called and asked if I had the afternoon available for fishing. I told him I had canceled both of my trips for the day but the wind did look like it was calming some…lol. Mike said let’s go!

We went to the pass and started trolling speck rigs for Spanish. We had several hours of fishing and no strikes. The wind switched from the north to the northwest. It pick up to about 20 mph. We changed tactics and started trolling S25’s. On our first pass Mike is hooked up with what we hope is a BIG redfish.

Five minutes later I am netting a stud gag grouper at 11lbs.

Our next pass resulted in Russell bowed up with our second grouper.

We make three more passes and break off two more grouper.

Then the Spanish bite picks up and Mike is hooked up with a nice fish.

Now Jerald is the only angler without a fish but that ends pretty quickly once the Spanish bite started.

Not a big afternoon bite but we certainly did not get skunked!

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

850-982-7858

I fished today with my new anglers Morgan (dad), son Greg and his friend Preston.

We started the day fishing the flats in hope of a nice gator trout on topwater. Here Greg and dad are working topwater chugbugs looking for their first explosion.

Greg has a nice explosion! After a good battle he boats this nice speck.

We started trolling speck rigs and dad quickly got hooked up with the first spanish of the day.

We spot some fish striking on top and Greg quickly gets bowed up with a very nice fish. It turns out to be a sailcat.

Greg and Preston are both bowed up with spanish.

We caught all the spanish we needed so we started sight fishing for schools of BIG BLUES. Here is a school in formation.

After sight fishing for BIG BLUES we decided to yet change gears again. I re-rigged the poles with #1/0 circle hooks, 17lb fluorocarbon leader 20 inches long with a one-ounce egg weight. We used cut shrimp as bait. We found our spot and began drifting. On our first drop we had a triple hook up on sheephead

We caught a dozen sheephead and decided to change gears one more time. I had dad rig up his fly rod with a white/green clouser minnow. We were headed back to the flats. A few casts later and dad had his first saltwater fish bowing his rod. A really nice Spanish!

Back at the dock we have a nice stinger of fish for a good ole fish fry.

Wow…one great day on the water!

Until our next fishing adventure…tight lines!

God Bless
Capt Wes

850-982-7858