Well August is almost over and were in the doldrems of summer for sure! Weather has been hot and calm but fishing overall hasn’t been too bad. It’s that time of year though when we get rain showers often though you can usually run around them or just wait and in 20 minutes they’re gone. Though sometimes you get chased away if the lightning is bad but that’s summer time in Florida. So last week we had great calm conditions with light east/northeast winds and the snook fishing was very good a couple different days. I had my dad and one of our employees Lainey out for the big snooks. I’ve been marking some big schools of them in several different areas back there. When conditions are right they seem to bite pretty well though if not you can see ’em but you can’t catch ’em. We had west wind a few days before and they did not bite for us, but on this day it was light north like I mentioned and the big snook were fired up! My dad, lainey, and I caught 7 or 8 nice ones and probably hooked another 7 or 8 more that we either pulled off or the sharks got unfortunately. All on jigs and pinfish which we’re able to usually keep on hand now. I also took a buddy of mine out a few days later and we caught 4 or 5 good ones again and same thing pulled off 4 or 5 others and a shark got one. This week the wind is west again so I haven’t been back there but snapper fishing was good on a half day for us today. September can still yield some good opportunities and it’s slow with business so I often have days available short notice and can even move trips around to accommodate better conditions. I’m also offering discounted rates for the month so you can get a 3/4 day and hit the further spots for the price of a half day. If you’re looking to go give me a shout and we can get you in there!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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