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9.30.21 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; BOB COHEN
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 09-30-2021
Your Name; BOB COHEN
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below First any day I get out and fish and nobody gets hurt and we don’t break anything expensive it’s a good day.  As for the fishing part we left ANCLOTE HARBOR MARINA about 11 on the falling tide. We had not been OFFSHORE for a while so we headed out on light east winds. Our first drop was in 22. Nothing so we moved to another spot in 28. Still nothing. Thats unusual because we usually catch GRUNTS on both spots without much difficulty with squid. So, we decided to move inside for the last part of the trip since we had some success recently in close. We were at the end of the falling tide. We only picked up about 7 TROUT on GULP, all small (10 to 13) on slip corks in about an hour of drifting the flats of the ANCOTE ANCHORAGE before we called it a day. Nothing worth taking a picture of. Still a great day on the water.

 

10.01.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Butch Kaelin
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 10-01-2021
Your Name; Butch  Kaelin
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Since this was Denis’ second day back from Boston it was only fitting that caught the first & second fish of the day while trolling out the Cottee after putting in at 7:15 AM. Water temp was at 79 with an incoming tide. We then drifted out the south side of the river catching more jacks and other smalls. Drifted past an oyster bed with grass and got a nice trout. Denis got his trout off another bed 1/4 mile south of the river. Drifted out past old stilt house pilings only to stumble upon a boat DIW (dead in the water) with 3 fellow club members aboard. They had already called SeaTow or else would have tried to tow them in. Trolled back to a small oyster bar in the river while Denis caught a few large lizard fish. The oyster produced a 16” flounder. Another good morning on the water.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Butch Kaelin – 19″ spotted trout
Denis Surette – 16″ spotted trout

9.21.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Terry Reelitz
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-21-2021
Your Name; Terry Reelitz
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Mary and I launched about 10:00 AM on a beautiful Florida sunshine day – winds were mild and no showers in the forecast…. We both decided we would like fish tacos before heading to Key Largo for the weekend.

The excellent news was the weather was great and winds mild, water temp 81 degrees with blue-bird skies. The bad news was it was a lackluster tide/current day and we were fishing low tide water.

Non-the less we headed out to Green 5 with intentions of working Sand Bay for Trout. Green 5 was the ticket, just inside in about 5 feet of water, Trout were crazy, Macks were running wild and Sharks got in the action as well.

Live shrimp, gulp shrimp below a cork was the ticket as the Trout came through in waves. The Blacktips were feasting on pinfish and gulp on a jig head.

We kept 3 keeper Trout for tacos and one Mack for a hot and saucy side dish.

‘A good time was had by all’ as mission was accomplished
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Mary Muir-Reelitz 19″ Ttout

9.27.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; BOB COHEN
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-27-2021
Your Name; BOB COHEN
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Since my last trip was pretty good I decided to try the same pattern again. We left ANCLOTE HARBOR MARINA at 930 AM. My plan was to go North in the ANCLOTE ANCHORAGE towards BAILEYS  BLUFF and drift back south towards the river along the east shore staying in depths of about 3 to 5 feet. We used live shrimp and GULP under slip bobbers from 3 to 4 down. We made this drift about 5 times stopping before the power house and then repeated it. Today low tide was about 1130 so we caught the end of the cycle. I think that was a problem. We picked up only about 8 trout, only 2 of which were 15 or more. The rest were small, like 10. The GULP was just as good as the live shrimp. Those small trout would attack the shrimp and rip them off without getting hooked whereas the GULP could not be ripped off easily leaving it for a larger fish. Overall, it was a fun day
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. SHARON TRGOVICH TROUT 16″

9.25.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Bob Sauban
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 09-25-2021
Your Name; Bob and Shelli Sauban
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Had some friends in town and headed out fishing in an incoming tide with light winds. Headed towards flats from North channel to south channel. While driving out noticed a lot of bait fish by the channel markers and drifted from their. Caught a 31” cobia on pinfish. Then went to sandbar for lunch and a swim. Headed back to the flats around 4:00 and bite turned on. Caught a ton of trout and my wife caught a 35” cobia on a live shrimp on the smallest pole on the boat! The weather was incredible. Water 83. Great day and great memories.

9.25.21 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Freddie Penrow
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-25-2021
Your Name; Bonnie Allen
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below We headed offshore approximately 30 miles this morning. Seas were a little rougher than expected. Fishing was slow.  We did however have a great day on the water catching several small hogs, gags, red grouper, mangrove snapper.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Bonnie Allen landed a 20 1/2” red grouper.

Freddie Penrow landed a 15” hog fish

9.24.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Terry Reelitz
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-24-2021
Your Name; Terry Reelitz
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below No rain, winds were calm – Mary and I grabbed a couple dozen shrimp and a dozen pinfish, and headed out for a couple hours.

Water temps 82-83 degrees, active inshore tide – hit Green 7 out in front of PP and Green 5 down by Sand Bay. Drifted live shrimp and pins in 3-6’ of water that had grass.

Loaded up on a bunch of Trout and two Blacktips that created mayhem running us around the boat.
We let the slot Trout  go to get bigger and fight another day!

A ‘good time was had by all’
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Terry Reelitz 18 inch Trout

Mary Muir-Reelitz 17 inch Trout

9.24.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Capt Michael Dawson
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 09-24-2021
Your Name; Jack Hexter
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below I was invited to fish with Barbara Thompson with Capt Michael Dawson running the boat. Tide was almost dead low. Michael had both his livewells blacked out with bait. Barbara is an excellent grouper and snapper fisher-woman, but this was her first inshore trip and she wanted a snook!  The first spot we fished was south of the lighthouse, so we could not keep the 19″ trout caught by Barbara or the redfish I caught, and we released several jacks.  We then ran a good distance North and stopped on some rock hard bottom where Barbara put two mackerel in the boat and I caught a short gag grouper.  Boy do shallow water grouper pull hard.  We started working our way back south and finally Barbara hooked and landed a 27 3/4″ snook which had to be released due to being 1/4″ short. But this completed her inshore slam.  We fished several more spots, boating a nice mangrove and a couple of legal redfish before pulling the plug at 2:30.  Great day on the water.  Thanks Barbara and Capt Michael

9.23.21 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; BOB COHEN
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 09-23-2021
Your Name; BOB  COHEN
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below After seeing recent inshore reports I could see a definite pattern had emerged so I decided to get in on the fun. We left ANCLOTE HARBOR MARINA at 9 AM. My plan was to go North in the ANCLOTE ANCHORAGE towards GULF HARBORS and drift back south towards the river along the east shore staying in depths of about 3 to 6 feet. The wind was blowing about 12 making the water bumpier than  I expected so I headed toward the east bank around BAILEYS BLUFF to start my drift. We used live shrimp under slip bobbers from 3 to 5 down. We made this drift about 5 times stopping dead west of the power house and then repeated it. We picked up about 25 trout, only 3 of which were 15″ most were 12 to 13. We did catch 1 shark about 36″ We used 3 dozen whole shrimp and then switched to GULP in white for the last drift after all the shrimp were gone. The GULP was just as good as the live shrimp. Wind laid down as the day progressed. Overall, it was a fun day even though most of the trout were small, just glad to see so many. All were released.

9.21.21 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Capt Mike Spanhel
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-21-2021
Your Name; Terry Reelitz
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Captain Mike Spanhel invited Frank Bellizio, Robbie Robinson and Terry Reelitz for a day of chasin’ some off-shore targets.

Headed out about 7:30 AM with the remnants of a Full moon still shinning overhead, a cooler full of frozen threadfins, squid and shrimp. The bait-well was holding 3 dozen pins to be used for hunting the biguns.

Winds were modest but the Gulf had some 2’ rollers that slowed the trip out to the first stop at about +50’. Current was running pretty well, and water clarity was much improved at 82 degrees. The bite was surprisingly slower than expected based on the positive conditions. Grunts were decent size but coming up grudgingly, Hogfish were taking shrimp but a little short as were some Gags and Red Grouper.

A couple fun catches – Robbie hooked into a 3’ Shark that gave him quite a tussle on light tackle, and I hooked into a hefty Bonita that took some drag and provided some laughs

We had another 4 or 5 stops working out to +60’ with much the same results – bite was slow but steady. Several Hogfish with 2 being legal, Frank B. got the biggest at 16”. Gag bite was steady out deeper taking both shrimp and pins- Mike S. had biggest at 23”s (picture was forgotten-my bad) and a couple estimated bigger that didn’t make it to the surface.

Some dark clouds loomed between us and home port, so we took our cooler of Grunts and a couple Hogs and headed back in…

A ‘good time was had by all’ and there are tasty Hog fillets a cookin’ and fish tacos on future menus.

Thank-you  Capt Mike
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Terry Reelitz 18″ Gag