Snooky Report

Brad got a write up on Lure.net

2010-02-10T04:00:00Z

Talking more about the spooks and Heddon Products check it out!
http://www.lurenet.com/FishingResources/Articles/2010/flatsfishing.htm

Got Rich out before the front came through..

2010-02-09T04:00:00Z

We Both knew the front was going to be coming through today.. We had a window in the morning so we went out first thing in the morning having a nice low tide. Got a couple small trout that were in the pot holes. Then the wind started picking up I found the reds along the protected shoreline. Shortly after Rich Got one to eat.

we worked our way down the shoreline seeing some sheep head and reds mixed together. We got off the water and shortly after the rain came. This was Rich's 3rd red not a monster but still a red!

Brad Weigmann Write up on his site

2010-02-08T04:00:00Z

Got Brad Weigmann out on the 1st of February weather conditions were not the best. We were able to catch some fish at least. check out his story.
http://www.bradwiegmann.com/destinations/289-flats-fishing-rattlin-and-one-knocker-spooks.html

Got Brad Wiegmann from Arkansas and a crew out today on a good bite!

2010-02-01T04:00:00Z

Brad and his buddy Ed that came down with him I had them meet at Canoe Country Outfitters. He's going to put together a story but we got some nice trout on the spook jr and couple reds on rattling spook. His buddy Ed lost a nice trout yak side and jumped a 2 foot tarpon! We made the best of a windy over cast day. Look forward to seeing his story check out his site http://www.bradwiegmann.com/

Johnny Keller Tournament

2010-02-01T02:46:00Z

It was a windy day I knew I was going to have a low tide and strong north east wind. It was like a light switch as soon as the tide started coming in the everything turned on! I ended up getting 15 trout up to 20 inches and 6 redfish up to 26 inches and a 13 1/2 inch flounder all while throwing the 1/4 ounce CAL jig in the Golden brim. My Flounder I was hoping to place but I was .02 to from 3rd.
It was a bunch of wading and covering ground. But knew there were some nice flounder in the area.. A couple friends of mine had nice fish so we just had a fish fry!

Trout actions been good past week!

2010-01-28T04:00:00Z

The past week got on some nice keeper trout. With Caryn got her first trout on a CAL Jig. Ed was got nice trout on sebile stick shads and live shrimp. Lenny got a couple nice fish on the bone spook jr.

Florida Sportsman Magazine Cover

2010-01-25T19:12:00Z

Photo was taken by Sam Root Check out his site at www.saltyshores.com . We got on some nice tailing reds and they were eating the DOA gold split tail very well!

Big Trout getting fired up on the Spook!

2010-01-22T19:15:00Z

My good buddy Spencer and myself went out in the kayaks. It was a nice overcast foggy kind of day and we were Both having good success throwing the Bone Super spook jr. We both got some real nice trout and spencer got a nice upper slot red on the spook. The fish were in real shallow water 6 inches to a foot with the mullet. Fish ranged from 18-25 inches with a bunch of action exploding on the spook!
This fish have became more aggressive with the warming weather!

Got Jon on his second biggest snook

2010-01-12T19:27:00Z

Jon Shine from Kayakfishingmagazine.net came down from New Jersey. We met up in the morning and I had ice on my windshield. We found a bunch of big reds and trout. We were able to get a few to cooperate but they were not to active with the cold water. We relocated and we got on a few jacks and lady fish. Just after the sun went down we each got a couple snook in the mid 20s to eat. Jon caught a nice 32 inch snook making it his second biggest snook.

Sailfishing in Miami on the 31 Contender

2010-01-08T04:00:00Z

Cody Called me up with change in plans a few times. We were going to go to Key West But we had a condo to stay in Miami so we decided to go sail fishing over there! We Left Thursday late afternoon towing the 31 Contender with my good buddy Cody Chivas and Jack Vasaleros from www.championangler.com We met my good buddy Sam from www.saltyshores.com . We Got to Miami at like 1:00 and got up and got up at 5:00 caught bait on the beach found thousands of tarpon. We jumped 2 fish they were spooky of the boat with the crystal clear water. We ran out and started flying the kite and we got 3 dolphin and a couple bonita and had one sailfish on. Sam Got a couple cool pictures!

We were bummed we didn't get any sails but we pinned up all the bait and were ready for another day! Saturday it rained all day so we searched all over Miami all day to get more winter apparel that was tough! It was record low for Miami 36 degrees and 30 mph winds. We all were snow man gear out. We had a good crew Cody,Jack, Alonzo from Miami and his buddy Billy that is a Mate on a 63 Bertram over in Miami Jack sisters boyfriend and myself!
We sabikied up a bunch more Thread fins inside Government cut and Ran offshore it was a cold one! Billy had High wind kites that had holes in them still had a hard time getting them up with the wind! We had one Sailfish cut the leader. We ran 15 Miles up to the North found a bunch of birds working bait. I threw out a small pilchard on the spinner feed him line cranked down nice Sailfish in the air. While I was fighting the fish there was a couple other free jumpers in the area! Got him in after a good 15 minute fight or so. We had another one shortly after hit the kite bait I dropped it back to him and cranked down and fish in the air. We handed the rod off to Louis Jack's Sisters boyfriend for his first sailfish!
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Both of my camera died at the same time Luckily Jacky's I phone takes good pictures! We made the best of the experience and had good times with friends and learned some new techniques!

Eds Back! Got him on a solid slam!

2009-12-31T04:00:00Z

I just got back from a long winter in Chicago and dropped his bags and was itching to go fishing. We launched at sunrise and landed 3 decent snook off the bat the biggest being 25 inches or so. Then we got into a couple top of the slot reds and caught a mess of trout at least over 30 trout or more. All on the Golden Brim CAL 1/4 ounce jig head..
White Pelicans are here the snow birds are here!

Jeremy breaking in the new comander

2009-12-21T04:00:00Z

My brother Jeremy and myself decided to go out for a sundowner to a little after dark. He recently got the new Wilderness Systems Commander 120 and he seems to really like it. It tracked really well he kept up with me in the tarpon 160 well! Anyways we caught 7 snook the biggest was close to 30 inches. We were throwing the CAl Greene and Arkansas glow! Nice to get out and chill wit my brother and catch a couple good fish!

Big girl came out at night with Van and his son in law Reid

2009-12-21T01:47:00Z

Van had his son in law coming in town and he wanted to get him out at night to try for the big snook I'm on real good all winter. We launched at 4:00 all bundled up in layers of clothes. We paddled back to the zone and the first cast as I was showing Reid how to work the jig picked up a mid 20 s snook. We worked on so juvenile tarpon that were rolling around us till the sun went down with some shorts strikes by the tarpon and some lady fish.
As the sun was going down we began to work the zone where they big snook have been. The Tide was pretty slow but we started hearing some snook blasting finger mullet and some ladfish. I had the big Girl snook come up and blast the CAL Greene and after a very intense fight landed a big 40 inch fat snook! They are there! Some times it can be tuff to get them to bite just have to keep working it right and they will let you know when they like it!
Any cast could be a trophy!

Low tide Flounder in the Lake & bay

2009-12-17T04:00:00Z

Serious low tide today wind coming out of the north east 20-30 and a super low. We got 3 nice flounder lost 3 boat side on their vicious head shake bouncing the Cal Jigs and the beaver tail Cal. We got some real nice trout and a couple decent reds. Had some tailing reds and tried sight casting some was extremely tuff in the wind.. Cody threw the sebile at a tailing red blew up on it and missed it.. I was using the trolling motor pretty much all morning with the wind. It got so Hot it shot sparks everywhere and that was the end to our morning..

Gagging in the Fog whiskey Tango style

2009-12-15T21:43:00Z

Was going to go out grouper fishing with Cody but with the fog being so bad we decided not to go out.. Steve Doss invited me to get out with them on his 45 Ocean. We met at the boat around 10 we had a nice good group of people. We sabiked up runners, pin fish, cigar minnow and thread fin on a perfect tide rip in about 25 feet of water. We ran out to 80 foot in serious fog. We got a hand full of nice gags in the 15 to 20 lb class and a few other solid fish!
Good trip met some really good people and we all went home with a big bag of grouper!

World Class tailing reds in the fog

2009-12-14T21:23:00Z

Got out with my buddy Spencer at what would be sunrise. The fog was so thick you could barely see 50 yard but we had an ideal tide and we had big redfish tailing from 7 till close to 1:00. Tailing reds are the toughest fish to catch we both were able to get one each. I got one to eat super spook silver mullet in about a foot of water. Fish was close to 15 Lbs one that made the day worth it got a handful of real nice trout on the top water as well. Spencer got one about 30 inches pretty much right where we launched. Wish I could have got a picture of it..

Pictures from Seminar

2009-12-12T02:11:00Z

Couple pictures from the Seminar explaining different techniques and whats good times of the year.. Different lures times to use lures and such! Come by you might learn some new techniques and tips!

Seminar at Canoe Country Outfitters at 6:00

2009-12-10T04:00:00Z

I will be doing a seminar At Canoe Country Outfitters on 54th Ave and 64th way at 6 O clock on Thursday the 10th . We will be raffling of a dogfish stick after the Seminar! On Saturday the 12 at 3 I will be doing another Seminar with the Wilderness Systems truck load Sale going on. We will be raffling off a fiberglass cannon paddle!

Gag Loving livies on the Invisible Sinker aboard the Whiskey Tango

2009-12-08T04:00:00Z

My buddy Steve Doss the owner of the Invisible sinkers Invited me to go out grouper fishing on their 45 Ocean. We fished 35 to 40 feet of water and caught some real nice gags up to 15 lbs. They were loving the 3 ounce invisible sinker with a nice frisky pin fish! Good bite,good people and lot of meat! Can't beat the invisible sinkers for shallow water gag fishing! Big fish in shallow this time of year!

Low tide fishing down south with Sam

2009-12-07T23:00:00Z

I was down south and wanted to fish the low tide where I found fish a couple weeks ago. We caught some nice trout big bluefish couple smaller reds and had a big redfsih straighten the hooks on the sebile. We Left when the tide starting getting right.. Seen some nice fish tailing as the tide came up!