Location:  Venice Inlet

Time: 2100-2330

Tides: Outgoing

Weather: Light southerly wind

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 15 snook to 21" between 2 anglers

Notes: All fish caught on the fly. Schminnows as well as my experimental dock light shrimp fly were productive. Fish were very active through the night and were still feeding when we left. Fish were feeding heavily on small shrimp.

Venice Inlet Fishing 6-16-16

Location:  Venice Inlet

Time: 1900-2130

Tides: Incoming

Weather: Moderate westerly wind and isolated thunderstorms

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 60+ snook to 22 inches between 2 anglers

Notes: Found small snook schooled up and caught them practically every cast for about 45 minutes as the sun was setting. They took flies (Schminnow, Wooly Toad) as well as DOA shrimp. Caught one snook out of the docklights after sunset before the rain chased us off.

CoCoPlum Canal Fishing 6-16-16

Location:  CoCoPlum waterway

Time: 0600-0900

Tides: N/A

Weather: Light southerly wind isolated showers

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 4 bluegill to 11 inches, 3 stumpknocker

Notes: Very slow fishing day but set a personal best for largest bluegill on the fly. Got rained on today as well! 

Lemon Bay Fishing 6-13-16

Location:  Lemon Bay

Time: 0630-1000

Tides: Outgoing

Weather: Light wind out of the east, isolated showers.

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 2 small trout and a small snook

Notes: Significantly less active than last time. Morning rain may have had an effect

Lemon Bay 5-20-16

Location:  Lemon Bay

Time: 0630-1100

Tides: Low at 0700

Weather: Light southerly wind

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 11 Snook to 21", one redfish at 16", one sheepshead 14", 8 Mangrove snapper to 13"

Notes: Most snook on DOA shrimp skipped under docks on wind protected shorelines. Redfish on clouser minnow fly under a dock. Most mangrove snapper on clouser minnow under docks. Sight fished the sheepshead with a DOA shrimp while it was eating barnacles on a piling. 

Lunker Lagoon 5-16-16

Location:  "Lunker Lagoon"

Time: 1800-2100

Tides: N/A

Weather: Light west wind

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 1/3 on tarpon, 1 lady fish

Notes: MirrOLure Lil Jon's for the tarpon. Lady fish on the fly. Dock light action was non existent.

Gasparilla Sound 2-1-16

Location:  Gasparilla Sound

Time: 0900-1145

Tides: Short Outgoing

Weather: Light fog early, Light winds

Vessel: Gheenoe

Fish: 19.5" trout, 18" snook, and 6 jack crevalle 

Notes: Trout took LiveTarget jointed mullet. Snook was a surprise in this area during winter. Saw numerous redfish, but couldn't get them to eat. Fished mainly around docks.