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Report is brought to you by
Captain George Clark Jr. of the 43'
Gotta
Mon sportfishing charter
boat located at Key Largo Fisheries docks - MM 99.5 Oceanside.
Capt. George can be reached at 305/522-2638 or via email at
capclark@terranova.net.
Captain George co-hosts "Off The Hook"
fishing talk radio on 1300 am WFFG 6-8 pm Wednesdays.
September 06, 2007 - Key Largo Offshore Report
I’m sure that every one enjoyed the
holiday week end with family and friends. Hopefully you had
a chance to enjoy this fantastic weather out on the water
too. We got out a couple of days and saw great fishing as
well as outstanding bait migrations on the edge of the
reef. Since it has been very calm, almost glassy
conditions, I have a tendency to keep a sharp eye out for
anything out of the norm. When I arrived out to the edge of
the reef where the lighter aqua colored water turns to a
solid deep blue I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was in 20 to
30 feet and the water was trembling for as far as I could
see. Massive schools of bait fish were shaking all over the
place. If you watched carefully every so often you could
see giant busts in the middle of the shakes. Not that this
was a new experience for me but you can’t help getting
excited. Spanish sardines, cigar minnows, bally hoo,
runners and even Speedo’s were all making noise on the
surface. That could only mean fishing was going to be
good. Bait fishing was easy and we loaded our large bait
wells quickly and ventured out to our first spot in 130
feet. After anchoring down and getting all the rods set up
we fished two down on the bottom and a couple on the
surface. Within minutes we were rewarded with a nice black
grouper and a hefty mutton off the bottom rods. Before we
could fire two more baits down a surface bait was crashed
and shortly after a good king fish was put in the boat.
From there on out the bite stayed on a steady pace. Tom
Burrows from Jensen beach/Key Largo and his son Scott from
Tampa took turns trading with Bob Rehberg also from Tampa
and Gene Palrud from Key Largo and after it was all said and
done each guy boated numerous fish. The catch consisted of
a thirty pound black grouper, 8 muttons, 1 king, 2 Almaco
jacks, 2 African Pompano and trigger fish, and Bonito. So
every one had fun and also took plenty of fish home. Just,
a great trip for great people. So the reef bite has been
smoking hot lately. The next day we had 6 black grouper and
12 muttons and a few kings too. Off shore the Dolphin bite
has been good when you can find them but my money is on
staying in on the reef. I think there will be plenty of
good fishing now that we are seeing all this bait. Since
every thing has been late this year expect the Dolphin bite
off shore to stay good for a while along with the tunas.
The reef scene will follow suit too. Sword fishing has been
great also giving fishermen a good number of shots nightly.
If you want to go and get them give us a call and take
advantage of this perfect weather.
Thanks,
Capt. George Clark
www.rodeocharters.com
Located at Key Largo fisheries mile marker
99.5 ocean side.
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