My last couple outings have been pretty tough due to 3 days in a row of upper 20’s and lower 30’s each night. Every morning I woke up to a thick layer of frost on the deck of my skiff! Plenty of fish are to be spotted on deeper edges of flats and some on the shallows when the sun is at the highest point. I fished the Mosquito Lagoon and Banana River the last few days and everyday I saw plenty of tailers, schools, and singles but they will hardly touch any offerings. The cold water has made these fish very picky and lethargic. For best results, try to scale down your baits and slow down the presentation, if you are lucky, the fish will eat, heavily scented baits may boost your luck a bit. I’ve had best luck fly fishing using small crab or shrimp patterns. Many others have been having great luck in deeper cuts and channels bouncing jigs or live shrimp on the bottom. On the bright side, the temps have now warmed up a bit and looks to stay that way for a while which will put the great winter time sight fishing back to normal. Hopefully this last cold snap will be the final one for this winter, 2011 is just around the corner and I wish you all good fishing for 2011….HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
-Capt. Willy Le
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