Can't Fight the Weather
Capt. Larry Pentel
April 4, 2009
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report
Whoeever said you can't fight Mother Nature lied-
You can always fight but when you lose to her it's never pretty! The weather pattern has had the fronts coming so fast that we can't get a break from having to fight some part of nature to go fishing. Today will mark the 10th day in a row I have canceled my trips-. It's a beautiful day,the sun is shining (finally),it's nice and warm, but; there is still too much surf for it to be safe enough to launch the boat off the beach- While I want to go as much as my folks I have to keep everyones safety ahead of catching fish (darn it!)
I did get to run a couple of "Kid Trips" up in the Bay when all this weather first started. Too rough and windy in the Gulf but we found plenty of calm water around the inside. While we didn't crush 'em either trip we found plenty of fish for the kids to play with and enough to take home to make a dinner.
His first Trout and proud of it!
The smaller redfish were right where they were supposed to be on 1 trip so everybody got to have braggin' rights and pictures made with fish they had seen and heard about from the "big anglers". We found a school of Black Snappers on the other day that kept 'em going for a while and one young angler had his hands full for what seemed like 1/2 an hour fighting a fine Black Drum on 6# test.
These two had one heck of a battle together--
Kid fishin' is easy! Pretty fun too!
The rain the past week has been of Biblical proportions. I even went so far as to call a religious history friend to see just how big a cubit really is-- I figured if we were going to start building big boats we better have the plans right- If the weather would calm down for a day the Gulf fishing would jump right back into gear- The cobia are still coming thru in all this weather and the spanish are here too- just farther off shore and deeper in the blows-. The Bay may be another story. With all the local Rivers still way above flood stage it will be a while before all the mud, silt and fresh water settles out. The trout and redfish may be on hold for a bit.
I'm just about going stir crazy wanting to be on the water. Hopefully tomorrow will give us all a chance to go chase 'em !!
Capt Larry Pentel
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