H-O-T WINTER, Jacksonville fishing
Capt. Dave Sipler
February 16, 2012
Jacksonville - Saltwater Fishing Report
Wow, if you didn't already know this.
We're really not having much of a winter.
February is usually BONE CHILLIN' as my dad and I make the drive south for the big Miami International Boat show over Valentines day week.
TOOOO many years we left out of J-ville and it was 30 degrees or below at 5am.
And once there and talking to dealers and other fishing guides, those "south Floridians" treat us from Jacksonville, like we are from N. Dakota or something.
I even had a fishing guide from SW Florida who was showing his catamaran 16' flats boat taken up with an over sized tower, so there wasn't any room for clients, say to me....."You can actually be a 12 month a year guide, UP THERE?"
I said to him, "Dude, it's only 5 hours or so North. It's not like it's Rhode Island!"
But, in his "Cosmopolitan concrete covered bubble" Florida fishing revolves around South Florida only.
Well, as far as PRESS coverage, yeah we maybe that red-headed step child to TV shows and fishing magazines.
But we do and can fish 12 months a year!
And so far this winter season I've only re-scheduled ONE charter and that was back in October!
These are the types of winter's that dreams are made of. Sweatshirts in the morning, T-shirts in the afternoon. And OH SO comfortable.
Not hot, not cold!
With all this has come early blooming trees, lots of pollen, and Black Drum migrating and Sheepshead spawning come kinda early!!!!
Already I've talked to a local Drum fisherman who's boated many over 20 pounds and even a 40 and a 85 POUNDER!
The Sheepshead are going so NUTZ, that we had to move away from them, while hunting for BIG Trout at the St. Marys south Jetty.
Here's the video: http://youtu.be/SH2XJRjVDO0
When you're getting one after another on Live shrimp and float-rigs meant for Trout...
These fish are on the feed bag, and many are full of roe, and the pre-spawn is probably ready to bust wide open.
Sheepshead, throw caution to the current this time of year...Like a buck in rut!
Here's also some recent catches, from 16 pound Light tackle Redbass, Trout and big Sheepshead to 5-1/2 pound Yellowmouth Trout (weakfish) that are also going HAWG wild!
5/5 pound weakfish!!!
8 pound Light tackle Sheepshead
Loads of TROUTZ!
COME GET YOU SOME.
It's wide open and time to make a fish fry!!
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