Fishing Ends Up Great After Rough Start Early in the Week
Capt. Todd Geroy
April 9, 2011
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
Wow, we had a rough start to last week starting with the winds picking up Monday afternoon only to be followed by a brief, but strong frontal system that flew through here mid day Tuesday bringing some really gusty winds. The waters near Naples ended up really stirred up, shutting down the great bite that had been going on here recently. Wednesday, I was scratching my head, wondering where did all the fish go? Don't they have to eat sometime? And what in the world I was going to have to report this weekend if this keeps up?
Fishing what it is, I am happy to report that we ended the week with some great action releasing plenty of snook and finding some nice schools of trout as well as some bruiser jack crevalle to stretch the lines!
On Monday, I fished with weekly client John Poffenberger and his good friend Mike Milligan. The two caught some real decent trout to cover dinner for a few nights before we moved on to the action department for the rest of the morning. John and Mike pitched live bait around the bushed and some oyster bars, boating and releasing a bunch of snook.
A couple of sketchy days of fishing followed, but started breaking loose by Thursday. Both trips caught scores of snook mostly on live baits. Gordons Pass proved its fame as a snook factory by producing fish after fish in a seemingly all day bite. Waters on the inside bays were showing signs of cleaning up a little, buy we did not find too many fish willing to feed there.
Friday was back to normal. I fished the morning with Bob Mason, a winter resident from Toledo along with his son David, from Brooklyn. We started the morning with some snook action, with both guys releasing several nice fish in Rookery Bay. David capped it off with a beautiful 26 inch redfish. We decided to try the sea trout for some table fish and were rewarded with a great bite, limiting out on fish from 16 to 20 inches.
Friday afternoon, I had a return trip with a family from Columbus that I had fun with last December. Dave Spiegel brought his boys Luke, 11 and Jake, 9 out for a little spring break action. These boys are fishing fools! They have spent almost every minute of the week fishing from the dock where they are staying, catching all kinds of fish.
With a well full of live sardines, the boys scored on a bunch of nice snook along with some big jack crevalle dragging the little guys around the boat numerous times. Great going guys!
-Capt. Todd Geroy
Naples Fishing Forecast:
Warm stable weather is expected here for the next week. Snook, redfish, trout and tarpon should all be active. More and more snook should be showing in the passes and also moving out to the beaches as the water temperatures approach 80 degrees.
Target Species:
Snook, sea trout
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