The Best Nov. Fishing in Years Continues in Naples Backwaters!
Capt. Todd Geroy
November 20, 2011
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
I am enjoying a morning off after a non-stop run of back to back days of fishing for the last 3 weeks. I have been extremely busy and with only two exceptions, the fishing has been nothing but great. As usual, November has not failed to satisfy my clients as we have caught a wide variety of species throughout the week.
We are still enjoying the great run of big snook in the backcountry with lots of 30 to 38 inch fish being caught in numbers like I haven't seen in nearly 20 years! And these are backcountry fish folks, not in the passes or around docks where most people expect them. Lots of thrilled anglers joined the 30+ inch club the last week.
We are taking the largest snook on live sardines. A little live chumming gets them going. Once a fish or two are hooked, the snook often go into a frenzy providing fast action and multiple hookups.
Friday afternoon, the 18th. I fished with Tom Iverson, Bob Messey and Jaye Sandza. The group got totally worn out after sitting for nearly three hours and constantly hooking up with big snook to 38 inches as well as jack crevalle to 15 lbs. All on 10lb. test line! They often had three fish on at once! Here is a photo of Bob with a 17 lb. released...
Tom with a 32 incher...
We also had some good redfish fishing in the afternoons on the higher stages of the incoming tide. We targeted some of the south facing points of Rookery Bay and found 20 to 23 inch redfish cooperating.
Pompano were also making a good showing on several trips near Hurricane Pass as well as Capri Pass. We took plenty of keepers on surgical tube jigs cast along the transitions of the numerous sand bars in the area. Incoming tide seemed to bring the best action, but we did catch a few on one stop when the tide was outgoing.
Rounding out the action this week, we also found quite a few nice sized sea trout in some of the back country channels. We also took these on jigs. It is closed season on these tasty fish, but it is good to see them showing up and adding to the great variety.
-Capt. Todd Geroy
Naples Fishing Forecast:
Great tides are coming up on Thanksgiving week. Good morning incoming tides by mid week should be tops for redfish and pompano. Snook should continue as long as we don't get any strong cold fronts.
Target Species:
snook , redfish, pompano
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