Young Anglers Bring Some Great Catches in Naples Backwaters
Capt. Todd Geroy
April 1, 2011
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
I'm wrapping up another busy week and 14 straight days of fishing without a break. Many of the trips were with regular clients who had grand children and families visiting from the north for spring break. Timing was good for them this year as fishing has been good providing many of the kids some great catches.
Snook fishing is very good right now, fish being caught just about anywhere we present a live bait. They are wide spread throughout the back ountry with quite a few ranging near 30 inches. I am very happy to see them in so many spots this spring compared to a year ago. I anticipate the population is going to make a nice recovery from the massive fish kill last year.
On Monday, I fished with longtime client Nancy Poffenberger along with her son Dwight and 10 year old granddaughter, Amy. This was Amy's first fishing trip here and she amazed us with pinpoint casting skills! Her first snook was a nice 28 incher. We enjoyed continuous action with snook and redfish the whole trip with the largest red being a 26 ¾ incher. Great going Amy!
Chris Jenatte brought his teenage boys Joel and Josh down from Indiana for their annual spring break fishing trip and got their fill of the great spring action. We started with some strong snook action along with some large jack crevalle. Mid morning we decided to try our luck with the big tarpon that are in the area. We saw quite a few fish in a couple spots and Joel got a thrill hooking up with one of the largest fish I've had hooked in the last year. I would estimate the fish at 160+ lbs. The fish put on a show for us before landing on the line after a jump and breaking off. That's tarpon fishing. We left the tarpon with a half hour remaining for the trip and fished one last stop where all three guys hooked up on redfish on every cast. Chris boated a nice 26 incher to cap off a great morning.
Strong winds Wednesday and Thursday put a little damper on the action, however we did manage to find fish on the four trips I ran those days. Steve Rogers brought out his grandsons on Wed. afternoon for their first saltwater experience and they boated several nice snook and several slot redfish. Connor boated a nice 27 inch snook on his first cast!
- Capt. Todd Geroy
Naples Fishing Forecast:
Tarpon are here now and the heavy migration should kick in in the next month. My calendar is getting full for May and June which are the peak months. Anyone that is interested in some wild action with big fish should get on the schedule now.
Target Species:
snook, redfish, tarpon
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