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Boca Grande, Florida Fishing Report
Capt. Andy Boyette
September 8, 2001
Boca Grande - Saltwater Fishing Report
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September brings on the month of the redfish. The weather has been perfect and the bait has been plentiful. You can’t ask for anything better. Redfish have been schooling up and feeding heavy, they are getting ready for the mature fish to move off shore. I have been taking good numbers of reds throughout Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island, Ft Myers and Boca Grande.
Last week I took Mark T. from Tampa along with his wife and another couple. Mark told me his wife had never caught any big fish and he wanted to make sure she did! I picked them up at 8:30am and stopped about 100 feet from the dock made a toss and handed the rod to Mark’s wife, within a minute a nice jack hit the bait and she had her first big fish. After taking care of Mark’s wife and her first fish I moved on heading to a redfish hole. Along the way we came across a school of ladyfish and seatrout, so we spent about an hour catching and releasing about fifty fish. Then I decided to hit those reds and after chumming for about 20 minutes we soon had about the reds within casting distance. We caught and released about ten and kept two. Glad I could get your wife those nice reds Mark, and I’m sure your going to have to take her fishing more often I think she got the fever.
Next I took Jeff B and his group. We didn’t waste any time and went straight to the redfish hole.I threw out a handful of chum and it didn’t take long for them to show up. We caught and released some nice reds and Jeff took two home for dinner. Jeff booked a full day and the tides just not up to par for my standards so I suggested we cut the day short and only fish for half day. Jeff was fine with that, he caught plenty of fish and didn’t pay for a full day charter. I just can’t bring myself to charge for a full day when the fishing conditions are not right. I see you when you get back Jeff and maybe you can make during tarpon season.
The redfish should hold right through the month and well into October. Look for them in the potholes and bring plenty of live bait to chum them up. Don’t get to anxious and leave it can take up to an hour for the redfish to smell and find the chum. Once they do you can keep’em there by throwing a few handfuls every 10 minutes or so.
“Good Things Come To Those With Bait”
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