Fishing is often PERVERSE
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch
October 12, 2008
Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report
2 GiddyUp Charters produced 2 different levels of results. How unfair. How Perverse. And how sick and twisted can the life of being a Professional Guide be?
On Wednesday of this week, two really cool Dudes step onto my 23' Andros Cuda for a 1/2 Day Fishing Trip. Keep in mind the following. All reports furnished to me by other Pro Guides I trust have the nearshore reefs "ON FIRE." 65 miles and 4 Reefs later, we see one fish breach the surface, no migrating bait schools, and no birds "working." Birds were visible but in transit. No nervous. No signs of live. No signs of Spanish Macks. The Gulf was simply dead. It sucked the big one. The really big one. By the time me and said Dudes returned Inshore to switch gears and get the rods bent, one hour remained on their 4 Hour Charter. I turned off the closck at 11:30AM and we fished until 1:30PM.
A few nice trout and small Goliath Grouper on my fave snook/redfish/trout oyster bar. High Tide was at 10:30AM. The total water movement over 10 Hours was 2.1 feet. For those not skilled in math, this amount of tide movement BLOWS. It was a tough day. It was especially tough because The Dudes were cool. Southern. They drank beer, made fun of each other, and even farted with total immunity. My every instict was to yell "POLKS" on the Dude doing the farting. In SC, you always had to say "Safety" after any pass of any gas. This kept you safe from being administered punches to the arm until you names 5 brands of cigarettes. Based on the few quality fish we scored, I wasn't about to call "Polks" on my customer. Cool Dudes. Few Quality fish.
Saturday was like night and day to the above. I picked up to New Yorkers at the same landing (Punta Rassa). "We want to catch some big fish." I knew IMMEDIATELY 11:30 would find me back at Punta Rassa. My strategy? Same as Wed?
The results? The opposite of Wed. 5 Kings Macks to 35LBS, 1 Tripletail, and 1 Cobia (37"). Same 4 reefs. Birds were working. Bait schools were being attacked by predators from below. The entire Gulf of Mex was alive again.
Go figure. It is the one thing I hate about being a Professional Fishing Guide. And by the way, I enjoyed the New Yorkers so much they were back at the dock by 11:31AM. My personal alcohol consumption per week is 1 day and 2 Grey Goose Martinis. I called a fellow Captain and asked him to go have a few beers with me. The human is the toughest side. No Guide enjoys a crappy day and some Guides get pissed on great days. Can you see why? FMR! M stands for me. R stands for running. "GiddyUp"
Fort Myers Fishing Forecast:
How could I possibly forecast based on this report? Going into this Full Moon should produce better tide flow which usually means better fishing. Key word is usually.
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