Ever Changing Conditions Keeping the Fish on the Move
Capt. Todd Geroy
December 30, 2012
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
I am writing this on a chilly 43 degree Sunday morning taking a well needed day off after a very busy run of trips the last couple of weeks. We have had ever changing weather recently, with cold fronts moving through every few days. The fishing action has fluctuated along with the weather as the fish have been on the move. Pompano, sea trout and redfish have been the main targets. We are using both jigs tipped with shrimp as well as live shrimp with equal success.
Wayne Fox and Tim Cabral came out just before Christmas for a morning half day. With water temperatures hovering at 72 degrees, I netted a load of sardines before the trip and headed to the mangroves to see if we could produce a few snook. The snook cooperated, with Tim and Wayne releasing several nice fish each. The star of the morning was Wayne after battling a very feisty 33 inch snook from under the bushes. We also worked the outside passes near Marco Island with jigs and boated several pompano. Here is Wayne wtih his big snook…
Other notable trips were Bob McClure and son Joe last Thursday morning. The duo had a great catch of pompano and sea trout. Most were caught on jigs tipped with shrimp. We were fishing in the Rookery Bay area.
Dave Fruend and Nick Smirnov fished Friday afternoon and pulled a bunch of redfish out of one pocket on a mangrove shoreline in Johnson Bay with live shrimp. A couple of them were invited home to dinner. The redfish were running from 18 to 24 inches. We then proceded to a channel bordering a long flat. It was loaded with trout. Several were caught on jigs, but most seemed more interested in live shrimp.
We have been finding a wide variety of other species on many trips with as many as thirteen different fish being caught. These include snook, redfish, trout, pompano, black drum, sheepshead, flounder, small permit, mangrove snapper, jack crevalle, goliath grouper, black grouper, bluefish and spanish mackerel.
- Capt. Todd Geroy
Naples Fishing Forecast:
January usually brings more of the same action. Cold fronts will drive fish into deeper channels and back country holes making for some of the best action. Warm ups between fronts tend to make fish scatter out more in the shallower water. Jigs work well to cover the most water. Tipping them with shrimp will get the attention of just about every thing that swims this time of year.
Target Species:
snook, trout, pompano, redfish
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