Incredible November Snook Fishing in Naples Backwaters!
Capt. Todd Geroy
November 14, 2011
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
I am a few days behind my usual schedule posting my report on Cyber Angler. I have had a very busy run of trips all month with double half day runs each day for the last 8 days.
All I can say about the action is WOW! I can go on and on about the great fishing we have had here in the last week. I can honestly say that I have not seen snook fishing in the backcountry this good since perhaps 1989. I have been fishing two half days all week and with the exception of Friday after a cold front moved through EVERY trip has scored on numerous snook in the 28 to 34 inch range. Friday's weather change put a damper on the snook action for me, but a great redfish bite made up for it!
On Monday and Tuesday, I had a great time fishing with three couples sharing split day trips both days. Mon. morning, I had the ladies followed by the men in the afternoon. The following day, we reversed the schedule. All trips were super productive with all anglers catching a bunch of snook from under the bushes. Plenty of them were around the 30 inch range, testing our tackle and skills. Lynne McNabb caught her very first fish ever kicking off the first morning with a beautiful 29 inch snook. Kerry Oswald and Laura Ryan also got their share of the action with the ladies all boating some big fish! The second day continued to be solid with plenty of nice snook, redfish big jack crevalle and even a 6 foot bull shark boated by Lynn. Great fun with a group of enthusiastic anglers!
Lynn and friends with one of the snook...
Here are some other nice snook caught during the week...
The snook have been taking live sardines and with the passing of a strong cool front on Thursday night, I was not able to get into the gulf Friday morning to net live bait. Instead, I decided to run Bob Maynes and his buddy Mike deep into the back country on a negative low tide to some remote holes in search of redfish. We were rewarded while casting jigs as the guys caught a mess of slot and over slot redfish on nearly every cast in one spot. We continued through the morning catching more reds at several spots. Mike with a 29 inch red...
Friday afternoon, I took Bob Messey, Jay Sandza and Tom Iverson to chase more redfish. We released quality "keeper" sized redfish all afternoon, again most of the fish were caught on jigs with a few caught on live shrimp. Tom with an upper slot redfish...
On another note, there are also good numbers of pompano showing up in area passes such as Capri and Hurricane. Incoming tide produces the best action and we are taking plenty of fish on 3/8 inch surgical tube jigs bounced along the channel edges. Blue fish and mackerel are in the same areas as well as all along the coast close to shore. Just look for the towers of sea birds working the bait schools!
-Capt. Todd Geroy
Naples Fishing Forecast:
November should continue to be on fire as on of my favorite months for variety fishing continues. From the beach to the deep backcountry creeks, November offers the most diverse fishing of the year by far
Target Species:
snook, redfish, pompano, bluefish, mackeral
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