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2014-10-27
1:03 PM
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Redfish Bite is On - This past week we have been catching redfish in the mangroves. The best bite has been on the rising tide. We have been throwing small pinfish free lined on a 3/0 circle hook. Sometimes using a small weight, sometimes not. more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-10-16
10:03 AM
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Mackerel have arrived - Prior to our latest cold front we have had great catches of Spanish mackerel. We have used clark spoons 00 jig with great success over bait pods. Using chum to keep them near. Pitch it out and jig it back to the boat. Remember your limit. You can eat more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-09-25
8:09 AM
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Red Fish Biting - The Redfish have been active. We have been catching Reds on the flats in St. Joseph Sound. We have had great luck free lining small pinfish with a small weight near the bars on a high tide. Some fish have been oversized.Stealth is the key, come up do more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-09-11
4:22 PM
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Redfish - The Redfish bite has been excellent this last couple of weeks. We have been successful using a couple of techniques. One is small pinfish free lined with a 2/0 hook. We have on several occasions added a small weight to the leader. Another is throwing more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Palm Harbor |
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2014-08-07
7:27 PM
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July Fishing - We have been very busy the entire month of July. We fished inshore, near shore and off shore. Inshore on the beaches we enjoyed Snook with fish up to 40. Near shore we fished Tarpon more than usual and had great success. We landed several fish in th more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Palm Harbor |
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2014-06-19
2:44 PM
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Chamber of Commerce Days - We have had a few days of Chamber of Commerce perfect weather. Some breeze in the morning with bright and sunny skies. We have seen Tarpon rolling on both the inside and outside of Honeymoon Island. We threw to them but they did not like our offering more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-05-02
8:44 AM
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Rough Week - We fished Monday and Tuesday this week but the winds and sea picked up to a point where we found it unfishable from Wednesday on. The weather outlook thru Saturday looks rather grim, but early next week looks a lot better. The fish should be hungry a more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-03-27
8:41 AM
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Trout and Mackerel Bite! - Last week we where booked every day. The bite was rather unusual with some days the Trout bite was Fair to Good, followed by the Mackerel bite being Good to Fair. The winds and rain had something to do with how the fish reacted. We fished with Shrimp more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-02-27
9:06 AM
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Mackerel on the Beach - Spanish Mackerel have started showing up on the flats the last couple of weeks. As the water temps start to rise we will see more bait on the near shore waters and on the flats. When the quantities of bait arrive we will see our spring run of Kingfis more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Clearwater |
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2014-02-06
6:41 AM
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February Spanish Mackerel - The Spanish Mackerel have been scattered all over the flats in St. Joseph Sound over the last week. Tuesday and Wednesday Charters brought in a number of medium size Spanish Macks, Several where in the 30 inch range which gives a great fight on light more...
Capt. John O'Hanlon - Palm Harbor |
