summer redfishing
Capt. Shawn Lanier
September 8, 2014
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report
September 5, 2014 Report.
I took some time off for a vacation, so I have not posted any reports here lately. I spoke to some of my friends about how the fishing was during my absence, and the fish were still around and biting most of the time. No hurricanes around the northern gulf either. It would have been a panic on my part if a hurricane would have hit while I was not around. All my hurricane preparation plans would not have happened.
Upon my return from vacation I took my good friends boat out to burn some gas out of it because it is not run that much. I took my other good neighbor, Stan, with me on the boat ride. We took three rods with us just in case we wanted to wet a line. We burned about six gallons and stopped off a point and immediately started catching 20 pound Redfish. We drifted out and caught about 20 more big Reds. We then headed in. The boat ran great even though it is an E-TEC. I had been off a couple of weeks and still managed to catch fish, not because I am great, but because I know to look at the marine forecast and figure out where I can fish without heavy seas ruffing us up. You can forget about how well you did fishing yesterday, because if the conditions change you need to go where you can actually fish. We are constantly trying to find the fish-everyday and changing locations.
We still have openings at the lodge for the fall and winter fishing if you want in on the action.
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