I live in Port Charlotte, FL on a canal with access to the Myakka River near El Jobean, FL and Charlotte Harbor. I own a boat and I love to fish. I'm new to Florida so I'm learning a new kind of fishing and I thought a record of fish caught, weather, tides, etc. for each trip would help me to learn quicker. That record is what you'll find in my blog which I post as soon as I possibly can so check before you're going out, my success or failure might help make your trip more productive.
High Tide: 4:30 AM 2.0 FT Low Tide: 1:00 PM -0.75 FT Wind: 0-5 SE Air Temp: 55/82 Water Temp: 72 Clarity: murky
We have been too busy to get out much lately. But now that Christmas is over I hope we'll be out much more often.
I netted some huge sardines on Wednesday, the bigest was about 5 inches long. We left the dock about 12:30 pm and stayed in our canal up near where it meets the Myakka River. The tide was still outgoing so I anchored where I could drift bait under the dock by the seawall when it turned back in. We played there for a while with what I think were mangrove snapper, but I never got one to the boat so I don't know for sure. After a while I moved out a little farther were there's a flat that drains into a liittle channel.
At about 3:15 pm I got a strong hit on one of the bigger sardines. It was a nearly 27 inch redfish which Karen managed to net although she needed help lifting it out of the water. A very nice fish which we will enjoy for supper.
After another hour with no more action we headed home. One nice fish made the trip well worth it, although I wouldn't complain if we hadn't caught it, it was still a beautiful day to be on the water.
Great reports, I am linking them to one of our Blogs (The Myakka Gator) and if you are interested in sending in a weekly report (Thursday night) for Friday's posting, you'll receive a link back plus your report will be read on our Pro-staff Fishing Reports page of inshoreflorida.com By Gary A. Anderson, At
December 28, 2007 3:33 PM
