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: 2:00 PM 2.1 FT Low Tide: 7:15 AM 1.2 FT Wind: 0-5 SW Air Temp: 74/96 Water Temp: Clarity: murky
I got a couple dozen shrimp the day before and soon after leaving the dock at about 6:15 AM I was able to net about 10 small greenbacks in our canal. We had decided not to travel too far, gas is getting to be an expense to consider even with our little 40 HP Mercury.
When we got to the end of the Apollo Waterway the sun was still low and the water was glassy calm. There were fishing popping and slapping the sides of the sea wall all up and down it's length. I hadn't planned on stopping there but I dropped the anchor and put out a shrimp, a greenback and I threw the Gulp around. I had a couple small hits on the Gulp Swimming Mullet and the shrimp but the fish were small and I never got one to the boat to see what they were. I saw a few break water and at a glance I would say some kind of small jack, tall flat body with a bright yellow tail.
We moved down a little farther and fished under the docks. Shrimp were getting stripped from the hook shortly after hitting the bottom and I got several small mangrove snapper to the boat. The small greenbacks sat in the water a lot longer between bites but they did produce a keeper snapper and a lady fish which I kept for crab trap bait.
There was a lot of action all morning but nothing too exciting. A lot of small bait in the water, at some time there will be some bigger fish after them and I hope I'm there to get a couple. About noon it starting getting way too hot in the sun so we headed home. Another relaxing day on the water.
