This month is a good month to target inshore species such as Redfish. The tides are higher than normal due to the ‘Super’ Moon phase which creates strong gravitational pull moving waters higher than those of most months except during the late springtime when ‘Hill’ Tides during Tarpon Season.
My charters have had good success for Redfish, Snook and Seatrouts inshore around the mangrove islands, oyster beds, docks and grass flats. There is a lot of ‘white’ bait (Pilchards) out there for cast netting. I prefer to use shrimps and Blue Crabs for Redfish, Pilchards for Snook and shrimp for Seatrout.
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Offshore, recreational harvest of Red Snapper is open each weekend through the balance of the year. The caveat is that one needs a vessel that will go 40 plus miles offshore from the outer islands of Sanibel and Captiva to 140-160 ft. of water to catch them. Other reef species such as Lane, Mangrove Snappers and grouper will be found anywhere from 20-35 miles off of the outer islands in 65-120ft. of water.
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Pictured here are some of the recent catches on my vessel as well as on client’s vessels inshore and offshore as ‘Captain for Hire’.
The Ft. Myers Boat Show will be held next month with fishing seminars downtown outside of the convention center November 13-16. I will be on hand to deliver three (one hour) seminars each day featuring inshore and offshore instructions for locating and catching fish. More to come on that in a couple of weeks.
This is Captain Terry Fisher of Fish Face Charters. Check out my website at www.fishfacecharters.com. Call me at 239-357-6829 or email me at fishfacecharters@yahoo.com with any questions or to book a charter on my vessel or yours.
by Captain Terry Fisher