{"id":8614,"date":"2017-05-24T17:44:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2017-08-08T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:02:37","slug":"2017-memorial-week-fishing-sw-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614","title":{"rendered":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my view this week and throughout the Memorial Day Holiday, the signs all point to great fishing opportunities, both offshore and in the back-country areas (spoil Keys and otherwise isolated islands). With high hill tides motivating species like Tarpon to migrate northward, Tarpon are on many angler\u2019s minds and should be! These fish will be found \u2018rolling\u2019 in Charlotte Harbor, in the passes and just off the beaches from Ft. Myers to Boca Grande Pass. Pictured here is Mike Aden of Wyoming, removing a hook from a 95 lb. Silver King he caught on a Pinfish during my first Tarpon charter of the season. Mike is a pro angler when is comes to big game fish. He is also a big game hunter and guide in Wyoming as well as around the globe.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8618\" src=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snook, Seatrout, Spanish Mackerel are all here in steed, with Redfish being the headliner. Pictured is Jim Ricci of Killingworth, Ct. along with his brothers, Mike of Newburyport Massachusetts and Peter, of Port St. Lucie, Florida all holding Redfish they caught. Two days of charters, maxing out on their daily quotas. These guys are regulars with a lot of experience and a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next adventure guys!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8616\" src=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ricci-Brothers.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roger Solis, of Ft. Myers, proudly displays a 24\u201d Seatrout. His fishing partner, George Hagen of Trinidad, Colorado, is holding a 26\u201d Redfish caught in the same area, around Punta Rassa. Nice job guys! Roger is a repeat client and hopefully, George will follow suit.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8617\" src=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roger-Solis.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8619\" src=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/George-Hagen.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Not to be out-fished, my 1<sup>st<\/sup> Mate Vicki is holding her biggest Redfish of this year on light tackle. It measured out at 31\u201d and weighed in heavy.\u00a0Nice job honey!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8615\" src=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1st-Mate-Vicki.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I believe that this week and next week, the conditions exist for a <strong><em>fish of a<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>lifetime, <\/em><\/strong>offshore or inshore. Plan to fish on incoming or outgoing tides. <strong><em>Happy Memorial Day<\/em><\/strong> to all and be safe on the water, as many will be boating and fishing over the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>This is Captain Terry Fisher of Fish Face Charters. Check out my May article in the <strong><em>Ft. Myers section of Coastal Angler<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Magazine<\/em><\/strong>. Charter information and reservations to catch a <strong><em>fish<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>of<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>a lifetime, <\/em><\/strong>may be made by calling me direct at <strong>239-357-6829<\/strong> or emailing me at <a href=\"mailto:fishfacecharters@yahoo.com\">fishfacecharters@yahoo.com<\/a>. Check out the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishfacecharters.com\">www.fishfacecharters.com<\/a> for more pictures and articles. I am also available as <strong>Captain for Hire (by the hour) on your vessel for navigation, safety instructions, fishing locations and techniques to insure that you catch fish and have fun on the water!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my view this week and throughout the Memorial Day Holiday, the signs all point to great fishing opportunities, both offshore and in the back-country areas (spoil Keys and otherwise isolated islands). With high hill tides motivating species like Tarpon to migrate northward, Tarpon are on many angler\u2019s minds and should be! These fish will &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-fishing-reports","7":"clearfix","8":"article"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In my view this week and throughout the Memorial Day Holiday, the signs all point to great fishing opportunities, both offshore and in the back-country areas (spoil Keys and otherwise isolated islands). With high hill tides motivating species like Tarpon to migrate northward, Tarpon are on many angler\u2019s minds and should be! These fish will &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Go Boating Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoBoatingFlorida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Galbraith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GoBoatingFL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GoBoatingFL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Galbraith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Galbraith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f37c3c15c6d9d5c3c2e1850cf7a0687\"},\"headline\":\"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Mike-Aden.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Fishing Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614\",\"name\":\"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Mike-Aden.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Mike-Aden.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Mike-Aden.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?p=8614#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Go Boating Florida\",\"description\":\"Boating in SWFL!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Go Boating Florida\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/logo-1.png\",\"width\":651,\"height\":214,\"caption\":\"Go Boating Florida\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/GoBoatingFlorida\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/GoBoatingFL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GoBoatingFlorida\\\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f37c3c15c6d9d5c3c2e1850cf7a0687\",\"name\":\"Matt Galbraith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Galbraith\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/goboatingflorida.com\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida","og_description":"In my view this week and throughout the Memorial Day Holiday, the signs all point to great fishing opportunities, both offshore and in the back-country areas (spoil Keys and otherwise isolated islands). With high hill tides motivating species like Tarpon to migrate northward, Tarpon are on many angler\u2019s minds and should be! These fish will &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614","og_site_name":"Go Boating Florida","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoBoatingFlorida","article_published_time":"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matt Galbraith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GoBoatingFL","twitter_site":"@GoBoatingFL","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Galbraith","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614"},"author":{"name":"Matt Galbraith","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4f37c3c15c6d9d5c3c2e1850cf7a0687"},"headline":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA","datePublished":"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614"},"wordCount":431,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg","articleSection":["Fishing Reports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614","url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614","name":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA - Go Boating Florida","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-24T17:44:42+00:00","dateModified":"2017-08-08T14:02:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Aden.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?p=8614#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2017 MEMORIAL WEEK FISHING IN SW FLORIDA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/","name":"Go Boating Florida","description":"Boating in SWFL!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#organization","name":"Go Boating Florida","url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/logo-1.png","width":651,"height":214,"caption":"Go Boating Florida"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoBoatingFlorida","https:\/\/x.com\/GoBoatingFL","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GoBoatingFlorida\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4f37c3c15c6d9d5c3c2e1850cf7a0687","name":"Matt Galbraith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f69c342d9ad18fab960be4d46c6a0af21616f76161c714fd3e47cd9e17ebdc00?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Galbraith"},"url":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8869,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goboatingflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}