Monday, March 30, 2015

3/23-3/30

Thanks for checking out this weekly blog brought to you by http://www.locallinescharters.com/ ..  Clients, Tourneys, wind, and weather!   What a crazy week it was.  The late week front put a hurting on the fish, and that’s typically what a late front will do to the space coast.  Heavy north winds dropped water levels quick.  Though the water temps didn’t get much cooler the fishes attitudes sure did.  All will be back to normal though!  Local Lines entertained a great group of Kayak anglers with the help of a few great guides (Alan Ryland and Pepi Vidal); fish were caught and fun was had.  Got a large group? We do personal tourneys, and can accommodate your needs.  Logan and I fished the IFA tourney on Sunday, and boy it was some tough going!  But as I always say; you must learn every time you touch the water.  We left (smallish) fish to find bigger.  The kicker was!  We didn’t take the time to get a few.  Come to find out.  We could have walked with checks; no question.  As a guide you never leave fish to find fish until you have a few.  In a catch photo release (CPR) tourney you should do the same.  The contingency prize of a day with Logan on the water, raffle won reel (sweet), and a great snook made it a fun tourney for sure.  Never forget “stick, stay, and make it pay”…..

This week’s forecast:   

In-shore
Top water time is now!!  The bait has become so thick and fish are getting aggressive.  Get those plugs out in the mornings and evenings for some explosive strikes.  Some of my favorite fishing on the lagoons for sure!   The drop offs and deeper edges will be holding solid numbers of school sized trout with ladyfish and jacks mixed in..  weather looks great for sight fishing and some areas are super clear(banana river, and areas of the north lagoon,)…  don’t forget some shrimp for those present but dwindling black drum schools..

Near-Shore
Loads of bait and some nice tripletail should be present all week.  Free swimmers and buoy fish are both showing well.  The water temps dipped back down and it’s looking right for cobia from the shoals south.  We saw tons of rays today, but few fish.  Look for the wrecks and reefs to start producing cobia also.  Signs of the super fun Bonita summer fishery are showing and I can’t wait for that light tackle madness!

Open Dates this week:  4/3, 4/4

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

This week in Local Lines catching, and Forecast!

Thanks for checking out the new(ish) way http://www.locallinescharters.com/ brings you the most up-to-date fishing info on Florida’s beautiful Space Coast.  What a great week of fishing our clients have had.  We are seeing spring come in at an amazing pace!  Flats have filled with bait of all sizes, and we even have some large schools of open water glass minnows.  Those glass minnows shouldn't be as thick as they are for a while, but we’ll take it.  These minnow schools are a blast for fast fishing, and can be a great way to introduce kids into your fishy ways. 
This week’s forecast:   
In-shore
    Look for the seatrout bite to increase as the moon fills back out.  This coming full moon will have our areas gator trout feeling frisky for what should be their first spawn of the year.  The black drum we have all enjoyed in such great numbers will start to leave the flats to deeper water..  get them while you can, and we’re see good numbers of solid fish in the NMZ still.  Your smaller “eating” size fish are also still abundant, and will stay up shallow longer than the big ones..  Always carry live/fresh dead shrimp and be ready.  Calm mornings will have their tails flying high.  Some winds are expected towards the middle of the week, and again on Saturday.  So you might want to work around them..  Also the expected rain tomorrow (Monday) might get those poons that have started to show happy.  And we all love some Juvi poons.  Our redfish have enjoyed the influx of bait and are chasing schools of mullet all over the flats.  Its time for that topwater bite , so brush up on your dog walking. 
Near-Shore
    Cobia are being found but in small numbers on rays outside of Port Canaveral.  Plenty of manta rays, but not a ton of fish!  The water temps are right on the entire Brevard coast.  Its certainly worth a try!  Lots of floating grass and debris is out there, so have your Tripletial rod ready.  Reports of tarpon just a few miles south of our section have me amp'd for the slightly warmer waters and silver kings. 
Open Dates this week:  3/26,3/27
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