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Captain Favorite's Fishing Forum June 11, 2012
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BRADENTON – The Lee County Nautical Flea Market and BBQ Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the centrally located German America Club, 2101 Southwest Pine Island Road, Cape Coral. Tarpon fishing should be good next week as we head towards a new moon. In a normal weather pattern of east wind in the morning with an afternoon sea breeze, there should be a push of tarpon in deeper water for the first couple hours of the day. When sunlight is good later in the day, you might find tarpon in shallow water or following deeper edges.
Fishing Updates
2012 Cape Coral Summer Boat Show & Nautical Flea Market
- The Lee County Nautical Flea Market and BBQ Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the centrally located German America Club, 2101 Southwest Pine Island Road, Cape Coral, FL 33991.
- The Lee County Nautical Flea Market and BBQ Festival is the best place to find bargains, quality and a wide variety of fishing equipment and supplies, restock up here.
- No other event can match the depth of this fishing and boating trade event. People come to flea markets ready to buy or sell, so this is the perfect opportunity to get fishing and boating bargains.
- PUBLIC BOAT AUCTION...Over 100 boat repossessions, short sales, dealer trades, and private liquidations will be up for sale.
- The auction boat preview is all day Saturday June 16, 2012 and the sale starts at 11:00 am Sunday June 17, 2011. As many as 10,000 boat enthusiasts have attended past editions of this two day event.
- To pre register to sell or buy a boat, go to www.FLNauticalFleaMarket.com.
- BOAT CORRAL... The boat corral area is completely separate from the nautical flea market area. It is designed for private and dealer new and used boat sales. Customers can shop, compare and make deals directly with the seller. All boats in the corral are for sale. The boat corral is where individuals offer boats and watercraft only (no parts, etc) for sale.
- All boat corral spots ARE $25.00 and can be reserved http://www.FLNauticalfleamarket.com. Visit the 2012 Lee County Nautical Flea Market and BBQ Festival website for more information, special hotel rates and specific driving directions: http://www.flnauticalfleamarket.com. Vendor applications are still being accepted. For information and discount tickets, visit the website or contact Under the Sun Promotions, Inc. at 954-205-7813, FAX: 561-395-5389
Weekly Fishing Report by Capt. Rick Grassett
Anglers fishing the coastal gulf off Sarasota with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released a tarpon on a fly and jumped 5 tarpon on live pinfish and crabs during the past week. Although a persistent west wind kept us from tarpon fishing most of the week, we were able to get out into the coastal gulf a few days.
Everette and Sherry Howell, from Nashville, TN, tarpon fished with me on Sunday and Monday. They had good action on Sunday, jumping 4 tarpon on pinfish and live crabs and fighting one for almost an hour before it wore through the 80-pound fluorocarbon leader. Tarpon were plentiful and moving fast, but by setting up in their travel lane and keeping baits in the water we were successful. We also spent some time in shallow water that day where Everette had numerous shots at tarpon with a fly. Conditions weren’t as good on Monday as west winds increased and sea conditions deteriorated, but we did jump 1 tarpon on a live crab that day.
A front stalled over north Florida for most of the week and kept the wind in a westerly direction. The westerly flow also increases rain chances, which makes the coastal gulf rougher. The wind finally switched back to the east on Friday evening allowing us to get into the coastal gulf to tarpon fish on Saturday morning. Despite lots of rain and west winds, conditions were good in shallow water. Tarpon schools were plentiful and moving in both directions, but the happy ones were all singles and doubles. We had lots of shots at tarpon with a fly, several follows and landed a 60 to 70-pound fish on a black Lefty’s Deceiver fly.
Tarpon fishing should be good next week as we head towards a new moon. In a normal weather pattern of east wind in the morning with an afternoon sea breeze, there should be a push of tarpon in deeper water for the first couple hours of the day. When sunlight is good later in the day, you might find tarpon in shallow water or following deeper edges.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
FFF Certified Fly Casting Instructor
Orvis- Endorsed Outfitter Guide
CB’s Saltwater Outfitters-2011 Orvis Outfitter of the Year
Snook Fin-Addict Guide Service, Inc.
E-mail snookfin@aol.com
www.flyfishingflorida.net and www.snookfin-addict.com
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High pressure will remain the dominant weather feature across the waters through about mid-week. This high will shift east or south toward the end of the week as a frontal boundary approaches from the northwest.
Monday
Southeast winds around 10 knots becoming west in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Scattered thunderstorms.Monday night will bring east winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Isolated thunderstorms in the evening.
2012/06/11Mon01:18 AM0.4L
2012/06/11Mon07:44 AM1.78H
2012/06/11Mon02:20 PM0.92L
2012/06/11Mon07:22 PM1.49H
Tuesday
Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming west 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.Tuesday night
will bring northwest winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of thunderstorms.
2012/06/12Tue01:58 AM0.61L
2012/06/12Tue08:20 AM1.92H
2012/06/12Tue03:41 PM0.68L
2012/06/12Tue09:05 PM1.35H
Wednesday
West winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms. Wednesday night will bring west winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
2012/06/13Wed02:39 AM0.8L
2012/06/13Wed08:55 AM2.05H
2012/06/13Wed04:46 PM0.44L
2012/06/13Wed10:39 PM1.32H
Thursday
West winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms. Thursday night will bring southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
2012/06/14Thu03:20 AM0.97L
2012/06/14Thu09:30 AM2.17H
2012/06/14Thu05:40 PM0.23L
2012/06/14Thu11:58 PM1.34H
Friday
West winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms.
2012/06/15Fri03:59 AM1.1L
2012/06/15Fri10:05 AM2.26H
2012/06/15Fri06:25 PM0.06L
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Merab is a writer at the Bradenton Times. She can be reached at merab.favorite@thebradentontimes.com
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