 Christmas-eve morning, 12/24, I fished Estero Bay with Vince and Jenny Tomlinson and Katie and Mike. We caught a nice variety of fish on live shrimp. We released eleven spotted sea trout (currently out-of-season), cravalle jack, small sheepshead and ladyfish. We kept a half dozen mangrove snapper that all measured around the twelve-inch mark, along with some keeper whiting.”
Saturday morning, I was kind of aching to get back out where the kingfish were, but I had a backwater trip booked. I fished Estero Bay with John & Kelly Hull and John’s dad, Bob Hull. We released a 16 inch redfish, a 23 inch snook, cravalle jacks, ladyfish and some sea-trout that would have been nice ones if they had been in season. We kept two sheepshead at 13 inches and 15 inches, one mangrove snapper and some whiting. All were caught on live shrimp, from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach.
The rest of the week, I fished offshore, where there was a hot king mackerel bite on Friday--You can read about that and see a picture of one of those kings on the Bottom Fishing Forum.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
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