December 2009 fishing report

Tis the season of giving!  Many guides set aside some time, even with all the craziness of the holidays, to give back to the community.  The Key Largo Guides Association did their giving by completing their annual clean-up of the Boggies.  This area is known to receive heavy traffic by our weekend anglers and it seems to receive much of the trash. We filled our bags with plastic bottles, plastic bags, aluminum cans, foam food containers and of course a large quantity of fishing line. Besides the harm these items can cause to our precious wildlife, the breakdown some of these items is more than 500 years.  Please if you read this article be aware of the garbage you are leaving behind for the next generation! A big thank you goes out to Captain Chris Handson, Captain Tony Delossantos, Captain Kerry Wingo, Captain Ted Benbow, and Captain Terry Hilker.  Thank you for making this cleanup a success. Your dedication to our environment is much appreciated!

Well the weather has changed and its feeling a lot like Christmas! Finally one of the cold fronts made it all the way to the Keys! This has changed the fishing strategies for anglers. Captains will now be in search of the deeper channels.  For example in Flamingo, Snake Bite would be a good choice to try your luck or at Cape Sable the deep channels that line the land will be hot during these cooler days.  The bait choice will be mainly shrimp. The reason for this is because of the change of salinity due to the rain fall we receive each time a cold front enters our environment.  Heavy rainfall with the accompanying drop in water salinity, have been known to cause shrimp to move into deeper waters.  Shrimp will be one of the main foods for game fish during cold fronts so do not throw something into the water that looks out of place.

The fishing has been steady all around Flamingo and the Cape. Snook , Redfish and juvenile Tarpon .Bonefish have been biting pretty steady with our warm waters this week.  Reports have come in of 10 pound bonefish being caught on the oceanside flats! Now that’s a prize fish! The main reason for the great fishing is the ease of catching bait. Bait has been visible all week making our jobs simpler.  All captains will agree there is nothing better than live bait.

Until next time, ask yourself this one question, Are you fishing yet? Captain Richard Burson

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