Sharks, Sharks and More Sharks

It was another fun day out there with the toothy creatures! Paul Stakowicz and his friend David joined me for a near shore Gulf trip. The idea was to get mackerel for dinner and we succeeded. We had five in the cooler in less than 30 minutes. We then caught a couple more and cut them up for bait and chum. It didn't take long for the sharks to show up. The one in the photo is a blacktip that I'd estimate at 5 to 6 feet long. It took David about 15 minutes to land. We released him so he could grow up. :-)

Fishing Report May 11th, 2009

The fishing has been fantastic! Summer weather seems to be here to stay. It's been in the 90's each day and very little rain. I'm actually looking forward to a bit of rainfall. Things are very dry here right now.

I'm still getting on lots of snook and some really nice trout along with few redfish. The real fun has been out in the Gulf in 16 to 20 feet of water. There are lots of sharks! We've been catching blacktips, lemons, bonnetheads, and bull sharks with a few going over 50 lbs. Fun, fun! The photos are of Todd Drew hooked up with a nice 5 foot blacktip.

Capt. Rob

Fishing Report May 6th, 2009

What a great morning on the water! I fished with the Biedlingmaier family from Wisconsin today and the request was to go after sharks. I must confess, it's been awhile since I was asked specifically to go after the toothy creatures. Since the winds finally layed down a bit we headed out into the Gulf and anchored up in 18 feet of water just a few miles off the beaches of Fort Myers. The sharks were there and hungry! I used cut threadfins as chum and it wasn't long before the first fish was on. The final count was 10 sharks on the line with 5 to the boat. The landed fish were 3 blacktips and 2 lemon sharks with one of the lemons going 35 pounds. The group also caught a couple of big spanish mackerel. Fun was had by all!