April 5th - April 11th 2010 Fishing Report

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING:

BONES: : All guests landing and tagging bonefish. We are seeing larger schools and a variety of size this week. Smallest landed, six inches. Largest landed, 29 inches. Morning tides – rising tide make for aggressive takes….And, we found out this week that our common bonefish grows slower than the same bonefish in the Florida Keys…So a 5 lb bonefish here is like catching a 9 lb bonefish in the Keys, and they would be the same age.
TARPON: Two tarpon landed, almost every angler had stories of….bites, breakage, and tears.
PERMIT: Eight permit landed this week. The most special permit being Cameron’s 14th birthday permit! How about that. Permit on fly took Christmas Island Specials in size 4, and pink crabs. Live crabs – well, they teased up the bigger fish
JACKS: Allen had some great jack fishing….2, 12-15 pounders….long fights on fly. Strong fish!
SNOOK: Mr. Snook happily stayed in the mangroves… not targeted.

FLIES THAT WORKED

FOR BONES: Christmas Island Specials size 8 and 6, Charlies and Gotchas. Tan, gold, sexy patterns. Just don't pull it out of their mouth with a super strip set. A slow, steady strip will bring success. Finesse.
FOR TARPON: Black Beauties and Grizzly Bunnies, some Toad patterns as well.
FOR PERMIT: Orange and pink Christmas Island Specials size 4 stripped fast, and Merkins

REPORT SUMMARY:

Landing a permit on your 14th birthday, fishing with your dad, having a ball. Cameron’s face was so lit up when I met him on the dock, I thought he was going to pop! Of course Emir was bouncing up and down as well. “You should have seen it Lori…big permit man!” And then there was Dino and Nicholas, another father son team. Nicholas learned how to cast from watching YouTube casting videos, and then he taught his father! Both avid anglers, we gave Dino full warning that his son may very well end up being a fishing guide somewhere – he is crazed. They both landed permit this week, but Dino won hands down for most drastic change in appearance. Something happened to him when he landed his permit. For the next few days, he was floating. I know that fish is going to stay with him for a very long time. I also know we will see him back here chasing permit! And then Tony & Alex, another father son team – six days of fishing with big adventure packed into 2 non fishing days. Tony thought it would be so hard to learn how to double haul – but then he nailed it. Alex was in charge of helping the younger children on the dock with their snapper fishing every evening before dinner. Those two had fly rods, spin rods, trolling rods…and they caught almost everything. Tony had a clean cut on his shock from a 60 lb tarpon…I told him it took me 32 tarpon before number 33 was landed. Things happen

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