May 15, 2021 through May 22, 2021

Releasing fish to promote sustainable fishing practices for healthy ecosystems.

Report Details

Weather:
Mostly sunny weather with fresh to strong winds from the East at 20-30 Mph

Wind:
East at 20-30 Mph.

Air Temp:
Low 90's Deg. F

Water Temp:
Low 80's Deg. F

Moon Phase:
Waxing gibbous 88%

Sunrise & Sunset Times:
Sunrise 5:16 am Sunset: 6:20 pm

Week In Review

Fishing was fair this week, with anglers dealing with some strong winds. The big migratory Tarpon are starting to show up!
Emily O. and Bill B.  each had a grand slam fishing with Capt. Emir. The unseasonal winds will hopefully die down this week, and conditions will return to normal.

What Guests were Catching

Grandslam
Two Grand Slams were recorded!

Bonefish

Good numbers of bones were caught  Most were in the 2-4 Lb. range.


Permit

Six Permit were caught between 10 - 25 Lbs.


Tarpon

15 Tarpon were taken. Most were juvenile fish between 5 and 20 Lbs. The big migratory Tarpon are starting to arrive!


Other Species

Some big Jacks were caught. Barracuda and Ladyfish were also around.


Bone Fish Flies
Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl and pink sizes 4 & 6, and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange.

Permit Flies
Mantis shrimp and Flexo crabs. Crabs were preferred over other patterns.

Tarpon Flies
White bunnies and black/purple bunnies are the flies of choice.