Report Details
- Weather:
- A week of winds and mostly clear sunny weather. Winds were 20-30 mph at times early in the week, tapering to 5-15 mph by the end of the week.
- Wind:
- ESE 15-20 Mph.
- Air Temp:
- Mid/high 80s
- Water Temp:
- Low 80's F.
- Moon Phase:
- Waning gibbous 90%
- Sunrise & Sunset Times:
- Sunrise 5:29 am Sunset: 6:30 pm
Week In Review
We had a solid week of Tarpon and Permit fishing despite some challenging windy weather. Scott got one Tarpon about 120 pounds and Ted had a slam and landed one Tarpon about 60 pounds. Michael also had a slam and landed two very nice-sized Permit during the week.
What Guests were Catching
- Grandslam
- Two slams. Congrats to both Michael and Ted!
- Bonefish
More than 275 bones were landed for the week; most were in the 2-4 pound range.
- Permit
10 Permit landed. Most were between 5-10 pounds, but two were in the 20-pound range.
- Tarpon
19 Tarpon were landed. Most were juvenile fish under 30 Lbs, but we did have several big Tarpon between 60-120 pounds.
- Other Species
Rounding out the week, anglers landed some Jacks, snapper, a small shark, as well as Barracuda.
- 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, rag head crabs and Flexo crabs.
- Tarpon Flies
- White bunnies, chartreuse and black/purple bunnies are the flies of choice.