August 7, 2022 through August 14, 2022

Man proudly holding a large fish while wading in clear water. Perfect fishing day!

Report Details

Weather:
Partly sunny conditions persist with steady temperatures. Wind conditions from the East have been blowing steady at 5-15 mph and gusting to 20+. slight and moderate choppy seas with inshore waves at 1 to 3 Ft.

Wind:
E and NE 5 - 15 mph. Gusting to 20+ Mph

Air Temp:
Ranging from high 80s in the evening to mid to high 80s during the day in the coastal zone.

Water Temp:
Warming to 85 F / 29 C

Moon Phase:
Waning Gibbous moving to 3rd Qtr. Aug 18

Sunrise & Sunset Times:
Sunrise 5:35 am Sunset: 6:19 pm

Week In Review

Cloudy and partly cloudy conditions with slight seas with waves 3-5 Ft.  Winds regularly shift from the East to North East at 5 – 15 mph. Periodic intermittent showers pop up during the day but don’t hamper fishing. Bonefish numbers have dropped in the past week to just over 100. Tarpon and Permit numbers have also declined to an average of 10 for the week ending Sunday.

What Guests were Catching

Grandslam
Grand Slam by Cole courtesy of Capt Junior on Aug 8.

Bonefish

Good numbers of Bonefish (115) were landed averaging 2/3 lbs larger bones 3/5 lbs in the lagoons


Permit

Ten for the week.


Tarpon

Eight tarpon landed.


Other Species

Snook: 1


Bone Fish Flies
Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl and pink sizes and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange. Sizes 4, 6 & 8

Permit Flies
Mantis shrimp, Casa Blanca Raghead w Yellow Eyes, Bauer, Merkin, Alphlexo and Strong Arm Crabs. Sizes 4 & 6

Tarpon Flies
White Tarpon bunnies, chartreuse and black-purple Tarpon Toads in sizes 2/0 and 3/0