Capt. Rey's Fishing Report Archives

This area is dedicated to archiving my weekly fishing reports on trips and includes information on the fishing conditions, types of fish seen and caught, tackle used, flies that are worked and other things of interest. If you have any comments about my reports you can either  email  me or comment in my  guestbook. Click here to go back to the  current report.

Week Ending - April 10th, 1999 

The weather is warm, the winds are down, and the fishing has heated up this week. You take your pick, snook, reds, or tarpon, they were active as the temperature reached the high 80's.

The week started with Mr. Bob Smckiley, and his friends Jim and Steve. We went tarpon fishing first thing in the morning, it was calm, warm, and beautiful. After some scouting, we found the tarpon and we managed to hook one, but we lost him as he jumped. Later, we went snook fishing in the mouth of the river with a livewell full of sardines. I charmed the snook, they were busting the freebies along with some big jack crevally. We managed to catch snook, crevally and reds, and lost several fish on the mangroves. Subsequent trips produced some snook and jacks on the sardines.

Here's a little tip for you snook anglers, remember to keep your rod tip down, for the snook will go to the mangroves and cut your line on the barnacles that live on the roots.

I was able to sneak out one day and go looking for tarpon with my buddies,
Capt. Shawn McGary and John Meyer, and we found a nice school of tarpon. I was able to hookup 2 tarpon on fly, and I landed one about 50 lbs, altogether we went 3 for 8. Angler John Meyer, landed one on live bait, about 115 lbs, it was a very strong fish, but John is a veteran tarpon angler, and he managed the tarpon flawlessly.

As you can tell, the "HEAT IS ON" on the flats, and the perfect time for a 'SLAM" is here.

Tight Lines,
Capt. Rey Rodriguez