Snooze you loose!!

The week before Easter was one big BLOW as far as the wind. I had to cancel 3 trips during the week because it was just too strong. When I say to strong for inshore I mean 25 plus knots. This has certainly been a true March as in the old saying March Winds!!!! I was able to do my trip on Saturday and the weather was nice. We worked several schools of Reds but only catching a few of the smaller fish. There were some nicer fish mixed in with the small ones but they didn't want shrimp or mud minnows. {%image_id=4122%} We moved into the river to do some float fishing for Trout and had some luck but only one nice Trout about 4 pounds. Those fish should show up anytime in full force. We also caught a few Yellow mouth Trout and 2 Black Drum about 16 inches. {%image_id=4121%} I decided to get some blue crabs for my trip on Sunday and see if the larger Reds would hit those…. My clients called me at 7:15 am to let me know they had to forfeit there money and they wouldn't make it. Well that was too bad for them because the crab was the ticket. Since I was already in the water I decided to go try the crab baits on that school of Red fish I was on the day before. Before I could get a second rod out the first one was bent to the water. It was on. I sat there by myself and caught 8 Reds in the 7 to 9 pound class and had a ball. I was able to keep one that wasn't over sized so it was blackened Red fish at my house on Easter instead of Ham!! {%image_id=4123%} Till next time tight lines Capt. James Howard (904)651-9557 Jacksonville Florida www.gofishjax.com