Captain Skip's Fox Sport Fishing Blog: Fall Fishing is Catching!

This past Saturday and Sunday the fishing action was really decent considering the wind and rainy weather. We have a stalled coldfront with the wind out of the north north east in the mornings and later east north east in the afternoons. A few windy rain squalls have been moving by as well.. The wind has been blowing up to 20mph plus.

So with these conditions I've been guiding my guests to the close in reef patches early on then moving to the bay later in the day to avoid the wind switch and bigger seas.

Tom and Wendy Sims were with me Saturday and the patch reef fishing was really good. We kept a mess of Porgy's and a big Red Grouper for the table. Released were 25 grouper and various snapper, porgys ect. Tons of fun using Fox Bonefish Trek rods paired with Diablo 350 spinning reels. Tom liked using the Fox Rage Ultralight rod and managed the biggest Grouper of the day. Nice catch using 10lb Horizon braid line!

Diablo 350's paired with Bonefish Trek and
Rage Ultra light rods worked on the patch reefs. Porkfish

Tom holds a Porgy aka Silver Snapper

Tom shows off his Red Grouper

Wendy & Tom Sims with Gag Grouper and Mutton Snapper

Wendy caught this Gag Grouper on a
Bonefish Trek rod and Diablo 350 reel.

On Sunday Marty and Iam Applebaum along with friend Mark Duncan fished with me. We started out on the reef patches but the waves and wind chased us back into Florida Bay. Though we did enjoy action with juvenile Amberjacks, Yellowtail Snappers and some Grouper.

On the trip out to the bay we got pretty wet as a few squalls were passing by. The action was non stop for two hours. We caught lots of Seatrout,Spanish Mackerel and Ladyfish. We managed enough Mangrove Snapper for a fish fry. Everyone really enjoyed using the flawless Diablo 350 spinning reels matched with Fox Trek Bonefish rods and Fox Rage Ultralight rods spooled with Horizon 10lb braid. Fall fishing is here.