10-14-2002, 02:29 PM
[font "Arial"][size 2]For the past three days I have been in Marco wade fishing. The Gulf was smooth, calm, and clear. It was a welcome relief from what it was like with the passing of a tropical storm and hurricane. The fish have definitely moved into the area. Action was steady most all day long, with periods of frantic action, and some periods of slow action. There were several times during the course of each day that we had five hook ups going at once. The choice of color for the jigs didn't seem to make much difference. It was the action put on the jig that got the strikes. For two of the three days, large jack crevalles and pompano showed up like clock work on one flats area as the tide began to flood. It was extremely difficult to get them to feed. We did managed to hook several fish in the 4-8# class.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]On Friday, Mark and Sue Schorr got the hang of jigging from their first casts. It was a slow but steady pick all morning. The afternoon was a completely different story. Some one had a fish on most all the time. It seemed like everytime I looked over toward Mark, he was fighting a fish. Sue was not about to be out done, and she was matching him almost fish for fish. We averaged a strike about every third cast. This action kept up till we started back in at 6:00 pm.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Saturday, Mark and Sue were joined by Mike Frawley and Pam Marmin. The morning started with a slow but steady pick and picked up speed. The jacks and ladyfish were very cooperative and the seatrout made a good showing. The 2# outfit came out and Pam caught a ladyfish that is a pending woman's world record. Not to be out done, about an hour later, Mike caught a ladyfish that is also a pending men's world record. The afternoon bite was steady until about 4:00 pm. Finally we decided to do the 10 cast trick. Everyone makes 10 casts and we determine whether or not to stay based on getting some action. Sue had the hot hand and caught a large pompano. We worked the lagoon area on the walk in and caught several more fish including Mike's snook. That evening, a great meal and entertainment at Cathy O'Clark's Restaurant topped off another wonderful day of fishing.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Sunday morning had us all walking on the beach slowly until we spotted several schools of bait being destroyed by large schools of hungry fish. We caught several and continued working our way to a narrow channel between two sand bars. Here, it was a fish on almost every cast. The action lasted for 10 minutes and we continued on. At our furthest point, we once again started having consistent action that continued most of the morning. After lunch, the steady pick continued until we left at about 4:30 pm.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Each day, we had porpoise swimming as close as 20' from us. We watched with excitement every time they would chase down something to eat. Their speed is unbelievable and they usually got what they were after. Manatees were just as close if not closer.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]It is almost impossible to put a number and how many fish of each species we caught as it was very easy to lose track with all the excitement. It is best to just say that we caught jack crevalle, seatrout, ladyfish, pompano, and snook. The cold front predicted for the first part of this week should move even more fish into the area. Time is running out, so give me a call to book a date.[cool][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Captain Dave Kostyo[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Knot Nancy Fishing Charters[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 620-5896 Charter[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 732-2628 Beeper[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][#800080][size 2][url "http://www.knotnancy.com"]www.knotnancy.com[/url][/size][/#800080][/font] [font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2][url "mailto:nkostyo@bellsouth.net"]nkostyo@bellsouth.net[/url][/size][/#0000ff][/font]
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