This morning winds are blowing out of the East-Southeast at 6 mph and the water is choppy. Small craft should exercise caution. Over the weekend, conditions were less than stellar, lots of wind and churned up water coming over the rails of the jetties kept anglers wet. We saw some Spanish Mackerel, Jacks, Blues and a couple of Snook come over the rails, but not in large numbers. Sunday was pretty much blown out, but a smattering of fish were landed.
We received an update from our Shark-tagging friend from Orlando, Kai-Wei Chung. Kai-Wei and his buddy Greg Pecci hadn't been to the inlet in nearly a year. Kai-Wei reported that even with howling 20+ mph winds, the surf wasn't bad, the seaweed wasn't troublesome and the water clarity was good. They were trying to land some Spanish Mackerel and Blues and just relax for the evening when Kai-Wei threw out a piece of cut ladyfish and a behemoth grabbed hold of his line and smoked 250 yards off his reel! After a bicep-burning 30 minutes of heavy pressure and relentless fighting, his 74", 80+ lb. Tarpon emerged from the surf! Kai-Wei was not expecting to land this monster from the beach. He spent 5 - 10 minutes walking her back and forth in the surf until she tail slapped him good bye and he wished her a safe journey!
Photo one features Kai-Wei Chung of Orlando with a 74", 80+ lb. Tarpon!
Photo four is of Justin Werner with one of two C/R Snook he landed off the north jetty. One was 33" and the one pictured was 32 1/4". Close, so close!
Mike Ricciardi of Vero Beach is featured in our last photo today. Mike landed a slot Snook and a slot Red on the morning of September 18th. Both fish were landed on the incoming tide. The Snook measured exactly 32" with the tail pinched; it just doesn't get much better than that!
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