Trip report 4/21/16. It was quite sporty offshore, but the Illinois crew wanted to try getting offshore before they headed back. We braved the 4′ to 6′ seas and were handsomely rewarded with thirteen Mahi Mahi and a barracuda!
As I sit down to write this report, I’m brimming with excitement and optimism. As should anybody that had a chance to experience the dolphin bite in the middle of April. There were a couple of days when the moon and stars aligned and heaven on earth was experienced by some lucky fisherman. I happened…
Spring has sprung and if you ask me, the cobia are done. Once again, the season started with a glimmer that was abruptly snuffed out. In mid February, there were some rays to be seen with a scattering of cobia. And as quickly as the season was shaping up, the water warmed up seemingly overnight.…
Much like the rest of the winter months so far, February has had more than its fair share of blown out days. As I write this, there have been very few fishable days in February. So, I don’t have a ton of info to bring to the plate. Surprisingly, even though it was rough much…
There’s not really a whole lot to say about January as I start to write this article, or at least there’s little to say about the fishing. So far, only about one in four days in January have been offshore fishable and some of those weren’t exactly calm. The problem with the few fishable days…
