April 9, 2014
The last month has given us very erratic weather. We’ve had cold, wet and windy days, with some very nice days mixed in. Most of the month the fishing has been very good, with several great days mixed in! Overall, the fishing has been strong with a lot of fish in the 24 – 27 inch range and averaging around 3 – 4 fish per trip over 27”. The largest redfish of the month was 14 pounds!
The black drum and sheepshead have been on the shell banks of the intra coastal spawning. Black drum have been 3 – 12 lbs, sheepshead 3 – 10 lbs. I expect the sheepshead bite up the intra coastal to be over until next year. The only reason we catch them in these locations is the late winter/early spring spawning.
With the large volume of rain we’ve had this month the water has been very fresh and off-colored. The trout bite has been slow. With the month of April here, I expect the redfishing to be really good with a lot of the places we catch them. I expect the same places to be holding a lot of black drum also. If we can get out of the rainy weather pattern, and the water cleans up – the trout bite should really go off!
As busy as I’ve been this month, I haven’t had a chance to do my typical Captain’s reports. But there are a lot of pics you can check out to tell the story!!
