New Year's Day fishing??....

Capt. Pants

NE winds, strange "flat" tide all day, but good solunars in early morning and afternoon. Water "should" be deeper all day in the flats. Anyone fishing or want to? Not much of a boozer anymore on New Years so looking to head out.
Tampa Bay area anywhere. Rain forecasts???

Secret Spot

What tide are you looking at? there is a -0.9 around 8:30 to 1.3 @ 3:30. and I won't expect much water on the flats until the afternoon.

Capt. Pants

Tides4 fishing.com and Florida solunar fishing tables. Looks like minimal movement +1.0

Capt. Pants

I don't need much water where I want to fish.

haydenfox!#$

Capt. Pants wrote: »

I don't need much water where I want to fish.

There is no fish there...

Capt. Pants

Pillsbury Wreck for Snook!

Lilcthefishslayer

^^Lmfao! I'll meet you there.

haydenfox!#$

:rotflmao

Capt. Pants

Conrad, what topwaters are your favorites for the Pilsbury? You ever get any Reds or Trout out there? PM me if you don't want everyone to know and I'll post it on FB.

Reel-Lucky

WC raft up get together at the Pillsbury tomorrow. If you don't have the numbers, here they are, 27 27 032 83 16 025, Happy New Year to all, be there or be square.

Sumotime

We had an excellent day fishing on the flats . I put the knife on 8 flounder 2 trout and a 2 redfish for my clients. The reds will be in the potholes due to the extra low tide in the AM. It has been getting better as the week has progressed. Tommorow should be banner in the AM.

Eggsuckindog

Sumotime wrote: »

We had an excellent day fishing on the flats . I put the knife on 8 flounder 2 trout and a 2 redfish for my clients. The reds will be in the potholes due to the extra low tide in the AM. It has been getting better as the week has progressed. Tommorow should be banner in the AM.

Remember we're talking Capt Pants here

Capt. Pants

Cold, wet and windy all morning.... waited for the call from my son to get the itch to test out his new "outfit" ... Quantum Boca 40 and his new 7' Calico Jack loaded with 15lb Power Pro Slick.... headed to the ramp at the crack of noon thirty to venture out of the Alafia River.... no Cobia at the plant today, but rather, the most "aggressive" Manatees I'd ever seen!!!!
Anchored up, started soaking baits, and the boat begins to move forward against the current???
Apparently Manatees like rubbing against anchor rode? Laying down on it? Wrapping their front flippers around it and swimming off? CRAZY!!!
Dropped an Aqua Vu camera down in the center of the channel, and "Fish ON!!!!".... look at video screen, MANATEE on!!! About 5 of them, graciously awaiting there turns to grab the camera and try to run off!!! Literally "laying" on top of the camera along the bottom where we couldn't retrieve it!!! Fat Bastages!!!!

In all, caught many small fish for the table with Silver Trout and Whiting being the main course.... My kids LOVE eating what they catch, so my son couldn't be more proud to take a bag of fresh fish with him to Nana and Papaws house for another few days of fishing Punta Gorda.... Happy New Year!!

Capt. Pants

Sumotime wrote: »

We had an excellent day fishing on the flats . I put the knife on 8 flounder 2 trout and a 2 redfish for my clients. The reds will be in the potholes due to the extra low tide in the AM. It has been getting better as the week has progressed. Tommorow should be banner in the AM.

Sumo, you always catch fish!! :fishing

FlatsFrenzy

Took home trout and redfish. Extremely low tides up in the bay with very little water movement before noon.