02/08/2009 Inshore Fishing Report

Cold, Windy Weather kept us inshore this weekend with a few jack crevelle's creating most of the days action. We set out around noon to allow the weather to break even though co-captain Murray said there was no way it could get cold. I wont say anything more about that other than please take note of the jackets. As far as the fishing went, I had a few hits on my Trout Skitterwalk with no hookups and Bryan had a hit on a free-lined sardine but was unable to hook up as well. The best entertainment of the day came from the manatees on the flats, Hayes protecting us from pelicans, a seagull eating one of my Skitterwalks, and Doug catching every man-made object around. All in all it was a slow day but it was nice to get back out on the water after the latest cold spell kept us in port in recent weeks. Conditions were a strong east wind, extreme low tide with a full moon, and water temperatures in the ICW were around 66-70 degrees, the coldest i have seen it in 3 years.