anything happening??

[ripnlips]

i havent checked in for a while. has anything been biting at the skyway?

[SkyJay]

Holy cow he`s alive! Wasup ya old Mackeral Slayer? Thought everyone had gone into hiding. Jerimy keepin them grades up I trust. Pretty much the December norm here... Gags n Convicts between fronts and Ice fishing for Silver Trout and Hardheads the rest of the week. Anything doin on the freshwater scene up your way? Been HAMMERIN the Specs this year in Polk County down this way!

[ripnlips]

everythins good jay. jeremy is busy with school and his drums. he's almost old enough to drive.

the only freshwater fishing that i have been doing is in the springs in crystal river. seems like every ladyfish and jack on the west coast is in those springs. we are getting some small snook and reds also, but you have to get the bait under the jacks and ladys.

i would guess that the bonito have come and gone already. we only got to get them once this year.

[bigmackattack]

Hey Mario,

Long time no see. I finally got some time off to do a little fishing this past week with the holidays. Wouldnt ya know it. Cold front moves in and puts everything on lock jaw. I havent been out much to the skyway, since october i think. Hooked into a couple grouper but short. The macks were spotty the few times i went in and i didnt see any boneheads. Nothing like it was a couple of years ago.

Ive been doing a lot of kayak fishing lately. I went to Ft. Desoto on xmas eve and landed a nice red (nothing else). I did some fishing on the 30th and 31st and got skunked. I was at Ft D on the 30th and struck out on flounder, then picnic island the 31st, just checking out some new area and exploring some potential spots.

Other than that, its been quiet on the western front...

Hope you guys had a great xmas and new year, hope to fish some more together this year. Tell Jeremy i said hello.

-Jason

[ripnlips]

we went to the ssp in early november and got a few bonito but we haven’t been back there since.



the fishing up here in crystal river is phenomenal during the cold months. we have been catching small snook, redfish, and trout in the springs if you can get your plug past the ladyfish. water temps are in the high 60's to low 70's all year from the fresh water outflows. we probably will not be back down until early spring when the macks come back.

i have been messing around with fly fishing lately. i don’t have much patience with it so i want to target macks and such cause they are easy to catch on fly.