March 8th, 2008

Its only wind!

Well we have enough wind already this March to last us a month or so and it is only the 10th. You have to expect it this time of year and if you can fish it is often quite a challenge. As you know I drag a lot of plastics this time of year and they won't work if they are not bumping along the bottom very slow. That is hard to accomplish when the wind is putting a big bow in your line. Adding weight will help but it will hang up more than it will ease along.

I don't do a whole lot of jetty fishing but I have several friends that do and are very good at it. I was invited to go Drum fishing last week with them and it was tough. First the 5 to 10 knot wind was really 15 steady and it was a little cold. We fished about 6hrs catching 7 Black Drum and 2 nice Sheepshead. Of course out there you can always count on a few Toad fish and some other strange species. It was fun but not quite on fire.

Thursday brought the wind and rain again and I mean the wind was brutal thru Saturday and yes it got cold again. I had a trip with a group of guys from Atlanta on Sunday. They didn't mind the cold or the wind which was a lot lighter than the last few day's but still pretty stiff!!!

It was pretty much the same for me. I had to burn a lot of gas and just couldn't get the fish fired up. There is still plenty of small Blue fish but they are only big enough to mess up a good plastic. They are a great fish to catch when they get in the 2 pound range but more of a pain when they can't get the hook in there mouth. We caught sever Small Trout and a hand full of Rat Reds. Even the Rat reds were spotty. They aren't big but you can usually catch a bunch of them but not that day. A few here and a few there.

One thing I have come to realize after all my years of fishing in North Florida which is a lot more than I want to admit because it will show my age but some days are better than others. But you keep right on going.

Out of all the moving and small fish we did bag one nice Trout but a great time was had by all just being out on the water and catching a few fish.

Thanks for a fun time guys. Capt. James Howard (904)6541-9557
Jacksonville Florida www.gofishjax.com

Gofishjax
2502 Arlex Dr. West
Jacksonville, FL 32211
Phone: 904-651-9557
Email : info@gofishjax.com
Web: www.gofishjax.com

Capt. James Howard was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. He’s been fishing the northeast Florida region his entire life and began guiding in guiding in 1990. He currently charters 110 to 150 days a year and also fishes on days he’s not chartering. Let Capt. James show you all the great fishing opportunities northeast Florida has to offer.

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