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Fishing Reports
Winter flats fing in the lower Florida Keys
January 20, 2008
Posted by Capt. Scott Yetter
Little Torch Key, Fl 33042
Email: catchtarpon@hotmail.com
Current Report
The weather and the fishing
continues to oscillate
between epic and awful. But
it is winter even here in
the Keys. We have had a
handful of warm days that
have heated the flats up
into the high 70's. This
makes the fish and me very
happy. On these days we
have been finding rolling
baby tarpon, permit and
bones on the flats. Also
some full size resident
tarpon on the channel edges.
As I write this report it is
65 degrees and blowing hard
out of the north. Two days
I ago it was 80...zero
wind..glassy smooth.. We
found schools of happy
rolling baby tarpon on the
flats.
Along with the tarpon were
permit basking on top with
their fins sticking out. We
call these permit floaters,
well and some other things
too.. When it is glassy
smooth, it is difficult to
present a fly with out
creating "permit panic".
The tarpon were more
cooperative... Both my
anglers boated thier first
tarpon on fly!! They ate
gurglers on top and also
showed a fondness for
chartreuse toad flies.
The big tarpon will be here
soon!!
capt. Scott Yetter
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