Saturday January 18th
Weedon Island
The preserve opens at 7 am. Fish anywhere around the park. We will skip the pavilion picnic and instead meet up at noon at Crab Shack at 11400 Gandy Blvd.
The member catching the longest ladyfish will win a $10 gift certificate.
I always think of Weedon Island Preserve as one of the best fishing locations for fly fishers. You can fish the bay or the backcountry and there are lots of places to wade in and fly fish. You can launch your “big” boats on Gandy Blvd. Everybody should fish south of Gandy Blvd. and north of Venetian Islands.
Riviera Bay is great place for waders (not mucky) and ladyfish, our $10 gift certificate target, like to roam around Riviera Bay in schools. A couple or three years ago members were catching ladyfish one right after another. And dolphin would rush in and eat the ladyfish as soon as they were released.
| We’ll have a nice falling tide that bottoms out just about when we should be heading over to the Crab Shack for lunch. |
Ladyfish aside, this is a good time of the year to catch spotted seatrout and redfish. They’re going to be in areas with grassy/sandy flats and moving water.
If you want to wade fish with others, meet up with Bill AuCoin in the main parking lot at 8 am.