The winter season is upon us here in Southwest Florida. This can be a great time of year to fish from the kayak. During the winter months we deal with cold fronts, negative low tides, windy days and cold water temperatures. These conditions can be tough, and I wanted to share my thoughts on a few techniques, lure choices and the best times to be on the water for the top four targeted species in my region - snook, redfish, speckled (or spotted) trout, and flounder.
Saturday: After my last kayak fishing trip to the Eastern Shore, I've been itchin' to get back out there in search of the big reds. Knowing that I won't be able to go during Mother's Day weekend, I took Friday off, and headed down Thursday night.
Wow! My husband went floundering and came home with some gorgeous and really large flounder and asked me to stuff them,... lucky for all of us.....I found this recipe! They were absolutely fabulous! We had his parents over for dinner and they could not stop complimenting the flounder, my mother-in-law went home with the recipe. The recipe is not complicated, I would recommend everyone give it a try if you are looking for an easy and beautiful dish. It's looks gorgeous on the plate too! I served it with fresh garlic green beans. It is a restaraunt quality dish.
As we say goodbye to July all we can do is hope that August brings us more rain. The water levels are down in all the Intercoastal waterways and with that it makes finding fish on the flats a little harder, so with that I am going to focus this report on finding fish in deeper water.