This March has had the weather so back and forth - warm, cold , rough, calm. The profesional weather prognosticators can't seem to keep on top on what is going to happen next. I am sitting on the hill this morning on a gorgeous, sunny, no-wind morning with no way to get off the beach due to a ground swell that has run since the weekend.
After a long and cold winter it is finally Spring here at the beach. The beautiful weather has shown up just in time for the first big batch of spring visitors and the first week of solid charter bookings. I even saw somebody swimming this afternoon when I was cleaning fish! It was 40 and chilly when I launched the boat this morning and 70 and warm when I pulled off the beach. The forcast looks to be just getting better everyday....
Alright! We had another great weekend at the beach. While the rest of the country was getting belted with another "Artic Typoon" or whatever the weather channel is calling a cold front this week, we had some fabulous fishing weather here in SoWal. Friday was cool but calm and high sunny skies so I did the run out to to the BIG Jacks with some vacationers that had themselves a blast! We were taking a young man out on his 16th birthday for his first Gulf trip and I promise he'll remeber this birthday for many years to come .
I may have got back from Mexico almost two weeks ago but it just now is feeling like Florida again. After one of the colder, wetter Januarys in recent memory the weather has finally returned to what we all look for living at the beach. This past weekend had high blue skies, calm winds and temps close to 70 degrees by mid-day. Just in time too as I think my gills were starting to dry out.
I know, it's been a long time since I wrote a fishing report. To be honest, it's been cold a bunch here at the beach this January, I have been trying to get the fish camp painted and have been out of town for the past week. I just haven't had much to report from Grayton Beach.
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Been a busy couple weeks here in South Walton at Holiday season. As usual, lots of folks have come to celebrate the season here and luckily for me some of 'em have wanted to go fishing! The weather has been the typical up and down for this time of year with a little more down this year than most.
One more week and it's looking for new tackle under the tree. Merry Christmas! The north part of the country may be looking at snow and sleet for winter weather but here at the beach we are still looking at white sand and fresh fish.
It's cooler and we are wearing jackets instead of swim shorts but the fishing is as good now as anytime during the warmer months. We are still catching limits of Flounder on every trip and the jacks are thick as well. There seem to still be plenty of Vermillions out a bit as well as Triggers in State waters ( where you can still keep 'em).
I know it's been a bit since I wrote a report but here are a few pics from some great catches over the Thanksgiving holiday. We had a bit of normal early winter weather with rough seas and blowy winds and then it went to just downright beautiful for a bit, being as pretty as you could ever ask for at ANY time of the year.
The fall fishin' pattern continues with just about every thing you could want to catch running hard and chewing fast. I ran a few trips this past week where we got to chase the Flounders a bit and looks like it will be a banner year for the tasty flatfish. While they are not stacked up on every inshore spot I checked there were some fish on every spot and bunches on some. I had a group of guys on Friday & Saturday who have come down the past couple Falls but hadn't chased Flounders before.
