MLK Day NIght Session

A frind and I decided to head out last night and fish LAB, The wind is not a Float tubes friend...LOL We launched from 68th st and that turned out to be way more difficult than I imagined. Of course I never launched in 15-20 mph winds with that much chop on the water. We decided this was not a smart idea and decided to walk down the beach a ways and launch where crossing to naples is not as far. We were able to use the island as shelter and fish the docks, this turned out to be the right choice. I caught 7 fish at the island 5 spotties and two sandies. The biggest right at 14. About 1030 the wind died down to a manageable 10 mph and we were able to kick to one of our favorite spots the docks and rocks where the Enterprise use to dock. This spot only produced two fish for me in the little bit we fished it. We were off the water about midnight. It was a slow day but productive and despite the wind and cold we had a great night on the water. Learned a valuble lesson last night, float tubing in anything over about 10 miles an hour is a chore and thankfully the king tide was in the morning. Final tally was nine fish six spotties 3 sandies.  Here are a few pics
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Nice report thanks so much for sharing. I agree those winds were tough and make tunibg a challenge always play it say.

nice report and good going...you are very brave to be out in the wind last night. I was contemplating on doing a night shore walk session last night, but the wind told me otherwise. Do you ever notice that most of the sandies have been skinny as of late? The spotties are much more chunky, but every sandy i've caught has been super skinny.

kin wrote:nice report and good going...you are very brave to be out in the wind last night. I was contemplating on doing a night shore walk session last night, but the wind told me otherwise. Do you ever notice that most of the sandies have been skinny as of late? The spotties are much more chunky, but every sandy i've caught has been super skinny.

The sandies are definitely skinnier then the spotties. A few sessions ago I caught a nice 18in sandie and that was chunky but the smaller ones in the 10-12 inch range seem to be on the skinny side.

jeffcpr wrote: Nice report thanks so much for sharing.  I agree those winds were tough and make tunibg a challenge always play it say.

I agree to always play it safe. Standing on the beach we could really feel that wind and almost called it a night before we got started. I am glad we were able to kick to a sport that schielded the wind and were able to tought it out and catch a few.

Hi ya TobyB,
You guys are animals! My cut-off is in winds 8-mph or greater.
I am glad to read that you guys got on some fish.
Thank you for the fish report with pic’s!

SP Dan    <“))><

Nice session there Toby,

The wind can change your mind on a few things, but is nice to find a spot to hide from it.

Thanks for sharing.