Are you considering bringing your own boat to use while here on vacation? The boat ramp right on Sanibel next to the entrance to the Causeway can make it easy to launch! Arrangement for storage of your boat can be made at the Bait Box on Periwinkle. The Bait Box posts updated fishing info to keep all of the anglers well informed. The January 11th report is as follows:
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Fishing Report January 11, 2012
by Dave Godfrey, Manager on 01/13/12
Reports from the Sanibel Fishing Club indicate that fishing has been fantastic offshore, especially for snapper and grouper. They have not noticed any recent signs of red tide. Jensen’s Marina Captain, Jesse Romero, had an excellent day on Sunday, January 8th. He caught 52 redfish on the flats using shrimp, over two dozen trout drifting in a little deeper water using jigs, and 2 huge snook in the passes that measured 38″ and 42″ a piece. Bryant Palmer, also had an excellent day at the Sanibel fishing pier on Friday, January 6th catching both slot-size and oversize redfish using Bait Box shrimp. Blind Pass has been producing snook, redfish, and flounder – one angler reported a 24″ flounder. Inshore fishing by boat has been successful just north of Chino Island, particularly for redfish and trout. The trout bite is also good at the Causeway Islands, with occasional redfish and pompano. Fishing for snook from the Gulf beaches has been slow, but mackerel and ladyfish are showing up well, as well as whiting caught on Bait Box shrimp.
As always, please remember that it is the angler’s responsibility to monitor the daily bag limits and size limits for each fish species. These regulations can change at any moment and can be found at www.myfwc.com under fishing regulations.
The Bait Box supports Seafood Savvy at Seafood Watch – Monterey Bay Aquarium. We always love to hear more stories and see more pictures.
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