Anglers fishing with me on my flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released snook, trout and Spanish mackerel on flies recently. Jerry Poslusny, from Rochester, NY and his son, Jerry, from NJ, fished a couple of days with me in upper Charlotte Harbor for tarpon. Although we found plenty of tarpon, they were widely scattered and tough to work with a fly. They caught and released Spanish mackerel and ladyfish on a variety of flies while casting to breaking fish feeding in glass minnow schools. Tarpon also occasionally joined the fray blasting a ladyfish!
Paul Haines, from PA, fished a pre dawn flats trip in Sarasota Bay with me on another trip. He caught and released several trout and a snook around Siesta Key docks before dawn on my Grassett Snook Minnow fly. We moved to deep grass flats near Bishop Point after dawn and caught and released trout and ladyfish on an Ultra Hair Clouser fly fished on a sink tip fly line.
Snook around lighted docks before dawn and reds, trout and more in Sarasota Bay should be good options in September. This time of year predators will "ball" glass minnows into very tight schools. The action usually starts with ladyfish and then other species including trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and tarpon may join the fray. Tarpon of all sizes in upper Charlotte Harbor should also be a good option.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
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