Alpha and Omega Fishing Charters

Fishing Charters Charlotte Harbor Florida

November Isles Magazine Fishing Report

November in S.W. Florida to me means spending time with family becomes a priority. Thanksgiving and Christmas are just over the horizon. There are those family members that live out of state and come to Florida for the holiday season. The fishing changes too, as the waters cool down the fish become active. The groupers switch places reds migrate to deeper waters where the gag groupers migrate to shallower waters. And this is the time of year that I like to start trolling for the gag’s. I have learned pulling the deep diving lures work out to about fifty feet deep. With the new addition to the fleet at Alpha Omega charters we will be able to troll in deeper waters with down riggers. These are great tools to have you can fish the whole column of water. Using braded line instead of stainless wire it will stay down easier , the braded line is much smaller in diameter and has less resistance against the water. This allows you to fish the bottom for grouper, the middle for amber jacks ,tuna and the surface for cobia or king mackerel. While fishing this way you travel slow and need to keep your eyes glued to the bottom fish finder machine. This is a great time to find some new bottom fishing spots. As you troll mark some spots that look good and go back later. Come back later to check your spot and find the best spot close to your mark then position the boat over the spot without deploying the anchor. This way you drop a bait down and check the spot if you cat something nice prepare to anchor over the spot and get ready to have some fun. This could hold some snappers , porgies , red or gag grouper. Most of all when you travel out into the Gulf know where you are from the beach. The reason I bring this up the regulations for State and Federal waters are different. Take mangrove snapper for State waters nine miles from the beach five fish ten inches or better, Federal waters past nine miles ten mangrove snapper twelve inches or better. So make sure you know where you are harvesting fish and know the regulations that you should be following. If this is to much for you to deal with just call Capt. Bart Marx or e-mail me at captbart@alphaomegacharters.com and we can set you up for a fishing trip on one of our boats. And if you have loved ones coming to the area we could start a annual trip for making memories on the holidays. Always remember singing drags and tight lines make me smile. <*(((((>{