Byron Stout Oct 8 Fishing Report

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Chicagoan Paul Mann’s 8-1 / 4-pound “pig” gave Big O Bass a great start to the fall season, during his recent trip with Roland Martin Marina & Resort Capt. Bo White.
Zach and William Everly had a blast with this pair of Cayo Costa Rockfish, caught with live pinfish on their Top Slot Fishing Charter with Captain Dayron Plana.
Clayton Halunen’s 13-inch ballista, captured on his Fishbuster charter, would have been too small to keep anyway. But federal fisheries managers have pulled the harvest off the table until next March, due to overfishing.
Clayton Halunen’s estimated 30-pound goliath grouper, caught and released on a Fishbuster charter, will remain fully protected until 2023. That’s when Florida fisheries managers decided they would start allowing a very limited harvest.
The big Pennsylvania redfish Pam Mahasky was one of three captured at Black Key from Estero Bay on his Get Hooked charter with Captain Matt DeAngelis.
Doug and Heidi Richards captured and released seven rockfish, including this double dandy during their Sunday Get Hooked Charter with Captain Matt DeAngelis.
Kyle Camacho’s big red was one of five he and Jake Dorn caught on Monday during their trip with Get Hooked Charter captain Matt DeAngelis.
Estero River Outfitters professional angler Jake Dorn used a live pinfish to tempt this big redfish on the east wall of Estero Bay on Monday with Get Hooked Charter Captain Matt DeAngelis.
Patrick Blanch Jr’s beautiful spotted sea trout was what was planned for dinner one day that also included some rockfish action, with Get Hooked Charter’s Captain Matt DeAngelis.
James Stout’s stocky redfish was one of 30 caught last Friday with friends as he prepared to fish for a tournament on Saturday in the Bokeelia region.
Eric Joachim and John Stout were fishing in a rockfish tournament when they released this couple, among a dozen they fished with John’s nephew, James Stout.
Jim Madsen’s 12-inch mangrove snapper was one of two keepers among 14 caught last Friday on shrimp, on his Fishbuster charter in South Estero Bay.
Bill DeWitt’s sheep head captured on his Fishbuster trip was just a hair of the Guardian’s minimum size of 12 inches.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has had a busy week supporting federal fishery closures for red grouper, gray triggerfish and blackfin, queen, silk and wasp snappers. Red grouper and snappers will reopen in state and federal waters on January 1, 2022, and gray triggerfish will reopen on March 1, 2022.

The commission also voted to approve a limited harvest of goliath grouper starting in 2023. See this week’s Fish Tip for proposed details.

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The Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Board reopens red snapper for federally licensed rental boats from Friday, Oct. 15 through Nov. 5, 2021. This reopening does not affect private pleasure craft regulated by Florida Fisheries Managers , who did not make any simultaneous announcements. The Gulf Council is also closing snapper fishing in federal waters from Monday, October 18 until the end of 2021.

Rockfish and snook provided good action in local bays, and mangrove snapper catches also increased, as a takeaway prize. The freshwater action also turned the turning point in the fall, with shit biting limits on Lake Trafford and bigger bass caught on the Big O.

Patrick Blanch Jr’s beautiful spotted siege trout was what was for dinner one day that also included some rockfish action, with Get Hooked Charter’s Captain Matt DeAngelis.

ESTERO BAY: Get Hooked Charters Captain Matt DeAngelis reports good rockfish action and good feeding in the form of spotted siege trout in Estero Bay. Last Thursday, New Jersey angler Patrick Blanch, Jr. caught a dozen trout using a cork platform on a central bay dish, along with three rockfish caught near Jack’s Bar on free line pinfish. On Sunday, Doug and Heidi Richards of Wisconsin released seven reds caught on live pinfish along the eastern bay wall. Monday produced five East Wall Reds for professional staff at Estero River Outfitters, Jake Dorn and Kyle Camacho. And on Tuesday, Pennsylvanian Pam Mahasky used live pins to release three reds in Black Key.

Bill DeWitt’s sheep head captured on his Fishbuster trip was just a hair of the Guardian’s minimum size of 12 inches.

Last Friday, cousins Jim Madsen and Bill DeWitt fished the waters of southern Estero Bay with live shrimp on their Fishbuster charter with Captain Dave Hanson, who guided them to 14 mangrove snappers, including one 12 inch pair, plus three 11-1 / 2 inch sheep heads, a 15 inch snook, and a 14 inch crevalle grip.

PIN ISLAND: Captain George Grosselfinger of the town of St. James reports that there are many rockfish biting in the Captiva Shoal / Captiva Rocks area, as well as many mangrove snappers to take away. It uses surface bait for everything, with most of the action happening around the oyster bars with good current.

Zach and William Everly had a blast with this pair of Cayo Costa Rockfish, caught with live pinfish on their Top Slot Fishing Charter with Captain Dayron Plana.

William and Zach Everly report a nice trip to the Cayo Coasta strait area with Captain Dayron Plana of Top Slot Fishing Charters. They used live pinfish to catch and release a nice pair of rockfish.

Eric Joachim and John Stout were fishing in a rockfish tournament when they released this couple, among a dozen they fished with John’s nephew, James Stout.

James Stout, 18, had a great weekend before fishing a tournament for his uncle John Stout and Eric Joachim, who caught 12 rockfish and about two dozen snooks in Saturday’s tournament. The day before, along with buddies Garner Grant and Nate Hedrick, the boys caught 30 reds and a snook, all on live bait. Catches were made all around the northern end of Pine Island from Pineland to the mouth of Matlacha Pass.

PORT CHARLOTTE: King Fisher Bay boat captains from the fishing village of Punta Gorda report good action on sub-window and slot-sized rockfish along the west wall of the harbor, where live shrimp have also produced fish. small snooks and mangrove snappers up to 12 inches.

OFFSHORE: Peter and Clayton Halunen faced rising winds and seas last Thursday on their Fish Buster trip 21 miles west of New Pass, but they brought home seven snappers and nine grunts while releasing six short red groupers, two blue runners, a 13-inch triggerfish and an estimated 30-pound goliath grouper that exemplifies this week’s Fish Tip segment.

Two weekends off King Fisher, at depths of 65 to 70 feet off Boca Grande Pass, were good for obligatory red grouper releases and nice snapper and porgies cleaning tables.

FRESH WATER

LAKE TRAFFORD: Lake Trafford Marina reports crappie has come alive in Lake Immokalee, with limit catches reported this week by anglers Tony Louden, Robinson and Sons, and guide Cody McClelland. Most of the spots were caught in the central depths of the lake (6 to 7 feet) on live minnows, and early morning anglers from the pier and shores of Ann Olesky Park also caught a few crappies on minnows.

Chicagoan Paul Mann’s 8-1 / 4-pound “hog” gave Big O Bass a great start to the fall season, during his recent trip with Roland Martin Marina & Resort Capt. Bo White.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE: Roland Martin Marina & Resort captain Bo White reports that the bass minnow bite was good along Observation Shoal, from the Fourth North Pole to Whidden Pass. With the fall winds starting to blow, the key has been to find the hard edges of the vegetation with clean water. On a less encouraging note, anglers throwing fake bait were pretty much rigged by Big O’s bass. It was a deal to go or return home, as usual.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Estero River Outfitters professional angler Jake Dorn used a live pinfish to tempt this big redfish on the east wall of Estero Bay on Monday with Get Hooked Charter Captain Matt DeAngelis.

FISH TIP

Clayton Halunen’s estimated 30-pound goliath grouper, caught and released on a Fishbuster charter, will remain fully protected until 2023. That’s when Florida fisheries managers decided they would start allowing a very limited harvest.

Goliath groupers up to about this size – 20 to 36 inches in total length – are currently being considered for harvest, starting in March 2023, by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The current proposal, not yet finalized, would require anglers wishing to participate in an annual harvest of 200 juvenile goliaths to participate in a lottery at a cost of $ 10, to be eligible to purchase a harvest tag for $ 500. That would put the cost of a goliath like this fish, estimated at 30 pounds, at around $ 17 per pound of whole weight, or around $ 35 per pound for fillets. The Goliath grouper is closely related to the red grouper and similar in taste and texture.