Fishing Reports - January 2010

Saturday’s weather was miserable at best. No sun, lots of wind and rain on the way said it all. We had two super guys onboard today, Cal and his son Lucas from Oregon. A friendly wager for first fish, most fish and the largest fish between father and son got off to a fast start. [...]

The old adage is 20% of fisherman catches 80% of the fish. While I am by know means a rocket sciencetist it’s very apparent to this Captain why many anglers get disappointed. One of the top questions I get at www.othemarkcharters.com is “what’s the secret”? There are no real secrets, first and foremost Professional Captains [...]

Sunday was a planned scouting day with a simple goal locate new trout and sheepshead location. It was very warm but the forecast for winds blowing 20 and gusting even higher cut my plans short. Staying close the marina and the wind protection it affords was key. It’s funny how often anglers overlook areas near [...]

Greetings anglers I am happy to report the water temperatures are rising to comfortable levels once again. Mild days and nights this last week were a welcome relief for the long freezing cold spell. It will some time before we know the full extent of damage to the fishery. Saturday we were greeted by mild [...]

Greetings anglers. The savvy and wise Captain Steven decided to make a long run to Weedon Island Monday morning. Captain Steven has several “go to” trout spots I fish every January-March that are close to a sure thing. I was very confident the action would be hot and heavy in these spots. Well if there [...]