Despite Cold January, Fish are Biting!

January has been a month of record cold temps during the early to middle part of the month. Now we are experiencing a normal pattern of warmups followed by cold fronts and more warmups. Recently, a school or two of thousands of Permit was sighted in the Gulf near the Marquesas. There are also resident Tarpon around in the creeks (they are biting!) and deeper channels and around the marinas. NO reports of fish kills involving Tarpon or Permit have been reported in the Lower Keys and Key West. (If you hear of any such reports, please let me know - 305-304-5880). I have also not heard of any Bonefish kills south of Big Pine Key. However, there were lots of reef fish that did not live through the cold weeks. Today we are going out to hunt for an electronic beacon as part of the Tarpon Tagging program for the Tarpon and Bonefish Trust. We are also hunting for Bonefish and Permit. Wish us luck!