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Captain Jesse Nofi
Osprey Bay Outdoors (Clearwater, FL)
Air Temp 82*F-66*F | Water Temp 76*F
Friday the 13th, 2012

Met my clients and launched at 5PM in the kayaks. The winds were blowing an easy 15-20MPH so We fished an area out of the wind. It took a good hour until the tide started flowing well.

Nick, Laura, and Myself all missed a few fish early on.  The wind was blowing hard making it difficult to feel for the bite*

As the sun began to set there was a small cove where a dozen or so mullet came flying out of the water as a group of Snook swalled some finger mullet.  The mullet were about six inches long so i grabbed a 5 inch live pinfish from the kayak.  I casted it up into the cut and handed Nick the rod.

As me and his wife Laura were discussing how to hook live bait Nicks drag started peeling off.

I turned around and ran over to coach him through keeping the Snook out of the Groves.

After a Minute or Two Nick landed this nice Common Snook or Centropomous Undecimalis.

Nick with a Snook

Laura thought she had a big hit, sure enough her bait was mangled.  I threw in a fresh live pinfish, It got eaten within seconds, and I handed over the rod to Laura.  After a battle she brought in this redfish for the dinner table. Redfish taste very good... If you weren't aleady aware*

Me and Laura w/ her Redfish

We continued to fish for a while longer. Running out of Live bait, the bite was somewhat dead.  As darkness approached everything seemed to come alive again.  2 live baits magically appeared in the  bucket which were impossible to find earlier.  We threw them out and Nick hooked a big ladyfish, Laura caught a Monster catfish.  By then we were out of bait and content with the trip.

The paddle to get there was somewhat long so we all wanted to head in.

Overall I wanted my clients to catch more fish, They were happy.

Here's the text I got tonight from Nick and Laura later on *

"Thank you again - we learned alot and had a great time ! Will definiteley go with you  again"

I work at Osprey Bay Outdoors in Clearwater, FL.  Stop in and check us out if you have any questions about Kayaks, Fishing Kayaks, Stand up paddleboards, or Anything at all.

Captian Jesse Nofi

Osprey Bay Outdoors

C: 727.253.9913