Month: January 2025
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January 2025 – Freshwater
BY: Tim / 0 COMMENTS / CATEGORIES: Uncategorized
Sometimes after fishing charters you come to realize that luck, or the man upstairs, was on your side! Without the expected spawn in January, there were lots of times that studying those bythemtry maps became the key to finding fish. Water temperatures stayed close to 63 degrees, and that is still about 5 degrees too cold for spawning here in Central Florida. So, much like the summer pattern, it came down to ledges, flats, and humps. In addition, a little extension on the fluorocarbon leader line was necessary because the water clarity was really good. After some fine tuning, we had success catching mostly largemouth bass. No crappie, long-nose gar, chain pickerel, bowfin, or catfish were caught. However, forecasted warmer weather looks to arrive over the next couple weeks in February. The spawn should be on, and then it’s game on! Thank you for reading, and we look forward to seeing you on the water!
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January 2025 – Saltwater
BY: Tim / 0 COMMENTS / CATEGORIES: Uncategorized
Here at Martin Family Charters, our main goal is to have fun and catch fish. In January, we did just that! We mixed it up, as we would fish for speckled trout, ladyfish, and Spanish mackerel in the morning, followed by targeting those tasty mangrove snappers in the afternoon. Most of our success came one of two ways. First, we’d use live shrimp under a popping cork on the flats. Then, we’d lower any bait whatsoever on wrecks, reefs, or under bridges. If the tides, weather, moonrise, or moonset were right it seemed like fishing was a piece of cake. However, like fishing goes sometimes we had to move from spot to spot trying desperately to do anything possible to catch fish. It wasn’t preferable, but even on one charter we ended up on a school of huge gaftop sail catfish! Anyway, hopefully those redfish and snook come to play in February, and we look forward to seeing you on the water. Thank you for reading!
