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| | | By Neil Taylor, Kayak Fishing Report | 
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Posted 1.7.09 Happy New Year! Christmas Day made 15 years of being in Florida. 15 wintertime experiences. I remember in December of '93, frozen fountains and bitter cold air. The past month has been the extreme opposite of my very first December experience. To give an idea of how mild it has been: Manatees were on the flats in northern Pinellas County on January 5th. Huge schools of scaled sardines and shad are inshore. They stay more "hidden" than the bubbled up schools of bait in the spring, summer and fall but they are there. Spanish mackerel have moved inshore in force. Bluefish are also clobbering lures.
 Fishing for redfish, snook and speckled trout have all been strong. Norman Hall of Plant City caught a 38 and 1/4 inch snook on the pearl white 12 Fathom buzz tail shad (the 4.5 inch lure). It was Norm's biggest snook ever caught. The lure was in a kit that was provided when 12 Fathom sponsored a paddle-fishing.com tournament event a few weeks ago. Here is Norm, in his Native Ultimate watercraft and his snook: As always: Be careful out there!
Neil Taylor
Guide Services-Tampa Bay Region
Adventure Kayak Fishing
www.adventurekayakfishing.com
(Cell) 727-692-6345
LivelyBaits@aol.com
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