BIG REDS NOV 2007

We have another great week of fishing under of belt.
The fishing last week was awesome! It's that time of
year where there is a lot of change going on. Fish
moved around a bit each day and some wanted to eat
better then others. Overall, I don't think it could
get much better. We've been catching some great
numbers of fish and even better size fish. There is
only a few weeks left of this fishing... with live
bait. Soon, we'll have to use shrimp and lures.

Let's talk about Snook. When we invested some time
into Snook fishing, we were able to catch some really
nice fish. For the most part, most of the Snook we've
caught have been mixed in with Red fish. We had some
days where the Snook have been a really nice size and
others where the fish were just short of being a
keeper. No matter what size, they are all fun to
catch. Any Snook over 25 inches is going to put up a
great fight. If you take a look at the picture, you
will see that we had a few days with a few that met
the slot.

On to the Red fish! The Redfish bite has been
phenomenal and the size of the fish we've caught has
been unbelievable. We've caught many great-sized fish
over the past few weeks and each week the size has
increased. A 42 inch Redfish is our catch of the
week. You really don't see many fish over the 40 inch
mark on the on Coast. A Redfish over 35 inches is
considered a Bull Red. Not only did we catch a bigger
fish than last weeks 41 inch Redfish, we almost had
two of them. We caught the 42 inch Red fish
approximately 1 hour after catching a 40 inch Red
fish. We also caught a 36 ½ inch Redfish in between
the 42 inch and 40 inch fish and I am not going to
mention all the fish that we caught over 30 inches.
What a record setting day of fishing! 42 inches for a
Red fish on the flats is amazing. Take a look at the
picture of the fish. Although this fish is really old
and beat up, he is one of the hardest fighting Red
fish I have ever caught.

Last, but not least, we'll talk about some Tarpon. We
had one more fall run with these big guys at the
beginning of last week because the wind picked up.
When the wind picks up to much it is really too rough
to get out to the bridge to fish for these fish. Not
only did the wind pick up, we also had some cooler
weather. This cooler weather brought the water
temperature down quickly so we might not have any more
Tarpon runs this fall. The day we did manage to catch
a few fish, it was interesting. We had a few doubles
and landed 3 to 4 Tarpon. We'll keep our fingers
crossed that we will get to see a little more action
with these great fish.

Captain T.J. Stewart
Cast Away Charters, Inc.
5616 41st Ave. East
Bradenton, Fl. 34208
941- 737-5985
www.castawaychartersinc.com