Charlotte Harbor fishing report

As we wind down the month of April, everyone is hoping that the wind will lay down in order to make looking for tarpon a bit more comfortable. In order to get out of the wind, we’ve been working the back country looking for lee sides among the many mangrove shorelines. For the most part, the wind has been out of the south and west which pushes more water onto the flats making sight fishing more difficult on the higher tide stages. As a result, it’s been important to be set up on our targeted shorelines before the tide gets up. There are fish around. In particular, there are lots of small snook and slot sized redfish. It’s not a bad idea to have a light weight spinning rod rigged with a weedless soft plastic just in case the wind makes throwing a fly challenging. Even in the back, the wind has a way finding even the best lee sides.