Jack Attack?

Hooked · Post by **Hooked** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:32 am

Hey y;all... I am returning (temporarily) from my exile in the savage wilds of Wash DC. Hoping to get a day on the water while I'm home from Dec 20-27th. I'd love to find a big school of jacks to put a fly in front of. Anyone seen the winter schools yet?

Company always welcome!

Mark R · Post by **Mark R** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:07 am

Welcome back to the real world Lou. The weather just changed for the cold recently, the mac's and jacks were here before the change. Not sure about after.

Heywood · Post by **Heywood** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:59 pm

Power plant's full of them.

jbdba01 · Post by **jbdba01** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:15 pm

Heywood wrote:Power plant's full of them.

Ditto - reference here.

You'll want to cross the channel and then look for churning water. Or look for the HUGE school of rays - you'll see the wing tips; cast outside the school. It'll look like a big ol' herd of small sharks. The schools I saw were about 30 yards by 50 yards, about 150 yards off shore.

Feeling lucky? Stay on the surface and cast into the mess. Jack will slam it and then run into every one of those rays when the fight is on.

By catch will probably be a ray, a shark(3-4ft) , ladyfish, and possibly (emphasis on maybe) a cobia. There's reds over there somewhere, but I haven't seen 'em.

Odds are you'll get the trashcan slam, but hope for cobia. Jacks should be there.

Unless you like catching people, flyfishing off the beach will be VERY difficult. You might be able to wade on the Southside, but I haven't seen anything there yet.

Uncle Tommy · Post by **Uncle Tommy** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:00 pm

Anyone getting arrested this year?

jbdba01 · Post by **jbdba01** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:59 am

Uncle Tommy wrote:Anyone getting arrested this year?

I must be missing something...with some restrictions it's legal here in Tampa to fish near the power plants.

fuzzy · Post by **fuzzy** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:49 am

I haven't been there since the guys with the guns told me to leave.

fuzz

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:05 am

jbdba01 wrote:
Uncle Tommy wrote:Anyone getting arrested this year?
I must be missing something...with some restrictions it's legal here in Tampa to fish near the power plants.

The Gandy power plant is more restirctive. Hard to get close enough without the guys in uniform calling you out. Someone got arrested there last year for going too close.

kneedeep · Post by **kneedeep** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:16 am

The Gandy power plant has the signs up and just do what they say. The Apollo Beach power plant has open/close hours now, so you have to abide by the hours of operation. If you want an "After Hours" fishing pass, you can get one at the office at Simmons Park and the last time I checked with the Head Park Ranger at Simmons, they weren't charging for them.

Heywood · Post by **Heywood** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:19 am

kneedeep wrote:The Gandy power plant has the signs up and just do what they say. The Apollo Beach power plant has open/close hours now, so you have to abide by the hours of operation. If you want an "After Hours" fishing pass, you can get one at the office at Simmons Park and the last time I checked with the Head Park Ranger at Simmons, they weren't charging for them.

They are now. Over a hundred bucks for an after hours pass.

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:43 am

kneedeep wrote:The Gandy power plant has the signs up and just do what they say.

Of course but if you stay outside the signs the fish are pretty much out of reach.

Hooked · Post by **Hooked** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:11 pm

You folks are just full of sunshine today.

Two inches of snow on the ground here, I am ready to come HOME!

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