Wreck Fishing
Wreck
fishing can be one of the most productive types of fishing there is. There
are more than 100 wrecks that can be fished from Our area. It makes me think
of grateful to live here. That is the time of year that wreck fishing starts
to really get good. Also when you pull up to the wreck, you never know what
you are about to find.
Ray (right) and James with nice Cudas!
The wrecks we fish on the West side of Florida are vary in depth. Fishing the surface around them often produces kingfish,
little tunny, barracuda, permit, cobia and the occasion sailfish, plus a variety
of other game fish. We often anchor and chum while fishing the surface for
pelagic species, we will drop baits or jigs to the bottom where a variety of reef species reside. This
makes for a mixed bag, and it is not uncommon to have taken 10 or more different
species in a single day. Schools of permit numbering more than 500 are seen
at times.
The
shallow water wrecks provide a different type of fishing than anywhere else
that I know of. There, the fish are sometimes lured to the surface with live
baits and teased into a frenzy where an artificial lure or fly may be placed
in front of the very fish that you choose. This technique gets the predator
fish very excited like amberjacks, barracudas and cobia. This is a highly
visual and exciting type of fishing, particularly on light tackle.
Wreck fishing, using both live and dead chum, will produce action that will
thrill both the professional and the novice angler. Often you will see schools
of jacks and permit that number in the hundreds and even the thousands of
fish. Cobia, amberjacks, barracudas, sharks, skyrocketing kingfish and the
ever present bottom dwellers are a part of the over all experience to be had
while "Wreck Fishing" in Southwest Florida.
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