The electric light show yesterday was just a prelude to the awful weather that struck the Keys. Cold winds moved in after the initial rain and brought temperatures down quite a bit.

As for the tarpon - if we knew where they went when it got cold, we’d go fish there. Unfortunately they do disappear but it was already warm this afternoon and the high winds have subsided so maybe, just maybe there will be hope in some good tarpon fishing for the end of this week.

Permit fishing has a sudden spurt of energy on the flats prior to the weekend. Several reports of permit caught up to 15- pounds. Many are still offshore spawning but they may commute to the flats for some food.

Offshore waters are producing some big dolphin and the reef fishing has picked up a bit with some great mutton snapper fishing. The World Sailfish Championship starts this Wednesday in Key West. We certainly hope for some better numbers in sailfish as it’s been kind of slow so far.