Bob Riggins
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I’m in the Tampa Bay area (Dunedin actually), in Fly-boy’s neighborhood. You are correct, the Atlantic strain of redfish do run a little larger than the Gulf redfish. Our redfish are typically in the 20″ to 30″ range. Once a redfish hits about 30″ they tend to move offshore. My largest one is 31″.
Speckled trout tend to run slightly smaller in the 14″ to 28″+. I have caught them in the 24″ to 26″ range. Snook run a little larger, probably in the 22″ to 38″+ range. My largest snook was about 34″. My biggest fish on a fly was a 4 foot black tip. I have taken shots at big Tarpon, but have always been undergunned for them. They get up to 200+ lbs. I have caught baby Tarpon in the backwaters that run about 20 to 30 lbs. Its interesting that all the fish are sized in inches except the tarpon, which is always in pounds.
You still need to come down and go fishing. We could hook up with fly-boy for some kayak fishing.
I tried to post a long reply, however, it got lost somewhere, so I’ll give the condensed version. Fly-boy hit most of the points. I find in saltwater there are two reasons to go kayak rather than pontoon, one is speed and the other wind resistance. Most of the time, I am chasing moving fish, so I have to be able to catch up with them, kayaks are much faster (except in the instance below). Also the wind is almost always blowing. I would hate to be in a pontoon in a stiff offshore breeze. Now that I’m used to it, I have no problem casting from a siting position in a kayak. In fact, I usually use a sidearm cast.
