Learning about Winter Bonefish in Florida

It is very important to remember that as cold fronts hit, remember that our silvery flats grazers drop off to warm water refuges. This could be a channel or the deeper flats of 6 feet deep. It takes time for the cold to penetrate the marine waters. Think of warming incoming tides that warm the flats. The afternoon sun has warmed the water for the better part of the day, and coupled oceanside flats, say, off Elliot Key, a cold morning is terrible....but the late afternoon of a few higher degrees will bring in large packs of schooling bones. These fish group together more readily in the cold on the Keys oceanside: perhaps the numbers generate collective warmth. Who knows why, but in the winter modify your tactics for bonefish.

Jan