Cold, Wind and Steinhatchee
Steinhatchee, Florida Fishing Report
From Steinhatchee Florida Fishing Guide
Captain Steve
What a week. It’s been very cold and windy. Water temps down in the 50′s have made the Steinhatchee River the warmest place they can find.
The Trout have stacked up there. They can be easily caught with jigs, plugs, or shrimp, with the artificial worked very slow. The bite will be subtle and usually come near the bottom.
Take your limit, but, please don’t double dip. For one, it’s illegal. The law has been in the river, sometimes in an unmarked boat. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Dress warm and enjoy the day.
Captain Steve of Pepper Fish Key Charters
- A Nice Winter Trout Caught With Captain Steve
Fishing is Good to Great For This Time of Year in Cedar Key
A Cedar Key Fishing Report
From Cedar Key Marina
Called Don today to see whats up in Cedar Key. As you can guess business is slow just like it is up and down the gulf coast.
However fishing is good to great for this time of year. John Blouse with Hookedup Charters went out to 60-70 feet of water before the new year and caught 13, but the new regulations will likely put many offshore fishing guides out off business. The economy and the new regs are beating the guides down.
Don and other guides have told me that you can go off shore and lose all the grouper you want to Goliath Grouper, they’ll eat a 25 lb. grouper in a heart beat. They can wipe out a reef and stories abound of guides that have a good bite grouper fishing with the fish half way up and all off a sudden the line goes slack, everything is gone.
But the good news is that Trout fishing is good from Cedar Key toward Waccasassa and a lot of big Reds are coming from that area also.
The Tide had blow the water out and Air boats were the way to go to get big fish but that has changed.
Don said it amazes him how many Sheep Head have been biting at the Cedar Key pier on Fiddler Crabs and Shrimp.
Now is a great time to visit Cedar Key to go fishing and site see. The weather is cool and the restaurants are ready with some great food.
SJ
Happy New Year & A Fishing Report Thrown In For Free
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
(& A Steinhatchee Fishing Report)
From Steinhatchee Fishing Guide Captain Steve
I trust you all had wonderful Christmas.
The weather has been great here in Steinhatchee. We have had some classic winter time conditions, the kind I spoke about in my last report or two.
Ditch and pothole fishing. I like to use a jig. Some like Mirrorlures and others shrimp. I like to feel the bottom and the strike, which can?be very subtle. When the sun shines for a couple of days the Reds will come out and play.
Have fun, enjoy GOD’s beautiful outdoors, be careful, watch the water levels, especially during the falling tide.
A fishing report from Steinhatchee Fishing Guide Captain STEVE
A text book picture by Captain Steve of a winter trout taken off of Steinhatchee, Florida
Nothing better than fresh trout, loser cleans the fish!
