Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report
You can find nice speckled trout all over the flats, near almost any grassy bottom and along cuts and islands using Cajun Thunder corks, live shrimp or Gulp (root-beer color).
If you use a live pinfish you’ll catch larger trout, maybe not as many, but more quality.
I have heard to reports of cobia’s caught last week as well, around the markers, #7 thru #1.
Redfish have been plentifull too, the water temp is slowly dropping, and that means either inshore or offshore the fish are gonna lite up.
Till next time, tight lines and safe boating
Capt. John blouse
Hooked up charters & Cedar Key Marina II
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Cedar Key Marina II and Cedar Key Fishing Guide Hookedup Charters.
Cedar Key Offshore Fishing Report
A Quick Cedar Key Offshore Fishing Report
Opening weekend for gag grouper, we started at 7:30 am and used live pins and pigfish, also used mullet, boston mackeral and threadfins. We started fishing in 40 ft, got two keepers and many shorts, both reds and gags. Then we went to 48 and 50 ft, then the dinner bell rang and we got our limit of both gag grouper and red grouper by 1 pm. We headed back in to clean fish and watch the Gator game. God was extra good to us that day.
Till next time, tight lines and safe boating
Capt. John blouse
Hooked up charters & Cedar Key Marina II
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Cedar Key Marina II and Cedar Key Fishing Guide Hookedup Charters.
- A Good Days Catch & Limit of Grouper and Grunts in Cedar Key, Florida
One and Half Gulf Coast Grouper Looks Like Something Else Was Hungry
A Late Summer Steinhatchee Fishing Report
Greetings from Steinhatchee.
It’s still summer here, folks are out trying to get one or two more bags of Scallop meat for the freezer before the extended season closes Sunday the 25th of September. This hot weather makes scalloping very refreshing and a great way to top off a box of fish.
As the days are becoming shorter and we have some cooler(not as hot) days fish will begin to bite better, especially in shallow water. I have seen subtle changes already. Saturday, my party and I caught 10 nice Speckled Trout, including one over 20″s, and two over 18″s all 3 foot or less, and all on Saltwater Assassin 1/16oz jigheads with 5″ tails. Several colors were used, Night Shiner and Pink are the colors we used most.
Sand Trout or White Trout have began to show on the deeper flats and Spanish Mackerel won’t be far behind. There are a few here now, but not in the numbers we will see in a couple of weeks.
Redfish will be good one day and slow the next, but I guess that is partly what makes them so special, but hang on, in a few weeks a limit of Reds may be easier than a limit of Trout.
No matter what you decide to fish for, it’s going to be more comfortable to fish all day.
Thanks for checking in,
Be safe, GOD Bless, Good Fishing (Scalloping)
And Thanks for reading,
Captain, STEVE KROLL
This Steinhatchee Fishing Report
is from Steinhatchee, Fishing Guide Captain Steve Kroll
The Men With Some Steinhatchee Redfish
Two Good Size Steinhatchee Speckled Trout
Late Summer Months Remain The Toughest
Here in Central Florida we catch fish 12 months our of the year, although the late summer months remain to be the toughest to do so. As water temps soar into the 90′s, the window of opportunity keeps getting shorter. This equates to getting up very early to catch a 2 hour bite window for Redfish and Trout, or running 40 miles off shore to catch and release Grouper.
On the other hand, if you are not picky about what you catch, and don’t mind being out in the heat (like most of our younger clients), then summertime fishing might be just the thing for you. Lot’s of Sharks, Ladyfish, Sail Cats, and Spanish Mackerel are all over the nearshore waters off the Levy & Citrus County Coasts.
Typically most of our clients are after a specific species of fish, and prefer the cooler times of the year to pursue them. This time of year we typically catch 7-10 different species of fish every trip, which makes for an interesting looking cooler at day’s end.
I’ve noticed lots of people having trouble with their outboard motors recently, most due to the ethanol in the fuel. I have a few tips to help you out.
1. Run your boat as often as possible. This keeps the ethanol in solution, not collecting in the bottom of your tank.
2. Use fuel stabilizer…it works!
3. Buy ethanol free fuel if you plan on letting your boat sit for more than a month.
4. Change your fuel filter and lines often.
5. Last but not least, if you are tired of all the maintenance, upkeep and other things your boat requires, just give us a call! We’ve got the perfect solution!
Until next time…See you on the Gulf!
Good Luck
Captain Nick
This Yankee Town Fishing Report is from Yankeetown Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick
Cedar Key Offshore Fishing Report
Sea Bass and Grunts are plentiful in 28–32 feet of water on live bait in hard bottom area’s.
There are plenty of short and keeper size Gag Grouper in 35-45 ft of water and soon, Sept. 16th they will be open in Federal Waters. Which, in 50 to 70 ft there are plenty of keeper Red Grouper and Gag’s.
Amberjack’s are open again and are plenty thick around the barge and bridge wrecks.
We have also caught 3 keeper Cobia while Grouper fishing in 50 plus water, so if you go have a rod ready because the opportunity will happen fast and you don’t want to miss it. I haven’t seen any Kings lately, but I believe they’ll be back soon.
Till next time, tight lines and safe boating
Capt. John blouse
Hooked up charters & Cedar Key Marina II
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Cedar Key Marina and Cedar Key Fishing Guide Hookedup Charters.
