Speckled Trout Are Moving and The Red Fish Are In The Usual Places
It is only the 27th of May, but summer is here. Most days the wind has kept the heat tolerable, along with a good bite.
Speckled Trout have set up house on the deeper flats, 6-12feet deep. The shallow flats will still produce Trout in the morning till about 9 or 10 am and then they seem to quit, at which time we usually will move to the deeper flats or hunt Redfish.
Redfish seem to have a higher tolerance to the heat and bright sun. Fish for them in the usual places all summer, rocky and hard bottom areas, marsh points and creek mouths.
We are fishing Bass Assassin Kwik Cork rigs with cut pinfish in the shallows and slow hopping jigs with Salt Water Assassin 4″ and 5″ baits in the deeper flats. This also produces a great deal of bonus activity, Bluefish, Sea Bass, Flounder, Cobia, Spanish Mackerel and Ladyfish, lots of ladyfish. Take plenty of jigheads and baits. Also, take plenty of water.
Enjoy the Gulf!
GOD Bless and Good Fishing,
Captain, STEVE KROLL
This Steinhatchee Fishing Report
is from Steinhatchee, Florida Fishing Guide Captain Steve Kroll
A Late May Steinhatchee Red
Speckled Trout, It's What You Come To Steinhatchee For
Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report
In the flats and around the islands, there are plenty of trout,?red fish and?Spanish Mackerel.
Use Cajun thunder corks and jig heads tipped w/ shrimp and you can’t go wrong with gulp’s either.
There has been a couple of reports of cobia caught in the shallows as well. I?foresee in the next 2 weeks for them to move in strong as well as kings to as close as 15 to 20 ft.
The water is perfect and the fish are hungry, so load up and go get em.
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Cedar Key Marina and Cedar Key Fishing Guide Hookedup Charters.
Cedar Key Offshore Fishing Report
The water has finally warmed up to around 75 degrees in the afternoon and around 69 degrees in the am.
Bait pods are showing up and?there are plenty of Spanish Mackerel and some Kings at around 25 to 35 ft.
At 50 ft around wrecks and strong structure there are plenty of Amber Jacks ( reef donkey’s) to play with and in 48 to 60 ft there are plenty of those endangered gags, and some keeper red grouper, the larger ones are still in 60 to 75 ft.
I haven’t seen any Cobia offshore yet. But ….. this means that the next 3 to 5 weeks are gonna be on fire, the fish are there and they are going to be hungry!
Bait of choice, whatever you put down, we were using sardines, threadfins and menhaden, plus live pinfish are best for Amber Jacks or butterfly jigs
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Cedar Key Marina and Cedar Key Fishing Guide Hookedup Charters.
“JAWS” IN THE GULF OF MEXICO!
On Thursday and Friday of last week, July 8th and 9th, we fished both the outer markers of the Barge Canal, about 10 miles off the Citrus County Coast, and the Grass Flats near Levy County with similar results each trip. Plenty of fish to be caught, but not necessarily the species we prefer to target.
The markers were holding good numbers of Cobia, but they seem to be a little hesitant to bite, and the few we caught were under the 33 inch minimum length. I’m guessing the 86 degree water temps might have something to do with that. Also, the Goliath Grouper showed up, and made landing other fish more difficult than normal. I still get a kick out of watching the expressions on peoples faces when they have their first encounter with these 500 lb. plus monsters.
Speaking of monsters, Friday, just before pulling the hook, I took a look back behind the boat and saw what appeared to be a Bull Shark about 20 feet astern of us. I swear it was Jaws or at least a close relation. The first words out of my buddy Scott’s mouth were “We’re gonna need a bigger boat!”
Although we did get hooked up, it only took a few minutes before he broke us off. I don’t think I own any tackle large enough for a fish that size.
We only had a glance of it’s dorsal and tail fin, but there is no question in my mind that this leviathan was over 1000 lbs. Like Forrest said “You just never know what you are going to get”.
We ran up to the grass flats Friday morning for about an hour and caught Black-tip Sharks, Spanish Mackerel but no Trout.
Although the targeted species are getting harder to find, there is plenty of action. A great trip for the young ones who just want to catch a fish and are not too picky about the species.
Pictured below is Mike Sisco of Ocala with his first Cobia.
Till next time…see you out there.
Good Luck
Captain Nick
This Yankee Town, Florida Fishing Report is from Yankeetown Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick
Mike Sisco With His First Cobia
Big Bend Fishing Is Alive And Well!
Instead of “How’s the fishing?”, the first thing most people have inquired about over the last few months has been the disaster in the Gulf, and rightfully so.
It’s hard to turn on the TV or pick up a paper without being reminded of what’s going on, what’s being done about it, and of course, who’s to blame.
Meanwhile, we’ve been experiencing one of the best summer time bites in recent history.
Although the near shore (Redfish) bite has been slow due to high water temps, we’ve had no problem getting our limit of Cobia, Trout, and a variety of non-targeted species a little further out.
The outer markers of the barge canal off the Citrus County coast has produced good numbers, and is an excellent place to troll for Grouper on those hot summer days.
Scallop season is open and I’ve heard reports of good numbers off the Gomez Rocks area near Homossasa.
Yes, fishing on the Nature Coast/Big Bend region is alive and well. “Till next time, see you out there!
Remember, God Loves A Fisherman
Good Luck
Captain Nick
This Yankee Town, Florida Fishing Report is from Yankeetown Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick
