Steinhatchee Fishing Report, And the Bite Goes On
Steinhatchee Fishing Report
From Captain Steve
Trout and Reds continue to bite well. Limits are common.
I am?continuing to concetrate on shallow fish, mainly because the wind has?blown pretty good and makes the deeper flats a little rough.
Those?deeper flats do, however, produce some great bonus fish; mackerel,?bluefish, sandtrout, seabass, and flounder.
The Trout have been large?some days. A couple days the last few weeks we have had our limlt of?over 20″s. Red size has been upper slot. They can be caught in the?normal places, but we are continuing to catch reds on the flats also.
This fishing report is from Steinhatchee Fishing Guide Captain Steve of Pepper Fish Key Charters
Cedar Key fishing is good, but the weather will change, so go now!
I called Don at Cedar Key Marina and he?s had a busy morning, a lot of people are going out today.
He said just about everybody that goes out after Red Fish are getting their limit and that the people after Reds have also been catching flounder on the bars.
Don also said this is one of the best flounder years he has ever seen, that the trout are big and are big consistently, that people for the most part are getting their limits and that the sheep head should start moving in soon and that snook are common.
Seas are expected to be 2 feet until Saturday evening and inland water having a light chop. Things are suppose to change Saturday night however so be prepared for that and check the weather and sea reports.
This Cedar Key fishing report is from Don at Cedar Key Marina.
It?s Great to Be Fish’n in Steinhatchee.
Christie at the Sea Hag in Steinhatchee says the fishing is great inshore. And the both the Red Fish and Trout are hot.?
The Flounder are biting as well and this weekend all charters are booked and all of them are booked for the whole day.
The Grouper are biting too and are moving in close and some are being caught within sight of land.
The Skitter walk in the red fish color and gulp in white are hot on the flats as is x-wrap lures and silver and gold mirror spoons.
This Steinhatchee Fishing Report is from?Sea Hag.
The Mix …………….The Perfect Day!
We fished the southern end of the Big Bend Region Friday and Saturday of this week.
THE MIX
Friday we took the airboat and fished the “skinny water’ around Lowes Bay and the Withalacoochee Reefs area off the Levy County coast.
Started out about 9 a.m. and immediately spotted a school of huge Black Drum (30-50 lbs.) around a submerged oyster bar.? We threw everything in the bait well at them, cut mullet and live shrimp, but only managed to? land one.? We pushed further outside and fished the last of a strong incoming tide around the outer most oyster bars in the area.
By noon time, high tide, we had managed a mixed bag including Black Drum, Red Fish, Flounder, Spotted Sea Trout, a couple of huge Jack Cravelles, and yes, even a few of those fishes with whiskers, “Meow”.
SATURDAY THE PERFECT DAY
Saturday we departed from the Yankeetown Public Boat Ramp and we headed off the Citrus County coast, about 18 miles, to an old shipwreck.? Arrived there about 10 a.m..
Right off the bat, a school of Cobia showed up and it was “Off to the races”!
“No better fish in the world to sight cast to.
Within 5 minutes of dropping anchor,
we have 2 grown men performing a Chinese Fire Drill on a 20′ Boat!
What a sight.
By days end we had caught 2 Cobia, 20 Gag Grouper, 6 Keywest (Pinkmouth) Grunts, 2 Mangrove (Gray) Snapper, a Spanish Mackerel, a Nurse Shark (about 200 lbs.), and one close encounter with a huge Goliath Grouper.
It was one of those beautiful “Chamber of Commerce” days.
On the ride in, I just looked up at the sky and said “Thank you”.
Crystal River, Yankeetown &?Waccasassa?Florida Fishing Reports from Captain Nick
Yankeetown, Florida A Plan A and B that Work!
Finally found the time to get out on the Gulf this week,Thursday, 9/18, if only for a couple of hours.
Along with Dan and Doug, two close friends, we struck out for the Spoil Islands just south of the Florida Barge Canal Channel. We arrived just in time to catch the last hour of a strong incoming tide, about 4 P.M..
Right off the bat, we noticed the bait getting slammed everywhere. Good sign. On their first casts, both of my partners were hooked up. Even better sign!
Dan reeled in a nice Flounder, about 3 lbs, while Doug fought what turned out to be a huge Stingray for about 5 minutes. In the meantime the sea’s had started to pick up, and within 30 minutes or so, we noticed white caps everywhere. By this time the bait had disappeared, and so had the incoming tide and the bite.
Time for Plan B.
With a 15 knot headwind we made our way into the Barge Canal in time to fish the first of the falling tide. Doug got a Snook on the first cast, and I redeemed myself by catching 3 slot sized Reds in about 5 minutes.
By days end, 2 hours of fishing, we had managed to catch 3 Redfish, 1 Snook, 1 Grouper, 1 Flounder, several Ladyfish, a couple Catfish, and 1 huge Stingray. Not bad for Plan B
A Yankeetown, Florida fishing report from Captain Nick
