June 28, 2011
Hey Florida Gulf Coast Fans, Scallop season is here! A week early, thanks to the State. By all accounts the supply is very good. The Game and Fish survey done a few weeks ago said the scallop fishery was healthy. Recreational scallopers had no trouble gathering limits of the shellfish […]
Read More »June 27, 2011
The Ocklawaha River is up! Recent rainfall, along with the Dam at Moss Bluff being temporarily open, has the water level higher than we have seen in over a year. On our last few trips, the Largemouth Bass bite has improved. We’ve caught and released 20 Bass on a recent […]
Read More »June 11, 2011
The Spotted Sea Trout are schooling up off the Levy/Citrus County coasts, along with several other species. Recently, June 6, we headed offshore for some Grouper/Cobia action, but had to go to plan “B” when the offshore seas became too rough to fish. After about an hour of running back […]
Read More »June 9, 2011
The Largemouth Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has improved over the last few weeks. Although we are not catching large numbers of fish, the size has definitely improved. On our last few trips, we’ve caught and released several Bass over 6 lbs.. Pretty good for this time […]
Read More »May 28, 2011
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 […]
Read More »May 26, 2011
Kings and moving in thick, slow troll or use a flatline with a live pin or I like a frozen threadfin, look for bait pods and start there. I’ve had great luck in 50 to 65 ft while grouper fishing, there lots around, bait pods are key to were to […]
Read More »May 25, 2011
South East of Snake Key, Deadmans channel, and all flats in 3 to 6 ft of water are producing plenty of trout, reds, sharks, some cobia and the tarpon are there as well. Bait of choice is a chartreuse 3/8 jig, tipped with shrimp or new penny gulp, and of […]
Read More »May 23, 2011
On a recent trip, 5/20, we ran about 5 miles north of the Withalacoochee River entrance at Yankeetown and fished the first 2 hours of the falling tide. Just south of the Waccassasa River, this area of the Gulf of Mexico is referred to as the Grass Flats, and is […]
Read More »April 30, 2011
A heads up from Slick Charters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission?has annouced two free saltwater fishing weekends in June. June 4-5 and June 18-19 Also Scallop Season has been extended about week on the front end and two weeks on the back end, from June 25 to September […]
Read More »April 25, 2011
It’s all about the T’s: tide, time and temperature, and of the three the most important is the time. Although tide, or current, and temperature are factors, time deserves the most consideration. This time of year you can pretty much set your watch by the Bass bite. From the time […]
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