December 23, 2008
Salt Water Fishing Report for Crystal River, Yankeetown, Cedar key and Levy County- 12/23/08 Fished the “Progress Energy” Hot water Discharge Canal last week. Had several reports of good numbers of large Spotted Sea Trout, as well as Snook and Cobia being caught there, so I thought I’d give it […]
Read More »December 8, 2008
Looks like the “pro’s” at the N.W.S. might have gotten it right. Record low temp’s in both October and November have started pushing fish further inshore all over the Big Bend region. Grouper populations, as well as other pelagics spend the summer months offshore, then migrate to nearshore waters as […]
Read More »November 18, 2008
Go Gators!!! FL 56 – other?6 I’ve been quite busy over the past week. Had five fishing trips in the past 8 days. “Dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it”! Three out of the five were saltwater trips, fishing the grass flats off the Levy/Citrus County Coast for Spotted Sea […]
Read More »November 11, 2008
Skinny Water…Fat Fish I finally had the opportunity to get out to the Grass Flats off the Levy County Coast this week for some Trout fishing. ypically this part of the Big Bend is well known for great Trout action, and Thursday, 11/6, was no exception. We departed the […]
Read More »October 22, 2008
Chomping for the Gulf of Mexico! I’m chomping at the bit to get back to the Grass Flats and Spoil Islands off of Yankeetown (Citrus/Levy counties coast). Recently, between having freshwater trips to do, or the wind blowing 15-20 knots, I have been kept from any saltwater fishing since the […]
Read More »October 13, 2008
Crystal River, Yankeetown Fishing Report From Captain Nick? Friday, Oct. 10, we fished the A.M. incoming tide about 20 miles off the Citrus County Coast for Grouper and Cobia. ? We? didn’t have much luck with the Grouper, but did manage to catch a few Cobia, along with plenty of […]
Read More »September 28, 2008
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 […]
Read More »September 19, 2008
Yankeetown & Crystal River info pages. 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 […]
Read More »September 11, 2008
High winds have kept us from any saltwater trips recently. I have received a report or two from a few “die hard anglers”. For the most part, the fishing was slow. A Redfish here and there. On the other hand, several huge Black Drum,, between 30 and 80 lbs., were […]
Read More »September 5, 2008
Snook season opened Sept. 1 and closes Nov. 30. Don’t forget the required stamp and the latest slot limit, 28-33 inches. Also, scallop season closes next weekend, Sept. 10, so again, Better get-em while you can! To be perfectly honest, we haven’t fished the Gulf of Mexico since last Friday […]
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