July 8, 2013
In Cedar Key sea trout seem to moving into the deeper water at about 8-12 feet, out by seahorse reef in the grass patch on the southeast side, also Spanish n King Mackerel are there as well. Bottom fishing with just enough weight to get it to the bottom using chum and […]
Read More »June 3, 2013
Last report I mentioned catching short Cobia, no keeper size. Well I have included a picture of a 36″ beast that took a half hour to tire down enough on Trout tackle to get close enough to the boat to gaff. We broke off one bigger an hour earlier. They […]
Read More »May 15, 2013
In spite of some late cool weather we are in full spring swing. Speckled Trout fishing has been consistently the best ever. Right now we are catching Trout on the deep flats, jigging and shallow flats jigging or corking with cut pinfish. And some big fish, getting our over 20″ […]
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April 29, 2013
Fishing on Florida’s Nature Coast is alive and well. Last Thursday all the planets aligned. The tide, time, temperature and weather conditions were all perfect for an offshore trip. I and two of my fishing partners, Doug and Pat, struck out about 8 a.m. from the Yankeetown Public Ramp. We […]
Read More »April 13, 2013
Hi Steinhatchee Friends, what great fishing we’re having and I expect to have for a while. Speckled Trout are feeding good right now and my guess is they are engaged in mating rituals, or getting ready to. Tuesday 4 of 5 trout were males, they were drumming. I’m sure they have […]
Read More »April 2, 2013
The Sheepshead are still on the artificial reefs in 20 to 30 ft of water and in good sizes too. The sea bass and grunts are biting good in 25 to 35 ft on all live n rock bottom areas as well as the ” the endangered gag grouper ( they […]
Read More »April 1, 2013
Finally some nice weather, the fishing was hot this weekend and there were numerous reports of limited catches of Speckled Trout and Sand Trout all good and fat. The areas producing? All of the grass flat areas, North Key, Dead Mans Channel, Gomez Key and in between Osenotie and Snake Key. The […]
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March 15, 2013
Winter is kinda hanging on here in mid March. I hope it is the last of it. The fishing however has been great. Sheephead showed up right on schedule, the Speckled Trout have been plentiful and large and the next few weeks should be real good for the Porgie fish. […]
Read More »February 12, 2013
Since grouper fishing is shut down, we are mainly fishing within 9 miles. The Sea Bass and Florida snapper (white grunts) are biting good & are a good size in 25-35 ft of water on live bottom and rocky area’s. The big Sheepshead are biting good out on the reefs […]
Read More »February 11, 2013
Just a quick heads up that the speckled trout are still in the back marsh area. But also moving back out on the grass flats and around the island’s and sand bars. The best reports are in the mid afternoon when the sun warms up the waters. The deeper channels in […]
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