September 25, 2008
Christie at the Sea Hag said fishing is definitely picking up. Although the weather has hampered fishing off shore for the last week all inshore charters have been coming back with their limits for Reds and Trout. The Gulp New Penny is doing well as is the Perl White. Also […]
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September 24, 2008
Don at Cedar Key Marina says the water is cooling down and fishing is good. The Trout are spotty but big, 20 inches and over are common when they do bite. The Reds are biting all over and are moving on the bars and big schools of Red Fish are […]
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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 […]
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September 15, 2008
Catching picked up the last few days for Trout. Saturday’s trip produced 13 Trout and 3 reds. Fishing in 3 foot of water or less with white or new penney Gulp under Assassin cork rigs. Floating grass was heavy, so the cork rigs work well, as opposed to straight jig. […]
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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 […]
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September 10, 2008
As a guide it’s a good idea to have a plan, but just as important to be able to adapt Friday morning case in point. I didn’t think I had enough water to fish for Reds, but on my way out the river, some of my tide level gauges(shell bars […]
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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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September 3, 2008
We have 7 days of scallop season left and the water is clearing up. By the weekend I bet the visibility will be good. It’s still summertime fishing, however, Trout are biting. Keep in? mind this time of year is about change, and I don’t mean politics. I mean conditions […]
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August 30, 2008
Saltwater/Yankeetown (Nearshore) “Fish of the Day” On a recent trip, Rich and Bridgette Whitney, of Tampa, caught a variety of fish while fishing the grass flats and spoil islands off of Yankeetown..Species caught included Trout, Small Grouper, and Redfish, along with the typical by-catch. Bridgette ended up the trip catching […]
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August 27, 2008
Hey Y’all, I am not one to make up a good fishing report. The last few days have been tough fishing, for all species. We found short fish(trout), one keeper red, a couple bluefish. A slow catching day, however, nice weather and calm seas made it a wondeful day to […]
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