Late January Cedar Key Fishing Report

January 26, 2015

Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report In between these cold fronts north winds, the speckled trout have been biting good on the grass flats and near the bars in 2.5 to 4.5 ft of water using popping corks, with a 2ft leader, 1/4oz jig head and live shrimp, gulps and/or finger […]

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Looks Like the Pre-spawn Bite Is On, Happy New Year to all!

December 31, 2014

The Largemouth Bass bite has exploded over the past couple of weeks. Lots of keeper size fish, as well as the occasional wall hanger. Looks like the pre-spawn bite is on! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! See you on the River! Ocklawaha Fishing Guide Captain Nick Bozman […]

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Cedar Key Fishing Report

December 30, 2014

Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report At the downtown dock, the Sheepshead are biting good with shrimp, fiddlers crabs and oysters. The trout are hitting good on the grass flats in 3 to 5 feet of water using popping corks with shrimp or gulp baits. The redfish are hitting better in […]

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The Pre-spawn Bite is Expected To Kick-off Soon

November 19, 2014

Bass fishing on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has been fairly consistent over the past month or so. Plenty of bites, although most have been from schooling “buck Bass” getting ready for our first spawning period of the season. I expect our first good pre-spawn bite to kick-off very soon, […]

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Expect The Largemouth Bass Bite To Improve

September 23, 2014

Thank goodness our long, relatively hot summer is coming to a close. Although the bass fishing has remained good throughout the past few months, the number of people fishing dramatically drops as the temperature rises, and who can blame them. This is the time of year I usually set aside […]

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Cedar Key Inshore & Offshore Fishing Reports

September 23, 2014

Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report The redfish have been on fire, reports are coming in that you can see them swimming in packs. Fish for them using the same techniques as usual, jig heads tipped with shrimp or mullet or a popping cork with 30# leader and using live shrimp, […]

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Cedar Key Inshore & Offshore Fishing Reports

August 20, 2014

Cedar Key Inshore Fishing Report There are reports of good numbers and good sizes of redfish have being caught. Mostly on the in coming tide around the cuts and passes and up close to the islands using live shrimp and finger mullet. The trout are still here but can be […]

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The Bass Bite Is Slowed A Bit On The Ocklawaha

May 29, 2014

Bass fishing on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has slowed a bit, although the average size of fish caught has recently increased.  The Largemouths, for the most part, have been coming off the bed over the past few weeks, and these lunker females are hungry. The majority of fish caught […]

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Cedar Key Offshore “Memorial weekend” Fishing Report

May 26, 2014

In 55 to 65 ft of water southwest of Cedar Key, Florida the red grouper are on fire and there are plenty of bait pods around as well. They’re hitting on mostly frozen mullet, northern mackerel and thread-fin herring. We also use live pinfish. There are also big gag grouper […]

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