September 21, 2011
You can find nice speckled trout all over the flats, near almost any grassy bottom and along cuts and islands using Cajun Thunder corks, live shrimp or Gulp (root-beer color). If you use a live pinfish you’ll catch larger trout, maybe not as many, but more quality. I have heard to reports […]
Read More »August 12, 2011
Sea Bass and Grunts are plentiful in 28–32 feet of water on live bait in hard bottom area’s. There are plenty of short and keeper size Gag Grouper in 35-45 ft of water and soon, Sept. 16th they will be open in Federal Waters. Which, in 50 to 70 ft there […]
Read More »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 »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 »April 12, 2011
In the flats and around the islands, there are plenty of trout,?red fish and?Spanish Mackerel. Use Cajun thunder corks and jig heads tipped w/ shrimp and you can’t go wrong with gulp’s either. There has been a couple of reports of cobia caught in the shallows as well. I?foresee in […]
Read More »April 11, 2011
The water has finally warmed up to around 75 degrees in the afternoon and around 69 degrees in the am. Bait pods are showing up and?there are plenty of Spanish Mackerel and some Kings at around 25 to 35 ft. At 50 ft around wrecks and strong structure there are […]
Read More »July 12, 2010
On Thursday and Friday of last week, July 8th and 9th, we fished both the outer markers of the Barge Canal, about 10 miles off the Citrus County Coast, and the Grass Flats near Levy County with similar results each trip. Plenty of fish to be caught, but not necessarily […]
Read More »July 3, 2010
Instead of “How’s the fishing?”, the first thing most people have inquired about over the last few months has been the disaster in the Gulf, and rightfully so. It’s hard to turn on the TV or pick up a paper without being reminded of what’s going on, what’s being done […]
Read More »June 16, 2010
Three days this week we either tied or broke the all time record highs here in Ocala, Florida. Temps are soaring and the fish continue to bite both in the fresh and salt water. The saltwater bite is definitely better during the early morning hours. We’ve had no problem limiting […]
Read More »June 10, 2010
Cedar Key Fishing Guide Captain John’s fishing report was to the point. “It said here and please put these on my web site”. I guess this means fishing is good.
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