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Fishing Reports
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Hello Everyone, Fishing in my area has recently gone ballistic! There has been a massive influx of nice sized baitfish that has attracted a plethora of hungry predators. This is absolutely one of my favorite times to fish! Nearly every species is available and plentiful at that, bait is everywhere, the weather is gorgeous, and the fish are aggressive all day due to a cooler water temps. On the top of the list this month is kingfish, kingfish, and kingfish. These large, speedy, offshore pelagics come close to shore and even inside of the bay following the fall bait run south. Typical size is 10-20lbs but a 40-50lb “smoker king” is always a possibility. These fish sometimes fl...
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Hello Everyone, Tarpon fishing in the area has continued to be fantastic, especially sight fishing on the beach. Fish ranging from 50-180lbs were caught on nearly every trip in the past couple weeks though the average size was roughly about 100lbs. The number of pods of tarpon off the beach has been amazing most days. Seeing at least a thousand fish per trip is common place right now though not all of them want to eat. I have been nailing them with beautiful sized blue crabs that seem to be extremely numerous on the outgoing tide. Simply look for fish rolling, large dark spots in the water, or slicks on the surface and put a crab in front of them to get bit. Tide and even the time of day ...
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Hello Everyone, Fishing this week great, especially for tarpon! The main migration is pushing in and tarpon were everywhere they were suppose to be. The beaches, passes, and bridges in the area were all lit up with silver kings ready to take crabs, threadfin herring, DOA baitbusters and flies. Once the water cleared up from an earlier front, loads of tarpon could be sight-fished just of area beaches. Larger pods are starting to move in and its not uncommon to see 200+ fish slowly cruising down the beach. Some pods will have fish that will eat and some wont but there are enough out there to keep you busy all day long. A regular client of mine Marc Gerber caught a 100lb tarpon on his first ...