Weather
We are on the front side of a full moon this weekend with some full moon action coming up early work week for us. We should have some big tidal flows and some great weather coming too. We do have a little weak cold front lined up late Monday early Tuesday but its going to be minimally impactful to our area. However, it will have enough of an effect to dry us out a bit and lower the high temps a few degrees, but we will still be well into the 80s and not much of any wind or rain with this front it seems. This nice long drawn out period of nice weather is a welcomed change of pace. However, things will remain warm and very much almost summer like now. We have seen the water really calm down and clear up quickly with this nicer weather period too.
Inshore
Snook action is hot around the area and this little warming trend has pushed even more into our passes. Plus, we are seeing quite a few more pushing onto the beaches too. We are seeing some tanks around the docks with tons of smaller fish mixed in as well! Great time to target the snook is right before and around sunrise or earlier morning. As the heat of the day sets in, they get a bit deeper and harder to target.
Redfish action is best in the back bay waters, we are seeing a few around the docks but most are being caught in the back bay around the flats and mangroves. We are seeing most of them on the soft plastics or white baits, but they will take some swim baits and hard baits too. Pinfish are even a good idea, and as water starts to warm the cut threads, pinfish or ladyfish become a staple.
Trout action still going well and surprisingly still some nice sized fish around too. They were up in the shallows again last week on those cooler mornings warming up in the early day sun, but now with the heat staying high they are pushing a bit deeper once again. Live white bait or small pinfish are a great idea if you don’t have the soft plastics or imitation shrimp ready to roll.
Mackerel are super thick around local fishing piers, docks, bridges, and passes. They are found chasing the white bait and flashy lures around the local area. They can typically be targeted with 20-30lb leader with a 1-2ot long shank J hook and a smaller white bait like a green back. You can also throw lures like a gotcha plug with great success on mackerel too!
Tarpon action is starting up more and more around local area bridges, passes and some along the beaches. However, it seems around the skyway and some local larger bridges at night is more common for now, as its still pretty early to have large numbers of tarpon around.
NEAR SHORE
Mackerel and kingfish are THICK right now along the near shore waters from the Egmont channel in the bay all the way out to around 15-18 miles. The mackerel thin out once you start to get deeper than around 40ft of water and then the kingfish become the only pelagics you will run into until you get deeper than around 80-100ft and get into that offshore water for tuna, wahoo, and maybe more! However, trolling the beaches right now around the passes, and virtually any hardbottom from the beach to around 40-50ft is a good way to target the mackerel and perhaps find some kingfish. Look for the bait which is easy to spot thanks to often being birds present too! You can cruise down the crab trap lines, channels or any artificial reefs, wrecks or spoil areas to find structure holding bait too!
Hogfish action has slowed a bit, but were finding a few here and there despite things slowing down some! We are catching a few on the half day and a handful on the ten hours, but we are fishing deeper lately on the all day doing well on the bigger lanes, mangroves and having a great shot at some nice red grouper. We are seeing around 10-15 nice red grouper on the ten hour trips recently. The big lanes and mangroves also help to fill in the holes that were left behind as the hogfish slowed down.
OFFSHORE
Wahoo action is notable offshore right now and I am hoping our 44 hour that left this morning will come back Sunday with a pile topped off with a load of wahoo! We had four hooked on the last 39 hour and I saw a bunch of experienced trolling guys equipped with the right gear, lures and tackle leaving on this 44 hour so I have high hopes. We typically hook the wahoo on the lipped plugs like the nomad dtx or the rapala xrap magnums. We also should be seeing a big pile of blackfin tuna soon as well as I have heard from a few folks there are big piles of them being found offshore in concentrated pockets. Also, pelagic wise this is that time of year we often encounter some big smoker kingfish offshore too!
Red grouper action is going pretty well offshore too, and we are seeing some fat ones in good numbers. They are coming up on the live pinfish and the big dead baits like their near shore counterparts in smaller sizes. We are seeing them well on our 39 and 44 hour trips, but the 12 hour extreme has a great shot at them too.
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