Well, what can I say about the last two weeks that most of you don't already know? The fishing is just fantastic. The weather has been just as good. The King Mackerel bite has not been in close. What I've been having to do is ease out to some of the near shore artificial reefs. It seems that the combination of west winds and the Mississippi River flood water runoff it has the water here dirty and it's cooled the water down a couple of degrees also. This has also given the fall Cobia run a kick start. I've been seeing them on just about every trip and catching one here and there. I had a report from Capt. Pat Dineen in Destin that he's seen a good number of Cobia around East Pass over the last two weeks also. The Snapper bite is still good. I'm catching lots of Mangrove and Red Snapper in the 75 foot range of water depth (six to eight miles out), this seems to be the line where the water is clearing up also.
The Jack Cravelle is becoming a very popular species to target over the last couple of weeks also. I have been sight casting to them up close to the beach with big top water poppers from SPRO, and let me tell you, that's a top water bite that you won't forget. There are lots of sharks up close to the beach also so don't go up there with just mono tied to your chugger or it might be the last time you might ever see it. I will crimp a ten inch piece of 60 pound test cable to the lure just in case I can tease the man in the brown suit to chase a top water plug.
If your into just catching some fish then hit the beach with a light weight fly rod light weight spinning tackle and test your skills on the big Blue Fish and Skipjacks, they are eating just about anything that moves. Keep your eyes open for schooling False Albacore (the tiny tuna) also, when you find a school then cast a small shinny spoon into them and reel as fast as you can, these fish can really strip off some line so be prepared.
As for the inshore fishing, it's in the summer time pattern. If you look around a little you can catch some nice fish. Just last Wednesday I had 3 anglers that wanted to fish for Specks and Reds. We caught six or eight Speck with two nice keepers. Then we went dock fishing for Red Fish and they had a blast. I guess we caught ten or twelve nice Reds, the shortest was 20 inches and the longest was 27 inches. What a nice stringer of fish!!
Fish come and go, but it's the memories of days spent fishing that last a life time.
I know one thing for sure - You ain't going to catch'em sittin' on the couch!!
So get out there, and take a kid fishing. God Bless.
Professional Fishing Guide
Capt. Eddie Woodall
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