ABOUT SALT WATER FISHING
As many salt water anglers know fishing during the winter can be tough. Just ask me. Take today for example. I hooked up with 5 red bass up to 30 inches from 7:30am - 10am . Then all of a sudden the sun disappeared behind the dark winter clouds and the winds picked up to about 15 mph. By then it felt like about 20 degrees. I had one bite for the next hour and a half. I knew then the fishing trip was over and headed back to the baot ramp. Another good fishing trip ruined by a cold winter day.
Photo: David Dedmond with a 4.2lb Trout!!
Try using a Gotcha Lure when nothing else is biting.
One of our staffed anglers David Dedmond hooked up witha 4.2lb trout caught on a silver Gotcha Lure at "the point" Nassau .
Inshore north of the St. Johns River: Whiting at Nassau Sound. Reds in the
creeks at low tide. A few big trout around in deep water such as near Broward
Island. Drum in Nassau River.
Inshore south of the St. Johns River: Black drum in creeks north of St.
Augustine. Some trout in waterway around mud flats in 3-4 feet of water. Reds
hit and miss.
St. Johns River/jettiesClapboard Creek/Hannah Mills has been holding
big schools of redfish. Mayport jetties producing scattered sheepshead and
black drum.
Offshore Fernandina: Some nice sea bass catches reported from Schultz's
Bottom. Sea bass, a few snapper at HH. Whiting in surf at south end of Amelia
Island.
Offshore Mayport: Red snapper, beeliners remain good bets for those running
20-plus miles offshore. Sea bass so-so. Not much happening in the surf.
Offshore St. Augustine: Quite a few sea bass available inshore. A few tuna,
wahoo at the ledge. Beaucoup whiting in and around St. Augustine inlet. Surf is
slow.
