Our good grouper bite continues despite the wind/waves lately. Trolling and bottom fishing in 12-30′ of water has been very productive. The average size of our fish this week has skyrocketed. A lot of shallow water gags out there right now in the 30″ range. Big lipped plugs such as the Rapala Magnum X-Rap 20’s and the Magnum Husky 25’s have been our go to trolling baits. Looks like threre’s decent weather the next few days so get out there while you can!

Spotted Sea Trout

With really low tides recently we’ve focused on spotted sea trout quite a bit inshore. The bite has been very good most days. Live shrimp on a jig head has been our bait of choice. Most productive areas have been oyster bars and rocky points. We should be getting good push of fish around the “rock grass” near the mangrove islands soon. After the next cold front I’d concentrate efforts onto those areas or the main river. A lot of oversized tout out there right now. One trip over the weekend we struggled to catch keeper sized fish as we’re only allowed one over 19″ per boat with the new trout regulations.

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