The seatrout bite has been pretty good. The bite is primarily in or near sounds. Capt. Wild Bill says the sounds have cleaner water due to sand bottoms. Capt. Rick verifies the same report that the bite has been near the sounds. Contrary to the bite in the sounds roe and male trout can be up rivers in brackish water. Lots of dirty water due to the aftermath of storms and wind. Fishermen are finding fish when they find clean water. When fishing for seatrout there are lots of other fish to take your bait so take plenty of bait. Rick reports lots of small trout as well as ladyfish.
Not lots of reports on redfish this week. A couple of fisherman have reported good success on glup baits. New penny is the favor of the week. Plastics can work very well. Glup baits can produce bites at times better than live bait. On the other hand it’s good to have a variety of baits on hand. Brown shrimp are moving into local waters. New penny is basically a shrimp pattern. Another tip is change your float size when fishing. Line or float diameter is more important than color. That said trying smaller floats might be effective.
The shark bite is on! Dropping a line along a sand bar will likely produce a bite in little time. A favorite bait is the head from a menhaden. Squid can work well as well a variety of cut bait like bluefish or ladyfish. Allen from River Supply reports a variety of fish within five miles of the beach: jacks, bluefish, spanish and kings. When near shore isn’t too rough fishing could be hot!
The flounder bite near the sounds continues to heat up! Best tide to fish near low tide. Best bait large mud minnows or finger mullet.
Tides this week are building with the evening tides Thursday peaking at 8.5 feet, an a .8 negative tide in the afternoon. Spring tides can be difficult to fish due to fast currents and dirty water. For best success try to find slower moving clean water.
Hope this of help!
Good Fishing!
Capt. Jack McGowan