Inshore Fishing Report Sep 20, 2010

By | September 23, 2010

Last week there some reports of pretty good seatrout catches! This is good news! Lots of these fish were undersized. Nonetheless, a great sign for the weeks and months to come! The best report reports were fishing on or close to the beach fishing deep with finger mullet. Redfish action has been steady. Most of these fish year’s class of fish are undersized less than 14 inches. Nonetheless there are schools of this year’s fish that are already legal. The school sized redfish 13 to 15 inches appear to be keying on live shrimp. These fish will take a plastic or a hard bait but when you are on a school the instance your shrimp hit the water it’s a bite! Last week was a good for large flounders! These fish can be found close to the beach in tidal creeks with sandy bottoms. We did not catch large numbers but the one we caught were quality fish with the large ones in the three to five pound range. The water temperature is still pretty high around the mid 80’s. As a result tarpon are on the beachfronts as well in the intracoastal waterways. These fish are following the bait (medium size menhaden)! Anchoring off the surf fishermen were catching large sharks, tarpon and stag bass! Stag bass are in the froth. Lots of orange butterflies are around. Fishermen believe when orange butter flies are around stag bass are running the surf. Orange butterflies are here! Sharks can be found in the deeper water. Tarpon like to savagely attack a bait. Positioning your bait where pogies or ladyfish will likely push through could be critical.

As long as the water stays warm we should have tarpon in local waters. Stag should be continue to be working the surf through the fall. The difficulty will working the surf is the large number of small bluefish. This means you will lose lots of bait. Typically the blues are right outside of the froth. There’s no real way to avoid them other than casting to a new spot. If you can work through the blues you will likely get some nice hook ups. The Savannah pattern seems to be six or seven sharks for a shot at a tarpon. This pattern is still holding. Nonetheless, hitting a prime tarpon bite is possible with several tarpon hook ups.

Tides for the coming week look good! Should be plenty of opportunities for some good fishing! Lots of trash fish out there. If you are fishing bait be prepared to go through a lot of bait. Most of shrimp in the inland tidal waters are small. Larger shrimp can be found closer to the sounds and higher in the tide.

Some triple tails off beach as well on tidal flats. Most fishermen are targeting these fish during the change of tide by sight casting to these fish. Another nice fish at is on coast!

Hope this of interest and help!

Fish On!

Capt. Jack McGowan