The night before, most supplies had been loaded onto Kevin's 25-foot Kencraft. When a fishing season is only a handful of days long, you count on company out there-and you must prepare and make sacrifices (lost sleep) to succeed. He also said the striped bass are chewing well under the Buckman Bridge and in Doctor’s Lake.By Kevin's orders, the alarm went off at 3 a.m. Johns River at Mile Markers 18 and 19, said Jon Hamilton. South of downtown Jacksonville, the croaker and yellow mouth trout bite has been “on fire” in the St. My advice is to follow Brogden’s “Brokenreel23 Northeast Florida Surf Fishing” group on Facebook, where he provides daily updates on what’s biting at our local beaches. It can be easy to overlook surf fishing during the summer, but last week proved you don’t have to go far to fill the cooler. Surf anglers have been catching lots of big whiting and a few nice pompano during the last week, said Spencer Brogden. He’s finding fish along dropoff edges of the Intracoastal Waterway and grass lines during high tide. When the tide turns, he’ll switch to mud minnows on jig heads to target a “pretty good” flounder bite. He said he’s catching most of his fish around dead low tide on jigs and shrimp.Įggers said the redfish have been biting well during low incoming tides in the morning on topwater plugs. Ron Schurr said the backcountry bite has been surprisingly decent despite the hot muddy water. They caught the fish on shrimp and quarter-ounce jig heads.Ĭapt. As the tide dropped, they moved back into the shallow waters of Hannah Mills Creek and caught a 25-inch trout, 27-inch redfish and a flounder to bring home an inshore slam. They fished lures early during the high outgoing tide and found a steady bite of spanish mackerel, blue fish, jacks and ladyfish. Tony Bozzella fished Wednesday with Craig and Shopia Meyer. Steve Mullen caught a beautiful one over the weekend while slow trolling for kingfish.Ĭapt. Sailfish are also lurking at the nearshore wrecks, and Capt. He’s also seven cobia, but all but one was too short to keep. Kris Kell said he isn’t going any further than 12 miles offshore to find his kingfish, and he’s found plenty this week. “I caught some cobia this week too, and the tarpon are starting to show up in good numbers,” Waltz said in a text message.Ĭapt. The good news is that there’s plenty of bait to be jigged up if you have sabiki rigs on the boat.
Kirk Waltz said the kingfish bite has been great between 3 and 9 miles off the beach despite the pogie problems.
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Entry is $305, and registration is open until July 15.Ĭapt. This year’s contest will not require a check-out. The contest will pay 10 places deep, with the winner taking home a 24-foot Contender with a 300 horsepower Yamaha outboard and trailer that’s valued at $141,000. The junior tournament will be held July 14, and the two-day general tournament will be on July 16 and July 17. This is welcome news a week ahead of the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament. Some nice kingfish were caught over the weekend, including a 37 pounder by Chuck Darner and his grandson Byron. “I had five tarpon bites yesterday in the pogie pods on the beach, but the bait is there one day, gone the next,” said Capt. Practicing the golden rule and respect for our daily afternoon thunderstorms would be a good start. Please do your best this weekend to avoid becoming another one. I won’t get into the controversy surrounding the red snapper regulations, because the world has more than enough problems right now. If your boat doesn’t live at a marina, you better wake up early this weekend. The hard part will be finding a parking spot at the boat ramps, even for boaters not participating in the highly popular season. Snapper have been abundant on local reefs this summer, even on the public inshore numbers.
And starting July 15, bottom anglers will also be required to have a descending device on their boat.
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You’re now required to register for a free State Reef Fish Angler endorsement from FWC if you will be bottom fishing. The season runs from July 10th to July 12 and will reopen for the final day on July 17. The circus returns to Mayport on Friday, the long-awaited opener of this year’s four-day red snapper season.
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