Fresh Holiday Fishing Reports

As the water temperatures cool down, the Sheepshead, Redfish and Trout have been pushing into creeks and areas that have warmer water. A lot of sheepshead have been caught on oyster bars with moving water, and Redfish have been schooled up with the Mullet on flats, deeper water areas, and creeks. Trout have been plentiful and with sizes ranging, the smaller Trout have been more aggressive but patience and persistence brings in the bigger trout after weeding through ghe smaller ones. Lures are producing some nice fish and we’re also catching fish on live bait as well. The weather has been fantastic and fishing continues to be great this time of year. Look forward to seeing y’all on the water. Captain Aaron

Had a great time out at the reef

Inshore: October leads to some of the best fishing we see all year! The inshore bite will be on fire this month! We can expect to see large schools of redfish on all of our common flats. This includes the mouth of the Anclote river, west of gulf harbors , cow key and all of the areas in between. My favorite bait for redfish will be a cut bait on the bottom. Take a pinfish and cut the head tail and fins off and it makes the perfect bait! In these same areas we can expect to see snook, trout and even some cobia showing up! Have a line rigged on some heavier tackle with no weight to pitch to these fish. Offshore: the nearshore grouper bite is really taking off at the moment ! Trolling and casting plugs at these fish is by far my favorite technique, however freelined pinfish or white bait in a split work just as well! Kingfish should be showing up this month as well. Target hard bottom in 20-50 feet of water bump trolling larger streamline bait fish . Tip of the month: bring lots of bait ! Wether it be offshore or inshore, all of our species can be chummed up ! If you chum they will come! Tarpon fishing outfitters sells great tools to aid in chumming, so make sure you ask your associate on their favorite tricks and techniques!

This Fall has been amazing ! A lot of grouper moved into the shallows !

Hi Everyone, Looking forward to this Fall’s gag grouper season . October thru the season closer on December 31st is an excellent time to take advantage of the grouper being so close to shore ! Don’t miss out on this hot action! Tight lines! Capt Carlos

This summer the fishing has been red hot and we’ve been mixing it up with some sandbar activities!!