January Hot Bite
January 19, 2023 Grant-Valkaria 1 photo
Black Drum
Black Drum
Sheepshead
Sheepshead

Trip Summary

The start of the 2023 year has been amazing. With the north jetty at Sebastian Inlet still being closed, we have been spoiled with some amazing fishing out there. The full moon in January usually always brings in the black drum. The drum bite has been off the chain. Live shrimp has been the ticket for these drummers. Being able to get up close to the jetty without tangling up in the land fishermen's lines has been awesome. We've been able to land tons of keeper black drum along with some big sheepshead and a number of snook. Lately the flounder bite has started to get pretty good using live finger mullet or live shrimp. We've also had some great fights landing some smaller Goliath grouper ranging 40 to 80lbs. Bluefish are showing up as well along with spinner and blacktip sharks along the beach. Bowfishing trips have also been successful. We're still finding a bunch of big tilapia out in the Three Forks Marsh. The cold fronts kind of hurt us a bit. When the water gets chilly these fish like to go to deeper water to stay warm. The night trips seem to be a little more productive and easier to find the fish with the lights. We've added a new addition to the arsenal adding in a couple Viking Kingfish Crossbows. These crossbows are very easy to operate. This will help out the ladies and youngsters that aren't able to pull back the compound bows. We are also working on doing some bass fishing trips in the near future.
Shane Trottier
Grant-valkaria, Florida, United States
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It's coming into spring break time, so we'll have limited spots available. We get booked up pretty quick this time of year. Let's start off with the weather, we'll it's been hit or miss as usual. It's been windy, rainy, and cold most of February. March should be warming up a bit though. When the days are available offshore trips have been very productive. We've had a few nice days in the last couple weeks, so last minute decisions to run out have paid off. The snapper bite has been amazing. Nice sized mangrove and lane snapper, triggerfish, sheepshead, pompano, bluefish, and kingfish, along with an occasional cobia have all been taking the bait. Inshore on the other hand has been hit or miss. The heavy winds have been making the lagoon very dirty. With dirty water makes it almost impossible to site fish anything unless they're active on top. The cold fronts and heavy winds have put a damper on most days but we're managing. The snook bite at the inlet has been tough as well. There's been a solid 10 degree difference in water temps from the ocean side to the river side. One day is hot the next day is not. The inlet has been holding a decent amount of jack crevalle which offer an awesome fight and there has been some occasional monster bluefish around. There's been a good number of blacktip and spinner sharks being caught along the beach and nearshore reefs. When mother nature allows us, we're having good luck on the nearshore reefs catching weakfish and lane snapper. The big manta rays have started to show up outside the inlet and if you're lucky they'll have some cobia tagging along with them looking for an easy meal. Bowfishing has been excellent at night. We've found some solid spots in one of the lakes that offers some fantastic trips. Tons of tilapia everywhere you look, some customers are getting upwards of 300 shots a night. The day trips are ok, but nighttime is where it's at for bowfishing out here.
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