Over the last few weeks our coastal waters have been flooded with cold water from upwelling. We started the day at the inlet and quickly realized the bite was shut down. We picked apart a handful of spots with minimal action until we finally landed in a spot where conditions were right. Once we found the finger mullet we found the fish. In short order we landed two nice keeper flounder and a slot redfish. The flounder measured 18.5” and 15”. The redfish measured 25”. We caught the fish on a mix of live bait and fresh cut bait.

Its now mid June and the temperature outside is blazing hot in the middle of the day. To beat the heat I have been running most trips early at 630am. We were greeted with light winds and an outgoing tide with a low at 730am. The first few spots we checked were along the river and we struggled to find feeding fish but soon were able to get a nice redfish to the boat. The flounder fishing we did led to us catching seven fish but managed to only find one keeper out of the bunch. As the tide came back in the flounder began to bite better but our time ran out as it began to really flow in.

The longest days of the year just occurred over the past weekend. Lots of sun and flat calm waters are starting to become a regular occurrence. We had beautiful conditions on this trip and decided to start the day fishing a couple of creeks at high tide. After spending an hour or so hunting for redfish we finally broke the ice and had a fish tight on the rod. However, it wasnt a redfish but instead we had a nice flounder that quickly made its way to the cooler. After the flounder we switched gears and decided to double down and chase flounder for the rest of the trip. We used both live mullet and mud minnows as well as artificial lures to land our 7 keeper flounder. We threw back several other flounder that were short of the 14” minimum. Along with the Flounder we were able to catch several spanish mackerel that are planned to made into smoked fish dip.