Water temps have dropped dramatically. Closer to shore, the temps plunged quickly. Anglers have a few options In between the cold fronts.
Try digging up a few gag groupers before the season closes at the end of the month. Certain rocks that have produced for you in the past, may be holding fish.
A few new residences have recently been landed by anglers trolling large lipped lures. Another option for inshore anglers is to keep your eyes open near crab trap buoys.
There has been a slight migration of Tripletail. They can be found loiter within a foot of crab trap buoys dotting our coastline. They can’t pass up a free-lined live shrimp.
Strategic positioning of your offering can often be a must. Tease the Tripletail to leave the vicinity of the barnacle encrusted buoy. The live shrimp on your hook is comparable to a carrot dangled in front of a donkey.
You can lure them away for the buoy a few feet, increasing your odds for a great catch. Pound for pound these tasty fish are one of the scrappiest out there, so be sure to adjust your light tackle drag accordingly.
Finding Spanish and King Mackerel will be a coin toss between cold fronts. Pelicans remain high diving a few miles from shore, revealing bait schools. If weather lets up, don’t be surprised to see another resurgence of macks.
Some of the best fall runs have occurred after Thanksgiving and all well into December. The number of cold fronts that blast thru our area will truly dictate that occurrence.
The key to success during these transitional times is to be ready for both fall and winter migrations of fish.
- Jay Mastry - March 26, 2024
- Captains Corner, Gorta - March 23, 2024
- Dave Zalewski - March 12, 2024
