I always feel when I get to the month with the first ” R ” in it, we’ve made it over the hump of summer. Although there is plenty of hot weather coming during September, we have archery season, snook season. redfish schools, shorter days and cooling water, almost forgot a good gag grouper bite. The Big Bend has its own way of slipping into Fall, it takes it’s time and that’s fine with me because I enjoy every bit of it.  The nearshore rocks are happening with mangrove snapper, white grunts, sea bass and spanish mackerel. Surprises can happen in the shallow stuff ask, Capt. Madison MacDonald when his client landed a keeper gag grouper with light tackle in 7 feet of water while trout fishing. On the shallow rocks use live shrimp for bait. Trout fishing south of the Homosassa River channel is your best bet for good keeper fish on the high outgoing tide. Fall trout fishing is best on a outgoing tide. High outgoing tide is also best for catching a keeper snook. We have a great snook population starting from Cedar Key south. some of my favorite redfish spots have been taking over by snook. Live pinfish and select shrimp are good live baits. Some anglers are using threadfin herring to chum and live line for snook like south of us in Tampa but i like to catch them on artificial baits like the D.O.A. 5.5″ glow jerkbait or MirrOlure Lil John in glow goldglitter. Always with a chartreuse 1/8 oz. jighead. Incoming high tide will be mid morning this weekend. 

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