After Hurricane Irma I was concerned first with my family and personal belongings. When the dust settled ( no flooding, Thank You God! ) and aftermath clean up the next step was to see how the fish were biting and our Nature Coast waters were doing. What I found was some dirty water and good fishing. As expected the Fall redfish bite is in full swing with the incoming tide. Outside keys with large schools of mullet are the best spots to fish. I recommend being patience and let the tide build. As the water flows in, the redfish will gravitate toward the points and rocky shore lines. Again patience will win over trying to beat other anglers to some of the best spots. Places that are being hit hard early in the tide will be better later. Live shrimp on jig heads and pinfish will get the bite. One of my best days this week was 22 redfish and 30 snook all on MirrOlure LiL Johns and D.O.A. CAL Shads.
The trout bite has been very good on the yellow bottom west of St. Martins Keys, on the south side of the Homosassa channel and north of the Chassahowitzka channel. Watermelon red flake soft plastic lures worked best. The near shore rocks where a let down for me because of the dirty water. It was hard to see the structure because of the dirty water. The scallop grounds are also very murky with reports of poor harvest. That may change by this weekend. Incoming tide this weekend will be late afternoon with a low tide midday. This will be helpful for getting scallops on the close of the season.
Capt. William Toney is a full time 4th generation fishing guide from Homosassa. Experience some of Florida’s best inshore fishing and beautiful unspoiled backcountry. His boat is a custom built 23 foot Tremblay and uses G-Loomis rods with Shimano reels. Trout, redfish and shore lunch are Capt. Williams specialty’s but many other species are caught or targeted.
Capt. William Toney is a full time 4th generation fishing guide from Homosassa. Experience some of Florida’s best inshore fishing and beautiful unspoiled backcountry. His boat is a custom built 23 foot Tremblay and uses G-Loomis rods with Shimano reels. Trout, redfish and shore lunch are Capt. Williams specialty’s but many other species are caught or targeted.
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