The best bite inshore has been redfish. As we get further into Fall, the evening’s are getting darker sooner, that will help drop our Big Bend water temperatures. Although the water temps are still in the mid 80’s this is the best time of the year to experience a nice school of redfish. Looking into the water and picking out mullet, snook and redfish takes a trained eye. Amber colored lenses in quality sunglasses make the difference of guessing or just casting into the blind when an angler is fishing on the flats. Mullet tend to dimple and flip in tight schools but this is a good indicator that redfish are in the area. Redfish will make a “push” or small wake as they move through the water. Redfish will move in uniform together and then settle down and hold up at a given location. On a cloudy day it’s hard see them and the same if there is a chop from the wind. The key to get set up just right is to read the water and move your vessel in short increments so not to run them over and spook them into the next zip code.
The inshore grouper fishing has been good but not great. If you would like to catch one on a casting plug wait a few weeks and let the grass move out. The one’s that my anglers have caught have been on a heavy bottom rig with a grunt or porgy head. Put the bait close to the structure and sit and let it happen. High incoming tide will be mid day this weekend
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