Good numbers of sea trout are being caught on the Nature Coast rock grass beds. Hard bottom with the long dark brown grass are the best spots to target in about 3 feet of water. Soft plastics like the MirrOlure Lil Johns in dark or glow colors ( depends on the day ) under a popping cork has been the best bait. My clients have also landed a few flounder mixed in with the trout. The nearshore rocks are still producing plenty of spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper and a few keeper gag grouper. Live shrimp free lined is best for the snapper and macks, use live pinfish for the grouper.
A fish that has moved in lately that is fun to catch and good eating is the triple tail. The like to hang around structure and floating objects. When I target them I use a cork with a fresh shrimp 15 to 20 inches under it and cast the bait just up tide so that it drifts up to the structure. Fly fishermen can also get in on the action because triple tail are aggressive feeders when first discovered but will shy away after to many bad cast or getting to close to them. The minimum size has changed from 14″ to 18″ to keep them. High incoming tide will be in the afternoon this weekend.
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