Nature Coast, William Toney

A great sea trout bite will compliment a good red fish bite this weekend. The short lived cool front that past through this last week helped bring the water temps down to the happy medium for most all our near shore fish. Hard bottom with thick rock grass are the places to cast at. Although the trout are not schooling most every patch of “yellow ” bottom my clients would catch 2 to 4 keeper trout from.  I like to scope out a line depending on the wind/tide that would set my drift up over the most productive bottom so as to hit all the money spots. The best baits have been a popping cork with a dark colored soft plastic and red jig head. Depending on the tide my jigs are tied about 18″ under the cork.