Mid June - 06/15/13




June is heating up fast, and this week it is on fire! We are starting out on a good note for the 2013 red snapper season and we have seen some great fish this week coming to the docks. As all schools are now out and most families are on the move, the beaches will be packed again this weekend and your favorite fishing spots as well. Our weekend weather outlook is about the same from last week with a little rain and lots of sunshine!. Friday seas are 2-3ft, making it the most challenging day this weekend with a 30% chance or rain as well, so sight fishing maybe out of the question. Saturday and Sunday Hi's are around 88 with clear skies and seas are back down to 1-2 ft , so fishing should be great!



Inshore and down the coast, most action is on the flats still. With great trout and red fish catches being reported from every piece of water we can find. This time of year the water heats up so fast and as we approach July, it will stay hot all day long. Temperature is a major factor in the fish bite and feeding patterns in all waters. We see such good fishing though-out the year that we sometimes forget about this. I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but I get asked the same questions over and over from visitors to our region and green horns about the inshore fishing. As a general rule: get out on the water as early as you can! This will speed up your day as well. We left the docks at 5.15 am EST on Wednesday and had a limit of huge snapper by 9:30 am EST and it took almost two hrs to get to the spot. What I am saying is that you can find fish faster and find fish that are hungry faster in the mornings. As our day heated up, the bite got slower and slower to almost no bits at all by lunch time. This is true for inshore fishing especially for trout and red fish. Try top water baits such as spooks, top props, topdogs, and skitterwalks for some explosive action. Just remember to relax and don't overfish the lure. This week topspots for trout and red fish were: St George Island State Park area(bay), Dry Bar, Pig Island, and Black's Island channel. As I said before, if you can find a deeper channel that is close to a flat, try that first. We are seeing good action on these ledges right now and will be as long as the water stays below 90*. Flounder gigging is on fire in St. Joe Bay this week with the winds being low and the moon in a good phase. I talked to several commercial guys this week with good numbers of flat fish. No real big doormats, but I did see some close to 4 pounds. Try Eagle Harbor or Windmark beach or the Highland View area for good starting gigging spots. Bring a good battery and plenty of bug spray!



Offshore action is still on fire as the 2013 red snapper season is in full swing. We are seeing great fish from all depths, but the bigger fish are not in 60ft of water anymore. I knew that it wouldn't take long to catch the big boy (or girls) from these inshore sites and with such vast amounts of anglers fishing for them in our area, just find the fish is going to take some experience! I have talked to many visitors this week and they all say the same thing: were are the snapper. We have such a great snapper fishery in our waters and with this many fish are close to shore at this time. As more and more anglers are targeting the snapper, they either get caught real fast or they move. We have seen this on many of the sites that I fish over the past few weeks. One fact is that they will move deeper and deeper with the water temps, just like inshore fish do. I went to a inshore spot on Sunday and when I got there, 7 other boats were sitting on the spot. It doesn't take long to fish out a hole and many visitors will anchor on one of these for hours, if not days. There are good fish in the 120-150ft range and this is where I have been this week. Our bite was good, however, frozen cigar minnows produced the biggest fish this week for me. This is a ever changing fishery, so make sure that you are prepared. These fish will see every bait that swims and all kinds of lures thrown at them, so bring along squid, minnows, diamond jigs, live bait, and the kitchen sink if it will fit!

Live bottom sites due south of Cape San Blas is my sure thing for this weekend fishing. The water here is crystal clear with lots of grass mats forming right now in this area as well, so bring out the big guns for some wahoo and mahi-mahi trolling and keep an eye out for anything floating!! Good Luck this weekend and get out on the water!



Capt. Brent Romiti

Bluewater Outriggers

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