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I fish off docks and boats. I don't see very many guys having luck in the surf.
When the tide is low in the intercoastal between the mainland and the island, there is good fishing in the grass flats for trout, flounder and redfish.
Been a long time since I've done any surf fishing down there. Can anyone offer what's being caught and early or late in the day and on what?
No worries I will have found Capt. Jacks rum by then but fishing is fun and good fish for dinner is even better.
You coastal boys should be able to help with this. All suggestions greatly appreciated.
Heck, Ken, just take a net and a bucket and catch all the bait fish you want. While Connie and I were down on Manasota Key, we saw schools of little fish being chased up onto the beach by larger fish. And probably they were being chased by even larger fish.
We saw some of the smaller ones flopping on the beach and felt sorry for them, so we would throw them back into the water. We stopped doing that when we noticed that as soon as those fish hit the water, the larger fish snapped them right up. So we figured we weren't doing them any real favors.
Looks like white bait or threadfin herring being chased by mackerel or ladyfish. Mackerel ok to eat if eaten that day. Ladyfish we throw back. Now a Kingfish- now we're talking!
From what people tell me in that area, there area lot of snook in those waters. Last year around this time, I saw quite a few of them while snorkeling. Some of them quite large. There were too many sting rays apparent this time for me to spend much time in the water.
Snook can definitely be off the beaches too. They like passes and potholes with current moving. Got to be careful with the sting rays too for obvious reasons but also what most people forget is that the sharks (especially hammer heads) like to feed on sting rays as they roost in the shallow water at dusk and night time.
Snook can definitely be off the beaches too. They like passes and potholes with current moving. Got to be careful with the sting rays too for obvious reasons but also what most people forget is that the sharks (especially hammer heads) like to feed on sting rays as they roost in the shallow water at dusk and night time.
I can't really say that I would be any more fond of sharks than I am of stingrays while snorkeling.........
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