A unique website dedicated to fishing information from Florida's Northern Big Bend. This includes the area from the Econfina River west to the Apalachicola River
Use this area to post inshore fishing reports from the area. Please try to include relevant information such as:
Location, date, time, water conditions, weather conditions, baits, techniques, species caught, etc.
My college student daughter called this past week to let us know she was coming home and wanted to go fishing. We're newbies at saltwater and she has been out to KB 1 time before this past weekend. We got on the water at low low low tide with plans to fish the incoming. Ran North from KB #1 and we were using Gulp shrimp in New Penny, Nuclear Chicken and Pearl. My college student wanted to fish with pinfish and would name each one as she cast them for the first time. Traditon goes back to when she was very young and named every worm, minnow etc. she fished with. She picked up several keeper trout after learning to let the fish hve the live bait a few seconds longer than the jigs while her younger sister picked up a few keeper sea bass.
We were fishing in about 5' of water when my oldest yelled and I saw her popping cork rip across the water with a flash of something silver. Notsure what ot was but her hook was clean.
I got her baited back up and as soon as her bait hit the water it was gone... took her some time and a little help from Dad and Mom but it was an awesome redfish especially for us newbies! Ended up with 4 trout, 3 bass, one redfish release and a very excited daughter!
That's the kind of fishing report that makes one want to grab his hat and take off fishing. I could just see your college student daughter hanging on! Man O Man, what a wonderful time well spent!
It was a great time but... now she thinks catching a fish like that is normal! Should have seen her face when I told her it was too long to keep and had to be released. She was like "Say What?" It was priceless!
