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Labor Day saw 25+ knot winds in honor of gag grouper season opening, so we stayed inshore. It's been a few months of transom repair and repower, but the Wahoo is finally back in the water. Up the East River on a falling tide, redfish were active. Several nice upper-slot reds and a few 19-inchers on ...

Striking how little structure there is in those fotos. Just some scattered rocks. How do you find those spots with fish from all the other spots that have just scattered rocks 30-40 miles south?

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Trying to decide what to do.
I've loved this 2100 Wahoo Offshore since I got it. Cruises nicely at 32 mph (41 mph WOT) with a 200 hp Suzuki I added 4 years ago. I've fished hundreds of hours out on the flats, up the East River, and offshore on nice days.
I re-did the front deck and fore stringers ...

I went out of St Marks yesterday for a quick morning fishing trip before work. No one had live shrimp, so I was casting artificials and using pinfish under a cork. A few bumps on the soft plastics, but I caught 2 good trout on the pins. I also had two other good trout on, and they seemed to be ...

Same for me on Sunday. I feel like I don't have a good strategy for picking spots to fish on the flats east of the lighthouse. I try to drift across different depths, and sometimes I wander into a school & sometimes I come up empty. Not asking for your spots, but anyone have a better strategy?

I always look forward to catching big sheepshead in March off the 24 Barge or other nearshore structure. Other times of year I catch them near oyster bars inshore. But that's a long trip to spawn. Are there spots they stop when staging or moving to or from the spawn?
Seems like there should be some ...

Great report and great fotos. What would that Swiss cheese bottom look like on downscan or fishfinder?

That's really cool. Great report and great pix. What kind of underwater camera do you use?

Gotcha!

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I'm confused. I caught and kept an ARS that last weekend, but I threw 2 red grouper back. Didn't they close the red grouper season?

Great post! At least you found some trout

SeaTow has automated radio checks, I think channel 27 or 28 depending on location

I didn't find 'em on the bars today, but I caught a trout on the flats. Water temp was 71 degrees. A buddy said he caught bluefish and Spanish Mackerel on the deeper flats. Made me think the March pattern had moved up to February, and sure enough I caught 2 big sheepshead on my favorite nearshore ...