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Fished the Lighthouse bars today - good day with strong tides, low wind. Ended up with 14 trout, most mid to upper slots. Lost a few and got cut off twice by what I think were bluefish. Also picked up a few ladyfish. Olive/chart/tan clouser on an intermediate line was the ticket today. Had one trout...

Maybe Sunday - not sure where

If long and slender, then mullet

They're catching snook in Jax on a regular basis and I've heard a few reports of catches in Georgia Saint Simons area).

We need that first cold front to kick things off - it's just been too hot.

Never used one but they seem to get good reviews from those who have.

Fished the refuge from 8:00 AM - 1:15 PM Not much to report - water looks like strong sweet tea at the lighthouse bars. It's darker this week than last. First tried the flats but nothing there, so I paddled to the coves and got a few strikes - a catfish and small black sea bass. Paddled into Big Cov...

Check out this post: http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpBB3/vi ... 19&t=41097 - should help you out

Check Stripersonline.com - there is a lot of information there for New England fishing

A 9wt will work, but if you do a lot of blind casting it will get heavy. I normally bring a 7wt with intermediate line, a 7wt with floating line and an 8wt with an intermediate. Most of the time I fish the 7wt intermediate rig (redington cps rod, lamson guru reel) with a light clouser but if you onl...

Fished the refuge yesterday from 10:30 - 3:00 - cooler weather cooled the flats off. I managed 5 trout: 15", 16", 2 18's and a 19" but activity wasn't like last week. The water was clear but cooler and there wasn't as much bait in the water as last week. Should rebound quick.

Surprised I didn't run into any spanish yesterday - last week at the refuge I got cut off by one.

Spring is here on the flats - finally had a good day on the St Marks oyster bars for this year. Fished from 8:15 AM to 2:00PM and had steady activity with some good spurts of action. First thing I tried a gartside gurgler and got one, then lost 3 more due to missed hook sets or thrown hooks. Went wi...

eightwt wrote:Thanks for your reply. Will they take a fly?

I've never caught one on the fly, but they will take a fly - I think fly fishermen target them in south Florida.

8wt or 7wt (easier on the arm, but not as good when the wind is blowing). Temple Fork makes some good rods - the BVK in 7 or 8 wt is good, goes for about 280.00. The TFO Pro II is a more forgiving rod and gets the job done for about 160.00. The TFO Mangrove is good as well. As for reels, Lamson make...