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I would suggest Capt. Mike McNamara out of St. Marks- you'll probably have to go out on 2 boats though, given your group size.
Great guy and guide- he will put you on fish.

http://www.stmarksoutfitters.com/

Nice!

I'm jealous.

Your boat should have no issues.
Do watch the channel markers carefully. Don't lose a lower unit on an oyster bar.
The sandbar is about 4 miles south from the lighthouse, just follow the channel markers and look for the 50 other boats all anchored together.

Have fun!

I went out into 10' of water yesterday, and it was still 2' of visibility there.

Hopefully, it will flush itself out by next weekend

about $10/ dozen.
Some on the small side, but generally decent size crabs.

Compared to prices in the NE, it's cheap, but I'm not sure how prices are here.

Went out around 1030, the river was stained all the way to the lighthouse and beyond. Decided to go east, thinking water quality was better, and it remained heavily stained. As soon as we got ready to fish, a thunderstorm popped up. 1 seabass in the boat, and hit by a Spanish, and we were done. Not ...

Sorry for long delay in getting back to this thread... just been super busy. As a member of a number of forums, I'll defend BBF by saying it's generally quite a bit more friendly than other forums I visit and with quite a bit less drama. That said, folks on every fishing forum I've visited are a bi...

The tidal pool east of the lighthouse always holds bait, at high & low tides. I throw an 8' net with 3/8" mesh. A half dozen throws will get you all you need, if you look for bait ripples. Is this what shows on Google Maps as Sand Cove? It looks to be about 1/3 mile east of the light house?

Thanks for the tips, I was using 1/4 oz jig heads, so no way was my bait getting low enough.

I've tried cast netting the lighthouse canal with little success- do you net in the canal or just outside? Do you chum the bait up and then net?

nice!

12 miles = what water depth?

Left the marina around 10, got out to the lighthouse and it was nice and calm so we changed plans a bit. We picked up a few pinfish for bait on the flats, then headed out to the St. Marks reef. Lots of activity out there today, plenty of bait, and fish chasing bait. I'm assuming it was Spanish, but ...

Went down with the intention of some nearshore fishing, and then scalloping. Early morning storm killed the nearshore concept, and a huge rain squall blew in, which pushed us further east. We ended up fishing about 4 miles east of the sandbar for about 2 hours. Landed a 35" spotted shark, and 4...

Nice redfish!

...but snapper season is closed?

Old thread-

Talked to a guy today that speared 2 mangroves on the east flats in about 6' of water.

Any new tips on line fishing for them besides flourocarbon and smaller hooks? I've got some Hawaiian slings, so I might try that too this weekend if I can't get 'em on a hook.