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
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Location, date, time, water conditions, weather conditions, baits, techniques, species caught, etc.
Got to go today Left the dock about 8:00. Caught bait on DIR, then off we went. Hit the first spot in 65 ft. only 2 keeper gags and a couple of shorts. Then the next spot was 90 ft. We caught 16 gray snapper, 1 lane, and 1 keeper AJ. Saw a school of huge permit at this spot along with a couple of big jack crevalle. We then started working our way in and fished a couple more spots. Final tally: 8 gags, 3 red grouper, 16 grays, 1 lane, 1 AJ. Seas were smooth, fish were somewhat biting, and green algae was everywhere. What's with that stuff? I think we would have caught our limit of grouper if the algae wasn't around. Everytime we'd reel up, that stuff would be all over the weight and bait.
Did you run SE or SW? I've heard the gorrilla snot was bad SE but you normally don't see it off carrabelle/lanark. It is an algae that blooms at depth when we have unusually clear water offshore early in the year like we've had this year.
It will die off when the water gets a little warmer.
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
NICE day...slime or not. I didn't know the slime could/would be at those depths, I've only seen it about 30-40 ft. Thanks for the report I'm go'n after them sat.
Left the dock about 8:00. Caught bait on DIR, then off we went. Hit the first spot in 65 ft. only 2 keeper gags and a couple of shorts. Then the next spot was 90 ft. We caught 16 gray snapper, 1 lane, and 1 keeper AJ. Saw a school of huge permit at this spot along with a couple of big jack crevalle. We then started working our way in and fished a couple more spots. Final tally: 8 gags, 3 red grouper, 16 grays, 1 lane, 1 AJ. Seas were smooth, fish were somewhat biting, and green algae was everywhere. What's with that stuff? I think we would have caught our limit of grouper if the algae wasn't around. Everytime we'd reel up, that stuff would be all over the weight and bait.
