3/30 – 4/1 Cedar Key trout and sheepshead are on fire

[Big Bend Brian]

The Cedar Key trout are hungry as heck as are the sheepshead offshore.

This past weekend (Spring Break) we caught quite a few trout south of Snake Key and north of Seahorse Key too. Inshore am water temperature was 58 ˚ F and initially we had to move around to find the trout but it didn’t take long. After a limit of trout (10) we kept on fishing with catch and release in mind. Some of the notable trout we released included 18, 19.5, and a 20.5 inch trout. Gotta love a good trout bite.

Sunday was too windy to venture offshore but on Monday April 1st the winds dropped so offshore we went. We found the sheepshead to be on fire. We caught and released a ton of sheepies. The life expectancy of our fiddlers was approximately 0.5 seconds....course the catch ratio was like five fiddlers to one sheepie… Caught a ton of em though.


Casey with a pair



Plan B



Simple knocker rig



Gotta love springtime.

Hoo Yah!!

Brian

[wally]

That is a springbreak to remember.

[kenfly]

Sweet!

[SS-342]

Thanks for the good report! You are right, "got to love spring time!"