St. Marks

[akasephiroth]

I've heard talk of the st. marks lighthouse fishing before. Gramp's use to tell story's of his fishing trips at the lighthouse. Is this still an option? Can you fish from shore at the St. Marks lighthouse? if so whats bitting this time of year? what can i expect? thanks in advance

[MudDucker]

I've heard talk of the st. marks lighthouse fishing before. Gramp's use to tell story's of his fishing trips at the lighthouse. Is this still an option? Can you fish from shore at the St. Marks lighthouse? if so whats bitting this time of year? what can i expect? thanks in advance

Yep, sure can. Mosquitoes are biting very there good these days! Things aren't like they used to be in your gramps day or my day for the matter, but you can pick up fish from there. Don't plan a big fry though.

[SS-342]

[quote="akasephiroth"whats bitting this time of year? what can i expect? thanks in advance[/quote]

I would think Reds, Speckle Trout, Black Sea Bass, Flounder, Lady Fish, Catfish, Pin Fish and a host of other species of fish. The number of fish might be down because of the fishing pressure in that area but that is not saying on a good day fish can't be caught. A good place to get your feet wet and learn how.

Looking forward to your stories and the "big one that got away"!

[Jhults11]

Iv waded those two oyster bars in front of the lighthouse since I was about 8 years old. There are some very good fish to catch from those bars. I have personally have caught just about everything that swims in our inshore waters of the gulf from those bars. The key is you can't be afraid to get wet. Get out away from the shore and fish the end of the bars. I have caught 90% of my fish off the end of those bars. I have caught trout, redfish, flounder, cobia, small grouper, spanish macks, bluefish, sheepshead, black drum, sea bass, mango snapper, etc. Doesn't really matter what tide sequence it is as long as you have moving water. Shrimp works well there but we usually switch to cut bait in the summer due to the insane amount of shrimp killing pinfish in the area. Good luck with it!

[bigphishy]

Also worth catching a few of those pinfish and using them for bait. They are great live but are also good for cut bait. Try one on a float and one on the bottom. This time of year the float will get a lot of action from smaller sharks. If you're patient and work thru them you can hook up some quality fish!

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