Fishing in the Sargassum

grubs-n-plugs · Post by **grubs-n-plugs** » September 24th, 2004, 2:46 pm

I'm a newby to this website, but I've been fishing Econfina/Aucilla/Rock Island about 15-16 years. I've looked through a lot of the posts going all the way back to 2001 and have'nt seen anything about fishing in the Sargassum (technically: It aint grass). I did not have a lot of time to spend in the search, so I may have missed some.

Anyway, over the years I've had some very productive fishing in-and-around that stuff, especially at low tide when it's laying over on its side. Perhaps it's the closest thing to stucture out there in the flats and it seems that some of the larger fish like it. I've caught some really nice reds on top-water when you put it into one of the holes in the "grass".

I would like know what kind of fishing (grubs, live bait, etc.) some of you may have experienced in the Sargassum and the techniques you've used. This presumes, of course, that I'm not the only one that fishes in that mess.

Post by **Chalk** » September 24th, 2004, 3:09 pm

Sargassum, locally called Rock grass or christmas tree grass.....

There are some creeks around Aucilla and Econfina that have Sargassum in them.....

We used to have a right handed disease coming out of Econfina, that required us to fish the Sargassum beds between Econfina and Aucilla. Man I could tell you some tales.....

As far as tackle, same as the rest of the areas....Grubs straight or under Cajun Thunder, topwater, jerk baits (soft and hard)....

I haven't fished them much in the past couple of years due to the water clarity and grass die off.....I fished in a few beds the other day, but didn't do anything......Good memories out there...

grubs-n-plugs · Post by **grubs-n-plugs** » September 24th, 2004, 3:40 pm

Aw, Come-on. Just one little tale.

Post by **Chalk** » September 24th, 2004, 3:47 pm

grubs-n-plugs wrote:Aw, Come-on. Just one little tale.

Wevans don't do it...

Just alot of good fishing with my dad over the years out there......

Topwater Mirrolures were king out there when I was 10-14 years old...Throw it as far as you could and close to the grass lines and start working it....I love watching the tide go out and the grass start laying over......I saw my first tailing redfish in a Sargassum creek a few years back.....

Post by **wevans** » September 24th, 2004, 4:03 pm

Ya'll better quite talkin bout tails/tales or I'll HAVE ta post a pic

Post by GC » September 24th, 2004, 4:20 pm

clearly this post is worthless without a pic of said "tail" !

Littoral · Post by **Littoral** » September 27th, 2004, 11:47 am

Supposedly the rock grass is good fishing. The CT in the hole approach sounds like bass fishing. I haven't tried it but I will soon. I'm sure it would be a great kayak strategy.
BTW, Rock grass is a Sargassum species, seriously

. It's an attached version similar to the floating kind that's pelagic. I'd rather use a less fancy word than pelagic but that's the one that say's it.

Post by **RHTFISH** » September 27th, 2004, 2:32 pm

Sure is fun to fish topwater around that stuff! We used to fish it all
day between Econfina and Aucilla. I'm glad to see it returning although
it doesn't seem to hold fish like days of old.

Maybe its just my memory. I've heard it said that's the second thing to go......