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
Use this area to post inshore fishing reports from the area. Please try to include relevant information such as:
Location, date, time, water conditions, weather conditions, baits, techniques, species caught, etc.
THE TWO OLD MEN OF THE SEA, CARL BROWN AND I , LAUNCHED THE BOAT THIS MORNING AT 6:30, WENT OUT AND FISHED BETWEEN THE JETTY AND THE BAR IN FRONT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, CAUGHT 1 18", WE HAD A LOT OF BLOW-UPS . WE LEFT THERE AND WENT DOWN TO STONEY AND WE CAUGHT A LOT OF SMALL TROUT ON THE DOA AND SWA CHARTRUESE SWIRLY TAIL GRUB. WHEN THE TIDE CHANGED WE STARTED CATCHIN KEEPERS ON TOP WATER PLUGS. WE ENDED THE DAY WITH A TOTAL OF 28 TROUT CAUGHT AND CAME HOME WITH ONE SHY OF THE LIMIT. CAUGHT MOST OF THE KEEPERS IN WATER 2-3' DEEP. WE USED CHUG BUG, SHEDOG, DALTON SPECIAL, AND MANY OTHER PLUGS WITH BLADES, THE WATER HAS CLEARED A LOT OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUYOU, WIND OUT OF THE ESE MOST OF THE TIME WE WERE THERE. GREAT DAY ON THE BAY.
PA & CAARL
WE CAUGHT MOST OF THE KEEPERS ON THE SHEDOG, RED HEAD, SILVER BODY, AND THE CHUG BUG, THE LARGER ONE ON THE SHEDOG. WE TRIED SLOW, THEN FAST, THEN STEADY RETRIEVE. THE THING THAT I WONDER ABOUT IS WHY NONE OF THESE FISH HAD ANYTHING IN THEIR BELLIES, GENERALLY ALL OF THEM HAVE SHRIMP OR PINFISH IN THE BELLIES WHEN WE CLEAN THEM.
PA & CARL