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 OLD MAN OF THE SEA, CARL, AND MY SON DAVID LAUNCHED THE STARCRAFT THIS MORNIN ABOUT 9 A.M. AT THE LIGHTHOUSE POOL. WAS SUPPOSE TO BE 5-10 WIND OUT OF THE N.W. NOT!!!!! WAS OUT OF THE N.W. BUT A STEADY 15 WITH GUST TO 20. FISHED OUT IN FRONT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THIS GENERAL AREA. CAUGHT A TOTAL OF 4 TROUT, 2 KEEPERS, THE OTHERS THROW BACKS, SHORT BY ABOUT 1/4". THIS WIND WAS VERY COLD ALL DAY LONG, IT DID LET UP FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. AROUND HIGH TIDE BUT IT PICKED UP AGAIN AND A LITTLE STRONGER. THE TROUT WERE CAUGHT ON BOMBER FLOATER, DEVIL HORSES, HOME MADE PLUGS. IT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT ON THE WATER WITH MY SON BUT IT WAS NOT COMFORTABLE DUE TO THE COLD WIND. I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN TO PALMBEACH WHERE IT IS WARMER TO DO OUR WINTER FISHIN.
PA , CARL, & DAVID
YEA JOHN, AFTER YA HIT THAT 80 MARK YA BEGIN TO GET BETTER , YA KNOW LIKE AGED BEEF IS ALWAYS MORE TENDER THAN GREEN BEEF. THE OLDER YA GET THE MORE TENDER YA GET.
WE TRIED TO GET INTO THE BYOU BUT THE WIND JUST KEPT BLOWIN US BACK OUT EVEN AGAINST A STRONG INCOMING TIDE. GLAD YA GOT INTO THOSE REDS , THEY ARE BLAST TO CATCH.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA
NO RHTFISH, WE WERE THERE BUT WERE IN THE BARGE, DO NOT HAVE A PHONE ON IT, ONLY THING WE HAVE ON THE BARGE IS A 25 YEAR OLD 50 H.P. JOHNSON AND A COUPLE OF PADDLES.
WE DID PRETTY GOOD LAST TUES. WITH 14 TROUT AND LIMIT TO TAKE HOME. THE TEMP TUES. WAS 74 DEGREES AND FRI. IT WAS 64 DEGREES. WE ALSO HAD ABOUT 2-3 FEET OF WATER LAST TUES AND ONLY HAD INCHES DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA