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was wanting yalls opinion on inshore fishing after the recent severe storms and frigid temps......how long do yall think it will take for the good fishing to get back to "normal"????? I imagine the flats will be flooded with "fresh" water for a period of time,,,and since there is others that experience this do to the fact that yall fish the flats more than I do, I was hoping that yall could provide a little input.......I have a trip to Keaton scheduled for 4 days starting the 19th, and hope every thing is close to normal......

'Fished Apalachicola reef a few day ago...No luck..a few grunts and a few shorts.. Had another party report about the same. Think they fished closer in. Don't know about inshore. The water actually looked pretty good in the bay. Thangs aught to be gettin' right about this time next month.

Yea

If it will ever warm up.

It snowed in Albany yesterday.

Last weekend the inshore water temp was 57. Don't think this latest cold spell is going to help much.

RC wrote:Yea

If it will ever warm up.

It snowed in Albany yesterday.

Last weekend the inshore water temp was 57. Don't think this latest cold spell is going to help much.

It snowed in Albany??? Where in Albany? It was in the mid to upper 40's in Sylvester?

At the dixie league ball game about 10 oclock.

spitting sleet and snow

Fished today with some good luck in PSJ!!

BayGator wrote:Fished today with some good luck in PSJ!!

HOW GOOD?

Flint River Pirate wrote:

RC wrote:Yea

If it will ever warm up.

It snowed in Albany yesterday.

Last weekend the inshore water temp was 57. Don't think this latest cold spell is going to help much.

It snowed in Albany??? Where in Albany? It was in the mid to upper 40's in Sylvester?

it was snowing in Smithville at about 10:30 am yesterday.

"Tradition" says to wait three days after a cold front for the fish to bite again. That said, go when you can. I'm hoping to go fishing on Tuesday.......

This weekend the water temp was 63 deg F in Oyster Bay

I think that the fresh water will push the fish from the creeks out onto the flat, even though the water temp is still a little cool. I saw more trout on the flat yesterday than I recall seeing with the same water temps last year. I didn't catch them, but they were definitley there. After a big rain I like to target the areas with clearer water. Areas far away from the major rivers.

Keyser - I tore up reds in a creek Sunday (thought I saw yer truck at the lighthouse) but I didn't see any trout all day. I've caught trout so far up the St Marks and Wakulla rivers here and there though, that I doubt fresh water would push them too far for too long. I think the temps will affect them a lot more than the salinity, but I dunno what it does to the bait fish, and the trout will go where the food is. Any pinfish experts in the house?

EDIT - ...and I didn't really spend any time in the flats under 30mph so I'm guessin that's where they went. I've been seeing some trout up in and around the creeks for a while now, mostly the big ones in the shallow water on the rise.