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.
This past saturday i took my pops out to econfina to chase after some trout and reds. I had heard reports form other fisherman that fish were everywhere and that cut bait was the way to go.... However, my adventurous spirit told me to go artificial all day. After getting out before sunlight, I pulled up into the first open creek mouth I saw. After a few cast with my skitterwalk i caught a nice red and with a few more cast caught a nice trout. It seems that every cast a fish would short strike the plug. After a few drifts i decided that we should head on out a little deeper and try for some trout. I threw a jighead with a new penny gulp and my dad had threw a CT with a new penny gulp. Both of us had a lot of success but it seemed that the bigger fish were more prone to bite my jig. The most startling thing during the day was at dead tide we caught more fish than we did the rest of the day. It seemed as if the big fish turned on for about 20 minutes and after they nearly stopped completely. With the lull I decided to make the run out to rock island. Once there i decided to throw my skitterwalk for a while and see if i couldnt entice the bigger trout to bite. After many casts and a few huge strikes, I finally had a good hookup. After a couple of good runs i got the fish close enough to see the size, it was MASSIVE . In a last ditch effort the fish made another run and came unhooked . I reckon thats why we call it fishing. After a few more trout we headed on in. Great trip and me and dad had a blast. No pics but as soon as i figure out how ill post.
TDM
Trevor Moncrief
Fisheries Biology Class of 2014
Warnell School of Natural Resources, UGA
Naw... they shouldve been prepared. You cant decide that your gonna go fishing at 5 in the mornin then expect everything to go right.. ha they got to do what they wanted to do anyways...
Trevor Moncrief
Fisheries Biology Class of 2014
Warnell School of Natural Resources, UGA
. In a last ditch effort the fish made another run and came unhooked 
. I reckon thats why we call it fishing. After a few more trout we headed on in. Great trip and me and dad had a blast. No pics but as soon as i figure out how ill post. 
MT you not gonna tell about leaving your cousin and friend broke down by the road in the dark 
You cant decide that your gonna go fishing at 5 in the mornin then expect everything to go right.. ha they got to do what they wanted to do anyways... 
