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Trying to learn the St. Marks area with no luck so far! Not asking anyone to give up a honey hole, but any suggestions would be great. Rocky or dangerous areas to avoid would be great also.

Thanks

IMO the rocky or danerous areas are where you need to target;proceed with caution. And I like clearer water

Gulf Coast wrote:IMO the rocky or danerous areas are where you need to target;proceed with caution. And I like clearer water

ahhh, the Catch 22. I totally agree though. As the water warms throughout the summer there will be more trout in the deeper water. For now, a little rock damage is the cost of operation for productive catching.

Try the 3' depth areas off the east side of Live Oak Island... Due west of the lighthouse.
We did well there about two weeks ago.

There are a lot of good fish between Live Oak and the lighthouse and only few oyster bars!

East or west better?

East or west better?

They are both good, to me east is better this time of year west is as good when the weather get hotter, youjust got to make notes til you get it.

It'a all good, east or west.

I think fishing is better to the east, but that's where you hit hard things.
If you want to go east, go out the mouth and turn left at the birdrack and head east for a few miles staying outside the white buoys.
Then turn north an idle towards shore. Better yet, let the south wind push you to the hill.
Fish until you get in the trout. Then stay at that depth.

Fishing the oyster bars at the mouth of the river will produce too.
Go to the end of the bar and fish in the down-tide swirls as the tide passes.

Good rule of thumb is to fish big tides where the water is moving.

Head East to Palmetto Island. Fish the 3'-5' water in front of it where there is patchy bottom(bald spots in the grass). Try a suspending mirrolure or gulp shrimp under a Cajun thunder. That should get you started.
Don't forget to rinse your reels with fresh water when you get home.
FF

You folks are awfully generous with my fishing holes.

I agree with Woopty about going around the birdrack and following the stakelines before you cut north. Some people will cut across 2 buoys short of the birdrack and run wide open. In my limited experience, this is OK at high tide, but why take the chance to save 5 minutes.

guthooked wrote:Some people will cut across 2 buoys short of the birdrack and run wide open. In my limited experience, this is OK at high tide, but why take the chance to save 5 minutes.

Hey, you get to run right through the middle of the fleet that way.