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Fished Wednesday --- well, it was more like a "boat ride"!! Put in around 8:30 AM -- high tide going out, light rain but clearing skies. River water was 74 degrees, more than ten degrees lower than a week ago.
Ran out and seas were flat calm, light western breeze. Ran up close to the Aucilla river area and moved into shore to look for a redfish of two?? Casted artificials for three hours, spoons, top water -- not a hit.there was plenty of bait along the coast and in the shallows, actually too much bait and i didn't see any surface action, nor birds. The water temperature out in four foot of water was just under eighty degrees. The tide in the river was exreamly high when i launched. I think the rain water run off from the back country has displaced the salt water?? It didn't taste like salt water. When i got in around 1:30 PM, the tide should have been incoming, yet the water was still racing out with lots of trash in it. I am thinking too much rain water right now???

Too Much Rain !!

Awwww....No good I was planning a Sat morning trip.Any suggestions anyone????

Lanark,Carabelle or perhaps St. Joe Bay, I wouldn't think the water would be as stained over there. Just my .02

Half way between st marks and aucilla would be my best bet, the water is a lot clearer running west toward st marks from aucilla, maybe because you don't have the rivers flooding there I guess

The water closer to the river mouths looks very stained. Last week the rivers were not flooding like this, but there was grass everywhere. The water near the river mouths tasted almost like fresh water. On the way down to Ecofina, the entire North side of 90 is holding water which must eventually get out into the Gulf. My guess is, this entire fishing area is going to take a while to get back to normal..