5/28 Steinhatchee report
Posted: May 28th, 2016, 10:33 pm
Made a last minute call to come down for the weekend, don't usually fish major holidays but not too bad so far lots of boats on the water but didn't see anyone being too crazy... maybe the FWC truck/trailer parked at the ramp 
Fished down by Pepperfish this morning 4'-7' using all artificial mainly jigs w/jerkbaits or gulp shrimp, caught some small trout, a decent Spanish and a bunch of small to barely legal seabass. Saw one nice shark cruising in about 5', guess he was on his scalloper scouting trip... Seabag was out of pinfish when I stopped by but had the CCA measuring device for the Star tournament which started today. Water was very clear in most places temps around 78 in the morning. Quite a bit of pinfish seen on the flats and a good number of juvenile trout spotted in the sand holes so maybe things are looking up trout wise. Everyone I talked to at the ramp/dock said they didn't catch many at all and mostly shorts.
Went the other way this afternoon with the late incoming tide and went from the grass line to about 4' tossing a spoon and jigs it was just dead. I'm sure the airboat who ran between me and the grassline 20' away and then ran the entire stretch of grassline where I was drifting didn't see me
Saw some happy mullet jumping but nada in the PM.
Nice to get back on the water... be safe out there this weekend. By the way Fiddlers had a pretty nice buffet last night seafood and prime rib and a ton of sides for $26 if you are into that sort of thing.
Fished down by Pepperfish this morning 4'-7' using all artificial mainly jigs w/jerkbaits or gulp shrimp, caught some small trout, a decent Spanish and a bunch of small to barely legal seabass. Saw one nice shark cruising in about 5', guess he was on his scalloper scouting trip... Seabag was out of pinfish when I stopped by but had the CCA measuring device for the Star tournament which started today. Water was very clear in most places temps around 78 in the morning. Quite a bit of pinfish seen on the flats and a good number of juvenile trout spotted in the sand holes so maybe things are looking up trout wise. Everyone I talked to at the ramp/dock said they didn't catch many at all and mostly shorts.
Went the other way this afternoon with the late incoming tide and went from the grass line to about 4' tossing a spoon and jigs it was just dead. I'm sure the airboat who ran between me and the grassline 20' away and then ran the entire stretch of grassline where I was drifting didn't see me
Saw some happy mullet jumping but nada in the PM.
Nice to get back on the water... be safe out there this weekend. By the way Fiddlers had a pretty nice buffet last night seafood and prime rib and a ton of sides for $26 if you are into that sort of thing.