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NAVARREMemorial Day is almost upon us and the weather forecast for the weekend looks outstanding. Warm days, cool nights, gentle winds, and great tides are the forecast for the weekend.
Inshore, the trout and redfish bite is as hot as the weather! Early morning and late afternoon has been the key to when targeting trout, but plenty are still being caught throughout the day. MirrOlures Top Dog, Heddon’s Super Spook, Rapala’s Skitter Walk, and Bombers Badonk-A-Donk have been the go to top water baits, but my personal favorites as you can see from the picture has been a chartreuse and white MirrOdine. The same presentations is also working for reds on the flats, but I also like to add a ¼ oz to ½ weed less gold spoons and White and New Penny Gulp shrimp to that arsenal. Slot reds are also around the deeper docks in the sound and bays and will readily fall for a live shrimp fished near the pilings with just a split shot to get it to the bottom. Flounder are showing up in greater numbers around deeper structure and on the flats around potholes patiently waiting to ambush their next meal. White Berkley Gulp on a 1/4oz jig head drug along the bottom and bull or tiger minnows have been the top baits.
Below is Rob with a 3lb Trout.
On the pier the king bite is remains slow and will probably stay that way as long as we keep getting north winds. The Spanish however are still available as well as the occasional cobia. Bull reds, black drum, pompano, blue fish lady fish, whiting and the occasional sheepshead. Got-Cha lures and Salt Slayer jigs have been to go to baits for targeting spanish and blue fish. The reds, black drum, pompano, whiting and sheepsheads are really keying in on live bait with live sand fleas the top bait and live shrimp coming in a close second. The pompano bite remains strong with most fish being caught early in the morning right now with the largest fish being landed on pompano jigs. The redfish bite remains strong, with most of the fish landed outside the slot.
Not much has changes since last week for offshore anglers in our area cobia are mostly being caught around near shore wrecks, although a few are still being seen along the beach. The King mackerel bite has slacked up some. Slow trolling live baits around schools of bait fish schools and around most of the near shore wrecks holding plenty of bait has been the most popular presentation. The wahoo bite has slowly been on the increase the last couple of weeks with fish being caught as close in as the edge. Deep diving plugs, such as Mann’s stretch 25’s and 30’s as well as the new YoZuri Bonita have been producing consistently. Trigger fish, red and scamp grouper, mingo snapper, red porgies amberjacks are available to bottom fishermen with the right numbers. Amberjack are on almost any large wreck right now, but most of the bigger fish being caught are in water deeper than 150 feet. Blackfin tuna and mahi are also available, although the weed lines are making it taught to troll near them. A few boats have just been cruising along the weed lines sight fishing for the mahi and once spotted break out the light tackle with small jigs and crank baits. Sight fishing the weed lines has also begun to produce some good triple tails as well.
Until next week tight lines and get out there!
This Fishing Report was submitted on 5/24/2013 11:50:15 PM by Seamus and last updated on 5/25/2013 11:50:15 PM.
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