Days are getting hot and humid on the water, especially cloudless days with little to no breeze. Water temperatures are climbing as well, often making early and
Cool and windy days continue as I write this column. The wind calmed enough by week s end to allow anglers to fish inshore, however conditions were still unfavo
Typical for the month, weather was all over the map. Warm days, cold days, days with calm seas and windy days. Fishing reports were similar to the weather, all
Enough with the wind already! With the exception of a few days, fishing conditions were less than desirable as gusty winds dominated the week. Despite less than
The cool breezes associated with fall cold fronts are a double-edged sword, slicing good and not so much. Cooling water temperatures inspire pelagic species to move south along the Gulf Coast.
Over the past week anglers experienced slightly cooler weather as we welcome the beginning of fall. It’s still hot during midday, but you can’t help but not
It’s slow season on the water with not a lot of boats fishing over the week days. Those that did fish often found a good bite from a variety of species. Angl
Wind, low tides and slow-moving water made for brutal fishing for a good part of the past week. Following a full moon, we get several days of long, weak tides,
It was a tough and cold week for anglers as they often experienced a very slow bite and days with less than desirable fishing conditions. Early in the week wate
On the Water: Beautiful weather to close out the month By Capt. Bill Russell - | Mar 3, 2021 Photo provided Nick and Jane Mohar of St. James City and friends took advantage of beautiful weather to fish nearshore reefs in gulf waters. They boxed good eating sheepshead, snapper and grunts on a morning fishing trip with Capt. Bill Russell. Overall, it was a great week on the water with plenty of sunshine and blue skies to close out the month. Bottom fishing was good in gulf waters and the inshore bite was on and off. In the Gulf of Mexico, fishing depths from 80 to 110 feet yielded red grouper, a mixed snapper bag consisting of mangrove, lane, yellowtail and vermilion, plus porgy and grunts. Sharks, amberjack and goliath grouper were caught and released as well. Within sight of land, in depths from 25 to 50 feet, large sheepsheads, plus mangrove snapper and grunts were caught, plus catch-and-release gag grouper and undersize red grouper. We fished 40-foot depths over several days and boated some of the biggest sheepshead of the season. Tripletail up to 8 pounds were hooked around buoys and a few schooling bonito plus Spanish mackerel were hooked over artificial reefs.