The Redfish and Black drum bite in the ICW and creeks just off the ICW has been very good. I’m starting up to see a number of more compact Reds 14” to 21” in some of the creeks on warmer days a number of more than slot fish blended in as well. Most of the reds and black drum are hitting mud minnows and “fresh as you can get shrimp”. I use two hook bottom rigs with 2, 1 &amp 1/ bait holder hooks, with the refreshing shrimp, when fishing for the black drum and reds. If you would like to go the synthetic root, I would recommend employing scented grubs. The best luck baits have been Berkley Gulp and Berkley Powerbait shrimp in colors Pearl, Molting and New Penny. Jigs heads for the grubs in one/8oz to 3/eight oz, hues red and black seem to be to be the trick. Work’em sluggish all around docks and drop-offs on grass lines and oyster rocks. The very best tides have been falling or raising but fishing closer to the lower parts of the tides.

One thing that I enjoy to do this time of 12 months (late March to early June) is go up to lock &amp dam #one and fish for Shad. These fish are so a lot enjoyable to catch they operate, leap and run some a lot more. Mild tackle and fly fishing is the identify of the sport right here! I see so many folks fishing for shad use to hefty of tackle. Lighter tackle equals a lot more bites and much more fun! All you require is a mild rod and reel I use a Pflueger Echelon combo PFLECHSP502CB2 loaded with 6 pound Berkley Fireline crystal braid. A two shad dart rig with Fifth teen or twenty pound mono or fluorocarbon leader darts in hues pink and green. On our final journey we caught nicely over fifty shad. If you have not ever before attempted it you need as well! Also while your shad fishing you can set out a catfish line and at times catch a quite good Blue catfish.

Untrue Albacore fishing has been very good the days I can get out for them. I’m obtaining the Albacore from five to 20 miles offshore. There has been a couple of Bonita combined in with them type time to time as effectively. It need to not be prolonged before we are catching good numbers of Bonita close to the region waters. The # and #1 pink flash, silver and gold Clark spoon has caught most of our fish recently. Trolling these spoons on #one or #two planner with thirty to forty ft of forty pound Berkley massive sport mono as leader on the planners is the way to go. On the bird rig for the floor fishing I rig it with 5 to six ft of leader to the spoon. Don’t forget to set a ball bearing swivel on the bird and planner this will keep tangles from happing (effectively most of the time!)

When the Bonita and Albacore are on top feeding solid Maria and Sea striker jig-spoons. The shades that appear to perform the finest are pink, green and blue. I use a forty pound Fluorocarbon leader about fifth teen to 20 inches long. I really like Stren’s tinted (gunsmoke) fluorocarbon leader materials for apparent water circumstances “this things genuinely works”! A light fat 7’ rod and a Penn Battle 3000 loaded with ten to fifth teen pound braid is crucial for casting to these fast fish. The purpose for this is the more you can solid equals a lot more chance’s you will hook up. When there are a lot of boats chasing the Bonita, they get wearer of boats. If you can cast farther you will catch much more of these fish!

Fishing Gear we use:

Reels Penn Fierce and Battle spinning in sizes 2000, 3000 &amp 4000 sizes.
Line: Spiderwire Ultra-cast and Berkley Fireline braid in eight, 10 and 15 pound. Rods: Fenwick HMG GS 70M-MF, Unsightly stick lites 6’6” and 7’ Med &amp Med-Hefty. Leader material: Berkley Massive Video game mono &amp Fluorocarbon. Stren Fluorocarbon leader content in Tannic and Gunsmoke tints tannic for river and stained waters, gunsmoke for clear h2o purposes.

Many thanks for looking at this report, if you have any questions just allow me know! If you would like to go fishing drop me a line I’m booking now for this coming summertime fishing time and don’t forget to get a kid fishing!

Good Luck,

Captain Jot Owens
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