Glenn Conway’s Surf Fishing Report!
Flounder Crack!
The flat fish have arrived to the beachfronts! And the best news is that you don’t have to take a boat ride to the fish!
Glenn Conway strikes again and again! And here’s his surf fishing report!
Glenn says, with water temps now well into the eighties the surf is not going to be productive till the water starts cool off again. However, while doing a little surf fishing this past weekend I had some luck with the flat fish. Landed a half dozen of them with what I call Flounder crack, Gulp 3” swimming mullet pinned to a ¼ oz jig head. Harvested two at 15” for a nice supper!
Inshore Hot Water Conditions Prevail!
Well, hot water conditions are putting all inshore fishermen on notice. If you know your targeted fish you most likely can catch them with persistence. If you do not, well, your chances for catching are going to be more of a challenge! I don’t need to help the fishermen in the know, because you are not going to be reading this any way…
For those that are fishing these hot water times I suggest, first to purchase or catch your-self some live shrimp, because this is the ticket to this catching ride. When heading to your area that you are going to fish I suggest keeping any eye open for any sort of bird feeding activity. Why? Because where you have birds a feeding you got fish a eating!
The best way to present your live shrimp is under a traditional adjustable float. This type of rig allows easily enough the change of your depth fished. All it takes is a float slide up or down on your main line!
Inshore fishermen are catching a little for everything from spotted sea trout to red fish to flounder to whiting to black drum to Sheepshead to Spanish mackerel. What does all of this mean? Well, most are not catching a lot of any but a mixture of some! It is a moving game at best. Best bait is live shrimp that is if you can keep them alive. (Add a little ice to you live well!) However, the up side to dead shrimp in your live well is that you will have plenty of fresh dead ones. Now I suggest keeping those fresh dead shrimp, drop them in a water bottle, and fish with them. And for the dead shrimp you don’t use, please put in freezer (in water bottle) and save for next fishing trip. Also during this time of the year leaving your fresh dead shrimp on the bait board so that it can air/sun dry is a great way to seal in juices. And once you introduced back into the water the juices come alive! It is a true miracle!
Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters knows his spotted sea trout! And now I let the picture below tell the rest of the story!
While fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Alicyne Roth of Chickamauga, Georgia caught this nice big spotted sea trout. When Alicyne comes this way to take an inshore fishing trip she always teams up with her cousin Wesley Stembridge of Savannah Georgia. Believe me they make one heck of a fishing team. On this fishing trip the duo caught some really nice spotted sea trout! What were they using for bait? Live shrimp under traditional adjustable corks! Exactly where were they fishing? “In the water!”
While inshore fishing with Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters Robert and Melinda Kiser, while vacationing from Bainbridge Ohio caught some nice inshore/offshore fish. From the top of the fishing cleaning table we have whiting, spotted sea trout, a very nice Spanish mackerel, and a flounder. What did they catch the Spanish mackerel on? A live shrimp under a traditional adjustable float! Please know that when fishing in saltwater you just never know what might bite your hook!
Artificial Reefs
While fishing with the family Chris Michael Worthington caught himself a few Spanish mackerel. Captain Kathy and Chris are showing off their fish catching smiles! Chris joined the navy and will be on submarine duty!
Artificial Reefs
Artificial reefs (in less than 45 feet of water) are holding Spanish mackerel, juvenile king mackerel, and barracuda. (Please remember that king mackerel have to be 24 inches forth length to keep and have a bag limit of 3 per person.) When trolling I suggest using 0 and 00 Clark spoons either behind planers (#1, #2, or #3 planers) or behind (1 to 2 ounce) trolling sinkers.
Morgan Wilson age 7 while visiting from St Charles, Missouri told me (Captain Judy) that he was going to catch a big fish! Well, as you can see he certainly did! Now who do you think is taller or should I say longer Morgan or his barracuda?
Artificial reefs (in more than 45 feet of water) are also holding Spanish mackerel, juvenile king mackerel and barracuda. And if you feel like looking a bit you can find a few black sea bass. Best bottom bait for this fish is either squid or cut fish. If you want to target larger king mackerel and this is the area that you have picked to fish…I suggest fishing with cigar minnows, blue runners, or any other live fish types. I suggest live lining up or down current from the wrecks. In other words, stay away from fishing this bait directly over the wrecks, unless you are targeting barracuda.
Savannah Snapper Banks
It’s time to wake the bottom fish up and trigger a fast and furious bite!
(Wasn’t that a movie about over the top fast cars? Well, maybe, but this is about getting more fish bites!)
The Perry Fishing Team has arrived!
It was a wonderful family affair!
I got to take the Perry’s fishing this past week and it was a blast for sure…
Savannah Snapper Banks can also be a little challenging especially if doing a little bottom fishing. If you want to step up your bottom bite I suggest using the nervous baits to do so. What are nervous baits? Cigar minnows, Spanish sardines, horse eye mackerel, and any other shinny type baits. These types of baits trigger a bottom bite. In other words, it wakes the bottom fish up and triggered a fast/furious bite!
While his father Eddie Perry watches Ethan holds up his just fought, caught, and soon to be released amberjack.
Jack Perry watches as Captain Kathy shows his father Eddie Jr why trigger fish are called trigger fish! You see, in order to unlock the main dorsal fin you must push the lower one down. This is how you pull a trigger fish’s trigger! This fish is known for lodging itself under ledges by locking in their main dorsal fin. Once in this mode the trigger fish can move 360 degrees without moving an inch. This is what we call the “trigger fish feeding twirl!”
Taylor Roop, Eddie Perry Jr, and his son Ethan are all sporting big fish smile. Ethan’s brother Jack is holding his just caught barracuda! And it was nice one too!
Aidan Perry caught himself a double trigger fish hook up! Captain Judy is holding them trying to keep them from going into the twirling mode. Now, take a close look at the red ball on my bottom leader. In front of the red ball is a spring looking addition, which is an Electron Fish Attractor. Now, most fishermen laugh when I say this stuff ready works. And it does, but here’s the thing…I was using this fish attractor above both hooks on my bottom rig. However, I found out whether quick that too many electrons doing what they do best, which is communicating with the fish is way too much. After talking with Rachel owner of Election Fish Attractor, we both decided that two on one bottom rig was way too much! And I had to agree! Believe me I didn’t have to ask the fish I just watched as they surrounding the hooks! http://www.lifesparkfishingtackle.com/products/
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream, well, as you know, all waters are just about the same temperatures. So it is that time of year where you can catch a blue water fish in green water! Be prepared and stay on blue water fish watch!
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