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
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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