Offshore fishing and nearshore fishing are all about the same now. Most boats did not get out last weekend and I don’t blame them. The reports are still the same with the gag grouper season fast coming to an end. Good fish have been caught at the 100-foot mark the last few weeks, but the big boys are still holding way offshore in the 150- to 200-foot range. These fish should start to move soon to inshore spots, however, the season may be over by then! Mexico Beach has a good gag fishery in about 60 feet, but you are sure to catch plenty of shorts and very few legal fish right now. Light line in the 20-pound class and long leaders with small pinfish will produce gags over these inshore sites. With seas at 2 to 3 feet this weekend, maybe we can get out to some of these wrecks and get a limit before the season is gone.
Beeliners and triggerfish are holding on the ledges and smaller artificial sites. Three hook rigs or chicken rigs with small number 2-3 Demon circle hooks with small cut squid squares work great. This tiny, and I mean tiny, square of bait will not attract the attention of the red snapper but may persuade a mangrove snapper or two.
Many anglers are looking for other species to fill up a cooler and make the trip worthwhile. Gas and diesel are $3.68 now on the beach. Kingfish are all but a memory now. One good report last week came in about kingfish, but none this week. Some mahi-mahi are still holding close to shore and are moving east.
Come down to the Apalachicola Seafood Festival this weekend and see Travis Trit play Saturday night and enjoy some of the freshest seafood around, and maybe a funnel cake or two.
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