By: Steve Fifer As the first cold snap of the winter heads our way, there is still plenty of good inshore/nearshore fishing around. Small speckled trout are the big story. Most of them are sub-legal 13 ½ inchers but you can pick through them and come up with a limit. The sheer numbers of these…
By: Steve Fifer Fishing continues to improve as summer moves in. Ocean water temps are in the high 70’s and the water quality is excellent. The best fishing is for spanish mackerel. This year’s population is among the biggest – size wise – that we have seen here in a long while. The best places…
By: Steve Fifer ‘Bout time. The weather has started to improve anglers can now get to the fish. The overall water condition is actually real good considering how much wind and rain we’ve had this spring. The best fishing is nearshore especially around the inlets and close-in AR’s. Spanish mackerel are mixed in with bluefish…
By: Steve Fifer It’s looking like the fish that should have been here weeks ago are finally showing up in good numbers locally. Maybe the winds will subside enough to go catch ‘em. Offshore, the places to start to look for mahi start at about the 150’ depth and continue out to the Gulf Stream.…
By: Steve Fifer Nice weather, but winds that are in the forecast well into the upcoming week. For some reason, NOAA has been very inaccurate with their nearshore reports. They have been way off on their forecast of wind speed, wave height, and interval so if you are planning a trip to the Cape or…
By: Steve Fifer With daily gale warnings and small craft advisories, offshore fishing has pretty much not available so let’s take a look nearshore and inshore. The east side of the Cape has seen very good redfish activity along the clear, shallow waters of Shark Island as well as around the wrecks (Atlas Tanker, D-Wreck).…
By: Steve Fifer With daily gale warnings and small craft advisories, offshore fishing has pretty much not available so let’s take a look nearshore and inshore. The east side of the Cape has seen very good redfish activity along the clear, shallow waters of Shark Island as well as around the wrecks (Atlas Tanker, D-Wreck).…
By: Steve Fifer A warming trend and a day or two break from the incessant winds gave folks a chance to get out and fish. At least for a couple of days. The sea mullet have arrived in pretty good numbers and quality. Catch them by drifting the shipping channel outside the inlet or the…
By: Steve Fifer We had a few hints that spring might here this past week and some boats were able to make it offshore to the Gulf Stream. The wahoo, yellowfin, and blackfin tuna were there, too. Wahoo were the top catch with a few yellowfin in the mix. Schools of small blackfin were chasing…
By: Steve Fifer Good grief. Another week of lousy weather. At least the forecast for the Easter weekend looks better. For the third week in a row it has been uncomfortable-to-hazardous to fish the ocean. The inshore fishing has been decent for redfish mostly with some speckled trout and flounder in the mix, too. Your…