Fishing Report for 3/22/12
From the News Herald
Freshwater:
Lake Wimico is hot with bass fishermen. Bass tournaments lately have been producing large stringers. The shellcrackers should be bedding on the full moon of April, and if they didn’t on the last full moon of March. Lake Wimico also has been on fire with bream catches. Most anglers are using worms and spinner baits. Bream are biting on worms and crickets and they are everywhere.
Inshore:
St. Joe Bay is coming back to life. Good flounder reports have been coming from Black’s Island and around the bomb holes. Surf fishing is producing nice whiting and all you want to catch. Spanish mackerel are at the Eagle Harbor area and out in the open water and along the Gulf side of Cape San Blas also. Use mackerel trees or Got-cha plugs trolled behind spoons to improve your chances. No cobia have yet been weighed in Gulf County, but are expected this week.
Offshore:
Fishermen from boats are reporting a few cobias being caught. It’s still a little early but the month of April should be hot for not only cobia but pompano as well.
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Fishing Report - March 7, 2012
From the News Herald ( http://www.newsherald.com/articles/reports-100971-good-degrees.html#ixzz1oTu5bsBZ);
Freshwater: This warming trend is great for fishing. Good reports from Lake Wimico and Howard Creek are of catches of shellcracker, bass and catfish. The rising waters last week also was good for catfish at the damns and in the big rivers. Crappie continue to bite in all the waters around the Forgotten Coast, but better reports are coming in from Depot Creek.
Inshore/Piers: This week the water temperature in St. Joe Bay was 66 degrees. Only a few more weeks until the magic number of 68 degrees is reached. Redfish are being spotted in Eagle Harbor and on the flats in the bay, as are trout. Some decent-sized fish are being caught at the sea wall in the marina, but the better reports are coming in from Cape San Blas and Indian Pass. Snowbirds are reporting good whiting catches from the beaches and a few pompano.