1/18/2025

Birds Eye View: Perfect conditions were had this week for light tackle, Back Country fishing. It’s been so nice to keep it simple and fun with half day runs based around the tide in the 16’ Hewes. All trips this week were perfect successes. Clean water, happy fish and bluebird skies.

Inshore: Winter sheepshead fishing is slowing down. Starting to see many more females in the mix and most every fish has the beginning stages of roe developing. These females are bigger on average. If big sheeps are the goal now until spring is your time! While less bites and trickier the reward is solid. Both rock piles in the river and the jetties still hold fish.

Redfish action has been spectacular this past week. Many fish were had in the 20-23” range with a few stand out individuals like the one pictured above. That 30” fish was a beautiful example of “as good as it gets”. Last night on 1/17 we were poling a slicked out bank showing signs of a couple fish when in front of the boat a school of 30+ Redfish pushed up heading right for us. We connected with one and watched many more pass us by as the sun was getting lower. One of those catches that just makes you giggle with how cool it was. This style of fishing isn’t always the easiest but man is it rewarding! If you aren’t up for a challenge the hole fishing is off the chain this time of year. As long as you can hit a specific cast you’ll have no lack of fish.

Trout fishing has been on the back of my mind right now with the Redfish being so good and consistent. Ive found them still hanging around main river creek mouths. My guess is with colder temps we will start to see more yellow mouth than speckled trout coming in and less birds to give away their position.

Offshore: Its been windy :( Looks like those with the right windows are coming back with seabass and wahoo. Not much in-between.

Closeout: Cool windy days are the norm. Dropping the water temp into the mid 50s. Quick inshore runs is the name of the game right now with a 6 hour being the longest day id recommend but when we get pretty offshore days the fishing will be plenty good! Now is also the time to start fishing the back country in the 16’ boat. Let’s get after it!

Trip Log:

1/9/25 4 Hour Back Country AM Tons of Reds up to 23”

1/12/25 4 Hour Back Country PM Tons of Redfish up to 24”, Speckled trout and flounder.

1/17/25 4 Hour Back Country PM As many Reds as you could handle. 30” stud!