Forgotten Coast Fishing Report
Local fisherman Dave Mason says the big red snapper have been cooperating, and he has been limiting out. The bigger ones have been caught free lining whole, dead cigar minnows, with some nice ones caught off the bottom over structure with cut bait. The beeliners have been good also between 10 and 20 miles offshore.
Inshore, the skinny water bite has been really good on top water. First light is the best time or early evening. Throw topwater plugs such as MirrOlures, Rapala Skitter Walk or Zara Spooks; midmorning switch to a gold Johnson Minnow or a popping court with a soft plastic or live bait. Pompano on the beaches using fish bites have been the ticket.
The rivers have been running low and steady. Catfish have been great on trotlines, bush hooks, or rod and reel. Cut bait or fresh shrimp are the way to go. Shellcrackers have been good on crickets and worms. Crappie are also good on minnows.
Stop in BlueWater Outrigger for your live and frozen bait needs. Gun season is just around the corner so if you need guns, ammo or camping supplies we have them. Good luck and tight lines.
Tom Gannaway – BlueWater Outriggers
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.