Jake Harpe here at Bluewater has been on the red grouper and B-Liners. He says you need to be in 100 feet of water, and live or cut bait has been working well. The amberjack bite has been good using 2 ounce Spro jigs over wrecks and reefs. Redfish continue to improve in the bay;…
I had a chance to catch up with Jake Harpe, one of our associates here at Bluewater, and he says the grouper bite offshore has been good in 140 to 200 feet of water using live grunts and pinfish. The vermilion snapper has been good on squid in 120 to 140 feet of water. Inshore,…
It wasn’t technically the storm of the century but in most people’s lives in Franklin and Gulf counties, it might as well have been. While the record in late January is 9 degrees set in 1985, for three days last week, highlighted by temperatures in the low 20s, schools and businesses throughout the Forgotten Coast…
The annual legislative delegation meetings for Franklin and Gulf counties are set for Monday, Jan. 27. State Representative Jason Shoaf (R-Port St. Joe) and State Senator Corey Simon (R-Tallahassee) will conduct the meetings. The meeting in Franklin County will be in the county commission chambers, 34 Forbes St., in Apalachicola from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m….
Over the holidays, Bring Me A Book Forgotten Coast gave out 1,186 books to the children of Franklin and Gulf counties. Events included Apalachicola’s arrival of Santa on a shrimp boat, Port St. Joe Small Business Saturday, the St. George Island Lighting of the Palms, plus Eastpoint and Carrabelle celebrations. Bring Me A Book partnered…
Red snapper season closed but another good amount was harvested. Dave Mason got this nice one, 35 inches long and weighing 21 pounds, fishing with squid for bait, just before the season closed. Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay PSJ charters had another great season as well. Red grouper season opened Jan. 1; keep an eye…
Look to your shallow inshore reefs for mangrove snapper; live or cut bait usually does the trick on a dropper rig. The inshore fishing has really been good. Leading the charge have been sheepshead; look for pilings or rubble. Fiddler crabs will be the best bait, but shrimp also works. The whiting have been running…
Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5 in Franklin County, Officer Forbes observed a vessel with fishing gear and eight occupants coming through East Pass from offshore. After he stopped the vessel to conduct a resource inspection, he found two out-of-season gag grouper and two over-the-bag limit of red snapper. The appropriate resource citations were issued. …
Inshore fishing was great last week with limits of trout being caught in the deeper creeks; soft plastics, or live shrimp under a cork have been working. Whiting have been biting on the beaches; use a shrimp and a Carolina rig. Redfish have also been good using bull minnows. The shallower reefs offshore have been…
It’s a big week for what they call the “Kill the Drill Coalition,” a push by a diverse coalition of environmental groups, the seafood industry, boat captains, beekeepers, community residents, businesses and other interested parties to rally against a Florida Department of Environmental Protection plan to grant a permit for test drilling for oil in…
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