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oars. He rowed and coached and again showed us the bounty of the “Hooch.” The Angler Magazine Atlanta co-publisher Bob Rice and I have fished with Scalley several times before. Our late-September trip was another good one. The river’s wild reproducing brown trout were active in cooling weather patterns, and they punctuated a steady catch of sleek and feisty rainbows. The Chattahoochee is one of the best tailwater trout fisheries in the Southeast. It is a success story for fisheries management. Georgia DNR stopped stocking brown trout in the river in 2005 after natural reproduction was discovered. Today, those beautiful butter-bellies still thrive. It’s a unique situation that has made this 30-mile-long stretch a destination fishery. The Hooch has produced a string of state-record browns, including the current nearly 21-pounder. But before you get geared up for 30-inch trout, realize that while monsters do exist in the river’s deep holes and log jams, they are not frequent catches. Over several trips with Scalley, it seems a pretty good day consists of numerous rainbows, a handful of browns in the 10- to 12-inch range and a fish or two in the 14- to 16-inch range. Of course, the opportunity for larger fish is always present. Early in our float, a wading angler hailed us over to show photos of a 20-plus-inch fish he had in his net earlier that day. It was proof the big girls were eating, and it inspired us to fish our triplenymph rigs more diligently. After bringing several 8- to 12-inch rainbow trout to hand, I hooked into our first brown, a gorgeous 15-incher that took the big black stonefly anchoring the rig. We went on to catch several more good browns and a bunch of rainbows. The bows preferred either the small Baetis nymph in the rig or an egg pattern Scalley called a Stormy Daniels. While fishing three nymphs at once might sound like a recipe for disaster, it’s actually quite simple. Under Scalley’s coaching, even beginners catch on to the looping lob it takes to cast such a rig. Once it’s in the water, nymphing with an indicator is a lot like the bobber fishing you did as a kid. You just float down the river and watch for a fish to bite. Those bites should be frequent over the next few months. Water temperatures remain consistent on the tailwater year-round, and fall and winter offer great fishing for wild browns. Contact Chris Scalley and River Through Atlanta through their website riverthroughatlanta.com, or call (770) 650-8630.

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on the surface, send it on down. Affix breakaway lights along the wind-on leader near the bait. About 100 feet up the leader, use rigging floss to create a loop where the clip for the weight will attach to the main line. The clip is attached to about 30 feet of lighter leader, in the 50-pound range, that is then affixed to a weight. Adjust weight to the current. A reasonable go-to is 10 pounds. Again, ensure you have extra weights on board before investing in a sword trip. The last thing you want is to get revved up over a bite, come up without a weight and have to scavenge a tool box for your heaviest wrenches to toss overboard. There are a few different styles of driving the boat for swordfishing that have proven successful. Regardless of the method you chose, the idea is to keep the weight from free falling and tangling the line. Keep tension on the line while it is going down, take up the slack, and relocate the bottom. Come up off the bottom 100 feet, or so, and continue that process as you drift over varied depths. Keep eyes on the rod tip the entire time, and find the happy medium between not blinking and not losing your mind. Swordfish might swipe the bait before committing to the hook, or they might hammer it. Sometimes they just start swimming to the surface with it. All the different bites look different on the rod tip. You might see the rod bounce with taps, get heavy and not bounce at all, or just completely go slack. Whether the bite is obvious or subtle, setting the hook or knowing when to reel up to check the bait is a matter of experience. Swordfish are counted like tarpon, where the overall bite count is included along with those landed. Don’t even bother fishing for swords if

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f all the non-native fish species that have established themselves in South Florida’s system of freshwater lakes and canals, peacock bass are the only ones that arrived legally. Butterfly peacock bass are a species anglers are glad to have, and Felipe Prieto, of Hialeah, caught a dandy out of a Broward County lake while fishing live bait after work. His 9.11-pound, 23 5/16-inch catch was recently certified by FWC as a new state record. Prieto’s big peacock bested a mark that has stood for nearly three decades. The previous state record of 9.08 pounds was caught back in 1993. It is not, however, the largest ever caught in Florida. FWC has record of a 12-pound, 25.5-inch peacock that was not submitted for state record recognition. That fish was not far off the current IGFA all-tackle world record, which weighed 12 pounds, 9 ounces and was caught from Venezuela’s Chiguao River in January of 2000. Peacock bass are native to South America, and they were intentionally introduced to Florida. The FWC stocked peacock bass in coastal southeast Florida canals in 1984 to help reduce the number of undesirable exotic fishes, especially spotted tilapia. An awesome new fishery was a side benefit of the stocking. Limited low-temperature tolerance normally restricts butterfly peacocks to Broward and Miami-Dade counties, but recent mild winters have allowed anglers as far north as Palm Beach County to enjoy catching this species. “The butterfly peacock bass is colorful, a lightning-fast striker and a hard fighter,” said FWC Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto. “Anglers from across the country travel here to catch a peacock bass, which only adds to the tremendous economic impact fishing has in Florida. This unique game fish is just one of the features that makes Florida, truly, the Fishing and Boating Capital of the World.”

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all fishing can be the easiest and best fishing of the year. For me it is the flounder run, schools of trout and reds under flocks of gulls, and the prelim to giant trophy trout time. The fall flounder migration is definitely a staple of fall fishing, and I know that it goes on wherever flatfish exist. We do have a closed season for the first time, so be sure to check the regs wherever you plan to fish. Most states have changed flounder regulation in the last couple years. Not only are flounder easier to find when they travel though the passes in their voyage to their spawning grounds, they also feed aggressively as they follow baitfish out of the bays. When I focus on flounder, I change my presentation dramatically. I like to apply scent to my lures, which gives you a great advantage when it comes to catching flounder. A tandem rig is a popular method to utilize for flounder. Since flounder frequently ambush bait by burying themselves in the sand, I keep my lead lure in contact with the bottom at all times and give the lure a twitch with my rod using a sideways motion. If I am in a boat, I do this with my rod tip down, but while wading my rod moves to my side. Finding trout and reds smashing shrimp under feeding gulls can really get your heart pumping from the visual excitement. It can also provide nonstop fish on every cast. This is especially true in the fall, when it is more common to find larger trout schooling than in the other three seasons. When fishing the birds, I use a heavier jighead than I typically do. A ¼- to 3/8-ounce jighead works well. The more skittish the fish and birds, the heavier head I will use. I do this simply to increase my casting distance, so I can reach the schools sooner and stay farther away in an attempt to

not break up the schools or push them down. Using a durable soft plastic and smashing down the barb of the hook are helpful in maximizing the number of fish you can pull off each school. If you can keep the birds off of it, throwing a topwater might pull out some of the larger fish and add to the fun and visual stimulation of the entire event. By the end of fall, trophy trout become my main focus, and this continues through mid-spring. At this time, the water will have cooled considerably, and the majority of bait will have left the bays. Artifical lures will become a more reliable option for catching trophy trout. Enjoy this cooler weather, and spend some time on the water. This is a great time to introduce young anglers to the sport. Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Knockin Tail Lures and Controlled Descent Lures, and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.

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see these pompano and black drum begin to move into our region. Traveling south from the Carolinas with the subsequently declining water temperatures depict the fish moving through North Florida and reaching Brevard BY CAPT. LUKAS BRICKWEG County’s northern beaches within the first few cold fronts. Once this pattern of dropping ovember surf fishing along the Space Coast using Fishbites, temperatures takes hold, these fish will be will bring with it a changing of the guards. sandfleas, clams pursued throughout the region as they journey The seasonal temperatures cooling signify an and shrimp as the south. That’s where the cat-and-mouse game end to the fall mullet run and the beginning of baits of choice. comes into play, trying to keep a pulse on their the Pompano run—a favorite time of year for Another option to target movements to stay on the higher concentrations surf fishing anglers along the entire Florida coast. majority bluefish and mackerel will be of pompano. Pompano are revered by most as the intended chunked mullet or a rapidly retrieved spoon. Needless to say, November couldn’t come Fishing near Cocoa Beach during the initial soon enough for most of us diehard pompano target species throughout the winter and spring months. The initial influx of major schools can pulse of pompano should be a sure fire bet to fishermen. The cool, northeasterly breeze signals happen in a moment’s notice, winter is upon us and chills the sun’s rays to the so everyone will be awaiting delight of the many anglers awaiting the next that first word of big catches. strike. Surf fisherman littering the coast look to The pompano bite will reap the rewards of delicious table fare species undoubtedly hold the tone in of pompano, whiting and Spanish mackerel. any surf fishing conversations Excitingly ambitious anglers may beat the first during the month of morning’s light to try and reach their favorite November. With that being spots on each beach access before any others stifle said, don’t forget the other the plan. species that infiltrate the Pompano along the Space Coast are sure to Brevard County waters drive us all mad, so get ready and prepare for an due to the cooling water undoubtedly much anticipated beginning to the temperatures. Big whiting, Florida pompano run. bluefish, Spanish mackerel and black drum will be the CAPT. LUKAS BRICKWEG less notorious species that Cocoa Beach Surf Fishing Charters may go under the radar. All cocoabeachsurffishingcharters@gmail.com the above mentioned species Targeting pompano is a sure fire bet for successful surf fishing www.cocoabeachsurffishingcharters.com can be targeted with varying on Space Coast beaches in November. (321) 205-4672 styles of pompano rigs

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baits, and suspending lures like the Rapala Sub Walk or Twichin’ Mullet in the mangrove minnow, pinfish, or mullet finishes are top lures that will get a bite. Black drum may be possible out on the flats for anglers casting live shrimp,

BY CAPT. JIM ROSS PORT CANAVERAL: The fall mullet run that waters cool into the started back in October will start winding mid 70-degree range. These tasty down this month. There are usually still plenty fish are found around the ships channel buoys of pilchards and glass minnows around to hold and any type of floating debris in the near-shore predators near docks, waters. Live shrimp is piers, jetties and your best bet when other ambush points targeting these fish. around the port this BANANA RIVER month. Flounder are LAGOON: Speckled currently out of season trout, redfish, and due to the new FWC snook will be the regulations, but they most common species are normally plentiful anglers will find throughout the port beneath the roots and this month. Spanish branches of mangrove mackerel, bluefish, trees this month. Find redfish, and snook are areas where baitfish all possible catches are holding near these when using live types of structure baits in and around Snook have been on fire over the past and you should find the port area and month and if water temps stay above all three species of beaches. Tripletail the mid 70 degree mark you can expect predators there. Small should become more to catch plenty this month as well. jigs, soft plastic jerk prevalent as the ocean

Trout action should remain good on most days in this section of the Banana River Lagoon.

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he mullet run is running late and could last into the month of November. As long as the weather stays nice and the bait stays around, the inlet and beach fishing will be fantastic. If the cold fronts come early, the inlet fishing will be fantastic, but we won’t be able to get off the beach for the tarpon and sharks. The strong cold fronts will bring big swells, but the tarpon and sharks will move into Sebastian Inlet on the outgoing tides looking for a meal. Bucktail jigs in 2-3 ounce, D.O.A. Baitbuster with the heavy jighead, and heavy jighead with paddletails, along with Rapala X-Rap 14 long cast baits will be the key artificial baits to use in the evening and after dark. Drifting pinfish and pigfish in the evenings will account for a good number of snook and redfish as well. Depending on the fronts, there should be a lot of finger mullet in the lagoon as well as the creeks from Sebastian River to Turkey and Crane Creeks and the Eau Gallie River by Ballard Park. With the bait inside the lagoon and the lower water temps, the inshore fishing should be good throughout November. There will be plenty of trout, slot-sized redfish, snook and some flounder in the mangroves and along the spoil islands. Look for bait pods and fish the areas with a lot of bait with soft plastics or finger mullet. The bite in Sebastian Inlet was good in October for snook Noah with a nice Lagoon trout. on incoming tides inside the inlet along the shorelines. Live pinfish and pigfish have been the best baits, and mullet should be your second choice for baits during the daytime. Rapala X-Rap 14 and bucktails work well at night as do Hogy Paddletail baits and D.O.A. Baitbusters. Throw in jacks and redfish on the outgoing tides and the fishing has been pretty good. Look for the shrimp to start moving through the inlet later in November. The snook, reds and black drum should start stacking up in the inlet if the winds stay light and feed on the shimp flushing out with the tide. November is also the time anglers start catching the big flounder in the Inlet west of the bridge, from the catwalks and in the lagoon. Live bait anglers looking for big flounder in the inlet will have the best success with live finger mullet and mud minnows soaked on the bottom using a fishfinder rig with a 12-18” leader. I prefer to jig ½ ounce or ¾ ounce jigs with Storm 360 GT paddletails or 4” jerkbaits on the bottom using either pro cure or strips of mullet or pinfish as an attractant. The larger flounder are usually caught on live bait, but more fish are caught on artificial baits.

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ello fall temps, cool fronts and winter breeze! Fishing in the winter months is my favorite time of the year to fish the flats and back country. The water levels are finally dropping and the water clarity has improved tremendously and will continue with the cooler weather coming in. As cold fronts start to become more frequent red fish will start to form into bigger schools, as well as big trout, snook and schools of black drum coming through. With the right timing you can have very successful day pulling plenty of fish to the boat! As the water temps drop you will start to find snook stacked up, as you all know I am all over the map from kayak, shore line and skiff or simply wading out. From paddling down the canals and up to dock lights. Anywhere you see structure, drift wood, ...in these cooler months you trees you will be sure to will have no trouble hooking snag a snook! I have been finding schools of snook up in the lagoon and find you of all sizes schooled up will have great success. So go out together, in the evening or early morning hours I there enjoy the cool breeze and find working an artificial give it all you got. or for those who like to use live baits, I find free lining a jumbo shrimp most effective. My go to lure for snook is a DOA paddle-tail jig, SLAYER XLs on a weedless or a VUDU mullet, your artificial options are endless! Work it every area and body of water flat etc is different, get out there and experiment. You know snook cant resist those top waters, as to us anglers watching a snook blow up on a top water! A Badonkadonk or Bomber is my go to, watching your snook smash one of these will certainly leave you feeling fulfilled! The redfish bite has been really good! You will start to see the bigger girls coming in the flats and finding them laid up in the sand spots. I haven’t seen really any schools of redfish they are still scattered around 14 BREVARD/VOLUSIA

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y popular demand, we Just started up the “My Life is Better than your Vacation Beach Surf Fishing Academy.” .Beach charters are the best way to learn how to do it all, fishing the surf. Nothing feels better than pulling in a beautiful pompano out of the surf. After some of the best months of fishing in the summertime, it just stopped, but that’s okay: We had a ball for June, July, and part of August and September. The small Skooly mullet Are just showing up, which means the redfish should be here momentarily in the surf. Ya, mon! The catch isn’t the most important thing while you’re out here on the beach, fishing, especially these days. Breathing the great air in a totally free space, setting up, getting your bait together, and just being alone in nature with the waves bashing, might make you feel pretty good; and catching a fish will make you feel better and stronger. Wait! Hold on! Finger mullet are everywhere. I have a red fish on the line (nice!). Now, that’s what I’m talking about! Ya, mon! Redfish, or red drum, is related to the black drum: They do mate, and create a beautiful strong hybrid (did I just say that?). Holy smokes! Enough about that, let’s get back to fishing. My friend Sabate tuned me on to the bite today by catching the first red fish I heard about. He always seems to do that, a real ****** fisherman and a filet surgeon .Now that the redfish run is official, it’s time to put on a weight slider and a bigger hook, live finger mullet, and you are in the game. Talking about being in the game, my friend Sean Martel pulled in on the beach at least a 200-pound sand Tiger shark, biggest catch we’ve seen. He was targeting sharks with filet mango snapper carcass, catch and release. Now back to smoked redfish - it is one of the best-tasting things there is! I use hickory in my oldfashioned smoker and it is well seasoned. Now this red fish, he’s going to the smoker and so am I… — Marcopompano@gmail.com | Beach Surfing Guide | 386-212-4838

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ovember is here and finally we should see some relief in the weather. The cooler temps that will join us this month with definitely get the fish in the back water feeding. We already are seeing a nice pic of reds and black drum feeding on live baits. This is the time of year that I turn to the mirro lures and swear by darker colors. Be sure to fish the points of the oyster bars and mouths of the feeder creeks. I will also start slow rolling the FishBites fight club line paddle tail for 16 BREVARD/VOLUSIA

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those finicky fish that are holding on the bottom. This past month seen some great catches with Mr.Breslin beating up on some black drum. Sean had some very impressive snook fishing the night tides and Kate scored with some nice flounder .Great job guys. I do wanna wish everyone a safe and happy thanksgiving. Tight lines

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ovember is probably one of my favorite months of the year! Finally some cool temperatures after a long hot season, but the best part is the big fish will be chewing! I’ll be focusing on bull redfish mostly, I’ve caught multiple 50+ lb redfish in November and I certainly plan on doing it again this year! By November they are starting to snub mullet so I highly recommend blue crab halves and giant pinfish. I usually make a couple cuts in the pinfish tail area to help with sent. The tides will be ripping especially around the full moon so around the inlet use a 4-5 oz weight to keep your bait on the bottom. Finding fish on your finder is important but the fish will be moving so focus on 15-20ft of water and post up , also be patient. If a school of bulls come through it’s not uncommon to have multiple hookups so don’t put out to many rigs or you will get all wrapped up and potentially lose them.

Cut mullet will also work along with cut bluefish if the fishing is tough! Also early in the month don’t forget about tarpon. Use live mullet, pinfish, and live blue crab on freelines where you see them feeding. Lastly snook … early in the month before the water temp drops is your best shot. Drifting baits through the lights at night or along the rocks in an outgoing tide should get you a bite! Get out there and catch some fish before it gets colder. As always if you see us on the water say hello and good luck! — Capt. James Thrappas | Splash Brand Representation LLC 386-366-3424 | yellowdawgfishing@gmail.com

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ey heyy heyyy! My name is Captain Ashley, and I’m here to represent East Central Florida’s beautiful lakes, rivers and east coast. It’s been a couple years since I officially left the corporate world and received my USCG Master Captain’s license! Ever since, I’ve tried my hand at as many things as I possibly can by being the “yes” person that I am. Anything from captaining eco tours, pleasure cruises, towing, the occasional yacht relocation and delivery to first mate on fishing charters. All of which has continued to open up some pretty wonderful opportunities that I didn’t realize could exist for me. Currently, I am a New Member Orientation Instructor by day for Freedom Boat Club focusing on the Sanford, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet, Daytona and Palm Coast locations!! This is a fantastic worldwide boat club for the casual inshore pleasure-boater to the nearshore fisherman. Once a member, you’ll attend formal classroom style training where I’ll summarize what FWC has written for the Florida Boaters’ Safety course. All of the information is immediately followed up with actual training on a boat of your choice out on the water. I cover everything from basics in understanding water traffic control, boating etiquette, proper anchoring, docking, advanced training and much more. Then any additional training within the club is free, unlimited, and absolutely customizable. This has spiraled into personal “Boating - 101” requests for private trainings to anyone outside of the boat club, and I’m loving it! Keep the 18 BREVARD/VOLUSIA

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ovember can begin the transition from warm Florida to early winter fishing patterns if we have chilly weather this month, the subtropical coastal migrating species will begin moving south where they spend the winter, including Tarpon, Jack Crevalle, Ladyfish, Pompano, and Spanish Mackerel. The mullet run follows the same south bound route, how soon and low the water temperatures drop will determine the timing. Resident fish Redfish, Snook, Seatrout, Snapper, etc remain in our waters through winter, cold water species will begin to move in, including Sheepshead, Black Drum and Bluefish. Mosquito Lagoon water levels can remain high after a flooded autumn, in the lagoon and backcountry, shorelines can still be a good bet with high water, also the flooded marsh, more sight fishing if clearer water, James released a good Edgewater Backcountry more blind casting Snook with Capt Michael Savedow soft plastics and soaking cut or live finger mullet/mud minnows in cloudy water. Early morning throw top water lures on flats, edges, and over top of submerged drop offs, after the sun is up, switch to sub surface, soft plastics with 1/8 or 1/16 jig head for deeper water, or weedless jerkbaits in the shallows, in the backwaters free lined live shrimp or finger mullet are always a go to bait, hard plastics like MirrOdines and twitch baits also good. Snook season is still open, 28” to 32” slot size limit, 1 per person a day, a Snook permit on your fishing license needed to keep one. To target bigger fish, go with bigger baits, like mullet, pinfish and select shrimp, free lined for surface action, with small weight for deeper spots, on artificials, larger swimming lures for surface, jigs and bucktails for deeper, fish Ponce Inlet jetties and channel, bridge pilings, docks, Spruce Creek and Tomoka areas, Haulover Canal, nightime, early morning before sunrise, moving water can be best in the tidal areas. November also continues the bull Redfish spawn, Ponce Inlet is the center of attention, they can also be along the Intracoastal Waterway, NSB bridges, and Haulover Canal, anchor or drift and soak half or whole Blue Crabs, live Pinfish, or Mullet. Before the chill comes, Snook, Tarpon and Sharks can also be in the inlet with the big Reds. Some years the first cold spell can come this month, if it’s fast and hard, lagoon fish can get a little shocky after a year of warm water as they get used to the first cold water of the year. The near shore ocean this month can be very good for southward migrating schools of Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish from near the beach out to about a mile, watch for surface activity like white water strikes and diving birds, they will be feeding on smaller size baitfish so match the hatch with small long casting shiny spoons, Gotcha plugs and flies. — Capt Michael Savedow https://EdgewaterRiverGuide.com / 386-689-3781

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couple of years ago I went on a fishing trip to Costa Rica with two friends. We fished out of the town of Playa Del Carmen for three days, blessed with terrific weather and lucky to have very good charter captains and mates. For two days we had excellent luck catching a variety of fish including Rooster fish, Yellow Fin Tuna and tons of Dorado (Mahi). We caught so many Mahi that we actually got tired of the same old “oh, it’s another Mahi”. On the third day I was fortunate enough to latch on to a fish that bent my pole in an arc and kept it that way, pulling like a freight train for a good 20 minutes. This was no Mahi. Once the mate wrestled the fish onboard, we saw that it was a nice sized Cuberra Snapper (also known as Cuban Snapper) probably close to 40 pounds. That fish seemed really big to me even knowing that they can get to over 100 pounds. I was delighted to complete the “Coco Slam” consisting of Dorado, Tuna and Snapper. — Ron Nekula

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f you fish every day, you probably don’t need a Guide. However if you are new to the area or only fish for one species or want to maximize your chances of catching fish, I recommend using a Guide as they know where the fish are. They do it every day. I have caught nearly every species of fish except ONE, Pez Gallo more commonly known as a Roosterfish. Before COVID, my good friends Bill and Ron and I went to Playa Del Coco, Costa Rica hunting the elusive Ghost Fish that is uncommonly hard to catch. Only found on the Pacific side. We had tried Mexico, Panama, Belise and the tip of the Baja....Blanked!! My friends and I eat lunch at the Alehouse in Daytona every Friday. Hanging on the wall is a HUGE Roosterfish, the elusive Ghost Fish. In Costa Rica, we hired a Guide. We caught Dorado, Cubera Snapper, Yellow Fin Tuna hooked a nice Sailfish and this beauty.....a Roosterfish! When fishing locally, use a Guide as they can put you on the Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Red Snapper right here in our own back yard. Keep your lines tight and your bait alive.

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f you folks are anything like me, I am sure you have welcomed the slightly cooler weather of November with open arms. With the slightly cooler temperatures, comes much “hotter” fishing up here in the highbridge area. Not quite cold enough to school the reds up yet but definitely cool enough to get them into the flats and aggressively feeding. Keep your eyes peeled along the banks for crawling reds, hunting smaller crustaceans as well as the small fry bait fish that hope for sanctuary in such shallow water. The trout bite is definitely picking up now as well. Find a decent drop off from a sand bar or oyster bed with a good flow of water coming through and the trout should be around. Early morning top water or live shrimp on a cork should do the trick. Don’t be surprised if find an abundance of flounder

laying around also. With the new regs in place you won’t be able to harvest this month any longer so definitely read the new regs for your area and stay as up to date as possible. For my avid Bridge fishermen, highbridge will be loaded with snook. Patience is the key to success for these aerial, big lipped beasts. It’s not uncommon for some of these guys to come up and make 1000 casts and have a shot at only one fish. Chances are though that one fish is probably slot so it all works itself out in the end. Black drum and sheepshead will be starting to make their debut in better numbers this month. Shrimp, fiddler crabs, or any small crustacean will work best when targeting these species. All in all, dust off the rods, fuel up the watercraft and get out to your favorite honey hole. November is one of my favorite months to be on water. Until next time folks, keep your rods bent and your line wet!!! Dave Farlow | Salty Dawg Outfitters, highbridge

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ovember is a another good month for plenty www.USHarbors.com of action. With the slightly cooler Ponce De Leon Inlet South, FL - Nov 2021 temperatures the trout begin to move High Low in the basin and the Date river. Popping corks AM ft PM ft AM ft PM ft Rise Set Moon with shrimp, mud 1 Mon 5:57 3.0 6:13 3.2 11:55 0.3 7:35 6:39 minnows and finger mullet are all good 2 Tue 6:46 3.3 7:02 3.2 12:22 0.0 12:51 0.1 7:36 6:38 bait. If you are an 3 Wed 7:35 3.7 7:51 3.2 1:07 -0.2 1:45 -0.1 7:36 6:37 artificial person try the Zman minnow z 4 Thu 8:24 4.0 8:41 3.2 1:53 -0.3 2:38 -0.2 7:37 6:36 glow 3 inch. 5 Fri 9:14 4.2 9:32 3.2 2:39 -0.5 3:30 -0.3 7:38 6:36 The red fish will be active chasing the mullet through the basin and river. Free lining 6 Sat 10:05 4.2 10:22 3.1 3:26 -0.5 4:22 -0.2 7:39 6:35 shrimp or finger mullet around docks and swift water moving around the points can be very productive. The way it has been the snook are very 7 Sun 9:56 4.2 10:14 3.0 3:14 -0.5 4:17 -0.1 6:39 5:34 active in all sizes. 8 Mon 10:49 4.1 11:10 2.9 4:07 -0.3 5:16 0.0 6:40 5:34 Float a crab or live mullet in the river for tarpon. Good fishing and enjoy the weather 9 Tue 11:46 3.9 5:07 -0.2 6:18 0.1 6:41 5:33

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