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Jacksonville Beach - I got down to the beach about 7:30 AM which was right around high tide. I could see some scattered schools of mullet in the surf so walked out about knee deep and through my cast net over a school. With my bucket full of fresh live mullet. I hooked a single mullet on my rig which has a 3oz pyramid sinker. There was a slight current headed south but my bait was staying pretty much where I dropped it in the surf. I had a few small bites but not much other action. After about 30 minutes I had a good bite. I let the fish tug a couple of times to make sure he was hooked ,then reeledit in. It was a nice Spanich Mackerel about 22 inches long. I fished for another copuple of hours with no more bites. I had a blast and went home with one spanish mackerel for the day. Tight Lines!!
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Jacksonville Beach - I got down to the beach about 7:30 AM which was about halfway between low and high tide. It was one of those days where the surf is barely coming up over both sandbars and the water is only about 2 feet deep for about 100 yards out. There was plenty of mullet in the water so I still wanted to give it a try. I netted a few mullet with my cast net, hooked one on my rig and tossed it out. No cation for about 45 minutes and I was considering taking a break and going for a walk down the beach until the tibe filled in a little more. Just as I was about to reel in my line I had a hrd yank on the line, then hard pulling. I kept the line tight and began working the fish in to shore. I could tell it was heavy and was very excited to see as it emerged from the surf that it was a nice slot redfish! It was a red drum about 20 inces long, right within the slot size. I fished for about another hour with no bites, so I went home and had some fresh blackened redfish for lunch. I had a blst as usual! Tight lines!!
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Jacksonville Beach - I got down to the beach about 7:30 AM which was a few minutes before high tide. The tide didn't come in as far it typically does this time of year, but there was plenty of deep water within casting distance. I casted out half a finger mullet and let it soak for about half an hour without a single bite, so I cahgned to shrimp flavored Fish Bites. I started getting bites immediately and pulled in a couple of small croakers. I continued to pull in small spot and croakers, for the next couple of hours. A few of the croakers were decent sized so I threw them in the cooler for lunch. Around 10:30am I felt a hard hit and hooked what felt like a much bigger fish. It turned out to be a weakfish about 18 inches long. I knew it was some kind of trout, but in the past I had only caught spotted sea trout, so I had to look it up to identify it. The weakfish, despite it's name, put up a good fight. I took home 4 croakers and the weakfish, whcih we ate for a late lunch. I had a blast as usual. If you are interested in publish your fishing reports, please shoot me a quick email and I will send you instructions. Tight Lines!!
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Jacksonville Beach - This week, Wes and I were joined by a new fishing buddy, also named Jason, who is fairly new to the area. We all got down to the beach at 7:30am. The tide was coming in and high tide was expected at about 10:30. When we first got set up, the waves were coming in over the sandbar, but the water was still a bit shallow in the trough. There was also a medium strength current pulling our baits to the south. None the less, we started getting bites immediately. We would cast out, the bait would drift south into the trough, and then the bluefish would start banging on it. Even though it was his first time, Jason ended up catching the most fish. We all hooked a bunch and had a cooler full by about 10:45. It was a beautiful day and we had a blast as usual.
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Jacksonville Beach - Wes an I got down to the beach about 7:30 AM. It was a nice morning, warm but overcast. It was mid-tide, but the water was deep enough to fish, even over the sandbar, whcih is where most of our casts were landing. The bluefish started biting immediately. We started the day, a little light on tackle. We only had one leader each, and on a good day, we might go through three or four. The bluefish have sharp teeth and fight like mad, so we lose a little tackle when the blues are very active. Anyway, Wes hooked a big bluefish, but couldn't get him reeled in.
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Jacksonville Beach - My neighbor Emily got down to the beach around 7:30 AM. It was mi-tide with high-tide expected around 10:30 AM. There was a wind from the East, which was a little annoying for casting, but it was also pushing some deeper water over the sand bar. Sometimes at mid-tide, the water is to shallow over the sand bar to fish., but today the wind was helping. It was about 20 minutes before I got the first bite, and it felt like a bluefish. It was, and we kept catching them all morning. There was so many finger mullet in the surf that they were banging into our ankles while we were fishing. I threw the cast net once and we had more than enough bait for the whole day. It was a beautiful day, and we had a blast as usual. We shared smoked bluefish with the neighbors in the evening.