Fishing

Falling into Groupers in SoWal

Early Fall is so nice at the Beach! The weather has been just wonderful, the water clear and calm with high temps in the 80's and lows in the 60's. Being able to keep a few Groupers each day makes the fishing even more enjoyable. We have been averaging four to five groupers a trip on my usual 1/2 day runs. Lots more to bite, but, they are groupers and the fish win more often than they lose!

McCullough Shrimping Is A Family Affair

It's nearing twilight and the McCullough clan of  Portland, Fla. prepares to send its crew off to man the night's run of the Capt. Wil-B, the family's shrimp boat.

This ritual takes place six days a week. Fuel has already been loaded into the boat's tanks from a fuel truck that visits the dock. Crushed ice to chill the catch is in chests ready to take to the boat, and the crew members have a supply of food to provide a meal through the long night ahead.

Picture Pefect Fishin'

The weather pattern finally changed from sloppy to "chamber of commerce". We have had some calm seas, light winds and crystal clear water the past several days.

While it's always a treat to watch the fish chase your bait around 40 feet under the boat, we had the extra treat of finding a big log floating on top with hundreds of Mahi swimming around today.

Catchin' That SoWal Spring Fever

 Like the title says, that spring fever is an easy catch. The calm warm days between the fronts sure do make for a nice time on the water.

The Kings have shown up and if you are willing to take the time to chase 'em, are more than willing to co-operate.

There are still plenty of Spanish up in close but are on the usual bite one day, vanish the next, schedule. The triggers are still hot and , for some reason, the scamps have decided to feed hard the past week.

The glory fish of Spring time, the ol' brown back crab crunchin' cobia is

Cobia, Mackerel, Triggers & Tourism

Lots happening at the Beach in South Walton last week. With all of Georgia on Spring Break there were a bunch of folks in town.

The King Mackerel have also decided to show up and vacation, a very nice addition to the angling options.

The weather has been kind of hit and miss the past 10 days or so, from blowy and chilly to warm and perfect and now, the past 2 days have us socked in with heavy fog. 

Cobia Season in South Walton

After a long run of calm seas we have gone into a more normal spring weather pattern of some swell at the beach. The surf yesterday was too much to try to launch.

Even though it was a weekend, nobody launched from Grayton and there were only a few Destin boats out cobia hunting. The cobia have popped up pretty good a couple days but are still hit and miss. The run should just get better as the water temps continue to climb.

Amberjack, Cobia & Mackerel at Grayton Beach

The weather has just been fantastic, allowing me to take a bunch of spring-break families way out on a slick, calm Gulf. I have been steady targeting the Amberjacks with side stops for triggers and vermilions.

All this nice warm sunshine has let the water heat up and the Spanish Mackerel showed up a week or so ago in force. I ran my first 2-hour afternoon trip of the year the other day with a mom and four boys who had a blast catching about 40 mackerel in short order.

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