Fishing the past week has been great for Black snapper and slot redfish. The speck bite in the wee morning hours has been pretty good also. Most of the Black Snapper have been caught using live shrimp while fishing in the pass near some of the rock jetties in depths around 25ft. The bite is very subtle, so make sure you pay attention and be ready to set the hook!
A few big redfish are showing up in some of the same areas and we have been catching them on top and below the surface. So have a rod rigged with a top-water plug ready for some great top-water action. King Mackerel fishing in July was relatively slow compared to last year's catch. As the water cools down over the next few weeks, the King bite should improve. We did manage to hook a few nice fish this week by slow trolling live baits.
It's not too early to talk about the fall redfish run, as fall is just around the corner and those hard fighting reds we all love to catch will be here in a few weeks.
Seas this past week have been a little rough offshore, but I hear the red snapper bite has really picked up around depths of 110ft – 200ft, and some of the closer in wrecks are still producing keeper fish; you just have to weed through them.
