Forgotten Coast Fishing Report
We haven’t had a lot of offshore reports this week, it’s been pretty bumpy. Shallow water wrecks and reefs have been paying off with a snapper bite. The water temperature has been running in the mid 70s.
Black drum, especially the big uglys, are on the move; cut bait and dead shrimp should do the trick. Fishing on the beach, as well as the Highland View bridge, continues to produce redfish and trout. Also, a few sheepshead are starting to show up; shrimp, fish bites or fish gum works well. Beach fishing has been good with different species being caught, from shark to redfish and a few pompano mixed in.
River fishing has been good and stringers of bluegill and catfish are being caught. The bass fishing continues to improve with this cooler weather; top water frogs along the shoreline are a great first bait to throw in the morning for largemouth. Evan Gannaway caught this beauty of a bass weighing a little over eight pounds.
All you duck hunters, we have lots of decoys and steel shot so if you’re needing to stock up midseason, stop by and see us.
Tom Gannaway – BlueWater Outriggers
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.