Forgotten Coast Fishing Report
Look to your shallow inshore reefs for mangrove snapper; live or cut bait usually does the trick on a dropper rig.
The inshore fishing has really been good. Leading the charge have been sheepshead; look for pilings or rubble. Fiddler crabs will be the best bait, but shrimp also works. The whiting have been running out on the beaches. A piece of shrimp or fish bite seems to do the trick.
The crappie bite has been really good up on Dead Lakes; minnows or small jigs have been getting the job done. Also try creek mouths and brush piles.
This week’s photo is from Captain Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay Charters.
Catch up on those boat projects or repairs, by stopping in to our marine department. We have everything from bottom paint to fiberglass resin and any electrical needs as well.
Happy New Year, and don’t forget those lifejackets and lanyards.
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.