Forgotten Coast Fishing Report
I had a chance to catch up with Jake Harpe, one of our associates here at Bluewater, and he says the grouper bite offshore has been good in 140 to 200 feet of water using live grunts and pinfish. The vermilion snapper has been good on squid in 120 to 140 feet of water.
Inshore, the speckled trout season is closed so it’s time to switch gears and start targeting sheepshead. They have been good around the pilings and bridges using fiddler crabs and pieces of shrimp. We were fishing Apalachicola Bay this week and there were quite a few on the bars tailing so give that fly rod a try.
The freshwater crappie bite is still very good on minnows around brush piles. Bass have been good on the Dead Lakes; try the main river channel using Ned Rigs.
We still have a few more weeks of deer season so send us your pictures by next week. Spring turkey season opens next month so if you’re needing camo ground blinds or ammo come in and see us at BlueWater Outriggers.
Until next week tight lines and be sure to wear your lifejacket.
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.