Fall is in the air, well at least in the evening and when you walk out to your car in the morning! But we have been seeing a small change in weather over the past couple of weeks. Overnight temps have been consistently in the low 70’s and day temps have dropped to the high 80’s. That’s a significant change from our summer time weather pattern. In the next couple of weeks we will see fish starting to be very active on the Tampa Bay Flats.
Redfish schools have started to invade Tampa Bay! If you have been flats fishing in the past month you most likely caught a redfish or come across of school of fish. Moving tides has been key to a successful fishing trip, outgoing tides have been better for us. Fishing creek mouths, shorelines, and flats with good healthy grass we have been on the lookout for schools of fish. Scaled Sardines, Pinfish, Cut Threadfins have been the bait of choice, rigged up with a 1/0 circle hook, 30 lbs leader, 15 lbs Fins braided line on a 4000 Florida Fishing Product Osprey and a 7’ Medium action rod.
Snook fishing has remained consistent and it will start to get even better as the water temperature continues to drop. We are looking for that magical water temperature of 75 degrees that will have these fish in a full on frenzy! Fishing mangrove points, pockets and passes have proven successful along with an incoming tide. We are using the same set up that we are catching our Redfish with.
We look forward to the next couple of months for cooler weather and a hot bite!
Let us know if you have any fishing questions at Inshoresociety@gmail.com