MAYPORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS – What’s been biting

It's my favorite time of year again. The air is muggy, the water is warm and the predators are blowing up all over the beach. Life is all over the upper water column. Big Jacks are in the Pogy pods and running the rip lines as well as Bonitas, Spanish Mackerel and big Blue Fish. Kingfish are being caught on the pier so I would have to say they are here too.

Tarpon - The Tarpon bite is already very good right now. They are all over the Inlet rolling both in the channel and up against the South rocks(both sides). The best bite has been inside of the South tip on the out going tide. Getting a bait to them is a bit challenging with the presence of so many Sharks. It is still a viable option though. The Pogy pods are holding nice Tarpon right now as well. I spoke with a guy today that was casting on a nice school of Tarpon just this morning. We have been jumping some really big ones for the past 2 weeks. One of which was pushing 130lbs. When she came up and jumped, the crew couldn't believe the size of the thing. It ate an 8 pound Jack that was intended for a Shark. Nobody expected a monster Tarpon. We've been jumping others as well but they just wouldn't stick. 2 have come to the boat so far this season. I'm hoping to get a bigger one soon.

Slot Reds - The slot Reds are thick at both the Big and Little Jetty's. We've been wearing them slap out for the past week. The Slot fish at the big Jetty's have been biting on both sides of the South rocks. The bite on the inside has been best on the first half of the down going tide and the Reds on the outside have been biting on the last half of the up going tide. We've been catching them on live Shrimp. The rig I've been using is a simple 2 foot mono leader tied to the main line with a trailing 2/0 Owner, Mosquito Hook. For weight, I add a 1/8th once Split Shot about 8 inches above the hook. All you have to do is pitch the Shrimp up as close to the rocks as possible, keep the rod tip up and bounce the Shrimp back to the boat. Simple and very effective. You can do the same thing with a live Pogy and do great. The Little Jetty's have been on fire for us lately. You have to move around and figure out where the fish are staging but when you find them, hang on! The best advice I can give here is to use the rocks to your advantage. Fish the slack side of the rocks. If the tide is coming in, fish the back side. And vice versa if the tide is going out. The fish take advantage of the eddies formed by the rocks. They're a break from the current and good ambush points for feeding. All kinds of forage gets flushed through those rocks and the Reds stage up in those eddies. Another thing to look for are choke points. Any narrow opening in the rocks(or a Blow Through) where current is funneled will hold fish. The most effective tide imo would definitely be the first half of the down going. The entire down going tide produces but the first half has been the most productive.

The first Shark photo was a pretty sweet first, a tagged Black Nose Shark. The tag was pretty wore out and I couldn't make out the numbers on it. The NOAA Shark Tags have a small yellow cylinder on the ends. Not sure if whoever tagged this guy used the right type of tag or what.

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