Northfl Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 The wife and i are going to steinhatchee on wed to try some trout fishing. I have never been trout fishing in the area only offshore and scalloping. Any local folks to the area have any pointers.? I was going to try some topwater early and some popping corks and gulps also. Any help is much appreciated thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathey Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 We have a group headed over Thursday night for the weekend. I’ve only been to Keaton and St Marks but apparently it’s been pretty good lately. I’d be interested in some reports if anyone had been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfl Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 I will try and give a report wheni get back hopefully it will be a good one depends on how tired i het onthe way back. Ihear they have been burning the trout up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler1 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Was going to go thursday and stay thru the weekend but changed our minds because it is gonna be windy. we tear the trout up on the offshore grassy flats in 4'-6' on popping corks and Gulp shrimp. Red fishing is also awesome but you have to go tight to shore near creek mouths and be extremely careful of ROCK! We strictly fish topwater , jigs, and spoons. All artificial. Let us know how you do I am gonna make it probably next week weather permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfl Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Never been fishing over there other than offshore and most of that was spearfishing. Going there beats being at work and will try and post a report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 I am not a local, but for what its worth.... from steinhatchee run north,,, short of the bird rack. 4 to 6 foot of water.. drift across the sandy and grassy patches.. popping corks or just jig heads and soft plastics.. My friends pick on me.. my rule down there is if it is white they will bite. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfishRippn Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 I like fishing shallow for redfish and big trout, throw mirrordines and topwater. Not as many numbers here but the trout are bigger and redfish are always fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfl Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Well we caught a bunch mostly shorts but a few keepers. And yes the bite white/pink, white/chartreuse. Caught a bunch on new penny shrimp also. Water was pertty dirty kinda like fishing the northeast fl creeks most of the time. Wife caught one trout about 5” long. I thought they were born longer than that lol. Smallest one i’ve seen definetly gonna go back again and up north a lil bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathey Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Man I was hoping to hear a better report than that. What areas did y’all try? I think my buddies want to head north Friday morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanjj Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Try the " birdrack" area....any of the locals can tell you how to get there. Big redfish in that area....also the mouth of the creeks around shell banks are good for trout and bass. Down South of there a few miles is plenty of spartina grass loaded with trout. Talk to the lady at Sea Hag marina....they usually will shoot you straight. They also sell any bait choice you may have. Popping corks with 24" leaders / 1/8oz jig heads or just a plain ( no popping cork ) 1/4 oz jig head with almost any color , we used copper crush, bubble gum, white/pink, cotton candy. At daylight go with Zara Spook Jrs. The bigger trout will turn on for about the first 30 to 45 minutes...and it's game on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfl Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 We went south a little ways, the wifes 80 y/o aunt went with us at the last minute and I didnt really want to subject her bones to a lot of riding but we ran a few miles south and drifted back. I’ve never done much of the popping cork fishing until recently so it may have been that i was doing something not quite right, but all in all it was better than being at work. Next time we go i am going to stay the night much to long of a trip for a day trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathey Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for the report. I’ll post what our crew can dig out of there this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathey Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Tough this weekend. Wind was brutal but we managed 7-8 keeper trout Friday, and 5 keeper trout Saturday with the biggest being 24”. Most of our fish were caught on topwater as they weren’t very interested in our gulps. That made it a little more interesting. We also snagged a small Cobia, sea bass and a few reds. It definitely could’ve been better but we had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfl Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Well thats better than working anyday. I think the wife and i are going to head back over in about two weeks. Probably going to carry some heavier stuff for cobia if i happen to stumble upon one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoneyB Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Nice fishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, HoneyB said: Nice fishes They look more like sea monsters than mere fishes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathey Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 They definitely grow em bigger over there compared to SE Ga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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