Captain Tommy Derringer Fishing report 3/17/25

Captain Tommy Derringer

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What an awesome streak of weather we had last week!… Coming off of that big full moon we had some great fishing to go along with it. Redfish were schooled up in the south end of Saint Augustine and the water was still fairly clear. This week we’re starting off with some different conditions. We still have some big tides this week, but the water has turned brown and murky after all the rain we had over the weekend. Temperatures are going to be down a little over the next couple of nights, so that may clear the water up a little bit in some areas and still allow for some sight-fishing later in the week. As the week goes on and that low tide pushes to mid to late morning, we have what I would consider my favorite tide for this time of year. It’s definitely time to bust out the plugs for trout and redfish first thing in the morning on that high outgoing tide. One of my favorite top-water plugs is the Berkley J-walker 120. It just seems to be just about the right size for both redfish and trout. Work close to the grass lines when the tide is up and as it moves off the grass start to work around the oyster bars. Once the sun gets up a little bit or the bite turns off with the top water, I’ll switch over to a saltwater assassin paddle tail. With the murkier water I’m gonna go to a darker color this week.

The black drum bite has started to pick up a little bit in Saint Augustine in the Creek holes on the low tide as well. Last outgoing and first of incoming I’ve been best using live or dead, shrimp or fiddlers.

Everybody is on high alert, wondering when the cobia will show up this year. Water is still too chilly as of this report, but that should be starting sometime soon. I would think in the next few weeks.

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Captain Kirk Waltz fishing report 4/21/2025

Captain Kirk Waltz 9046261128 www.enterprisefishingcharters.com Mayport/ Jacksonville The warm weather this week definitely helped with the temperature of the water but, continued cool nights have only allowed it to warm slightly. The huge moon phase we just went through has hampered the bite somewhat. Decent numbers of fish are around but, it’s required work and lots of patience. Fiddlers, shrimp and cut crab have been effective but bite is still slow. Try using float rigs on high water around the rocks for trout, reds, and even some small tarpon with the peanut pogies that are available or a live shrimp. The Spanish have been hit and miss but that should improve. The nearshore offshore bottom bite has been very good for snapper, seabass and bluefish but it’s strictly catch and release.

Captain Buzz Brannon Fishing report 4/21/2025

Captain Buzz Brannon www.northeastangling.com 9045707878 Fishing this past week for redfish remains solid. We found redfish still in good numbers in both the intercoastal and small creeks during the dropping and incoming tide. Over sized, under sized and just the perfect size redfish were found all week long. Shrimp on jig head was the ticket.

Captain Tommy Derringer 4/21/2025 fishing report

Captain Tommy Derringer www.inshoreadventures.net 9043773734 Things are warming back up this week… The wind has switched back around out of the south and we’re getting a taste of the early parts of summer this week. The fishing last week and over the weekend was fantastic for me in the south end of Saint Augustine. We were chasing large schools of redfish up very shallow. I was fishing out of my Maverick skiff and that was a good thing because we got up super skinny to find some big redfish laid up. We were mostly tossing some of the new Gulp products at those skinny water redfish. The new nemesis prawn is an absolute fish slayer. As this week goes on the tide is going to be ideal to get out early and toss a top water plug. My favorites for this time of year are definitely the Berkeley J-Walker 120 and the 100. I prefer the 120 when the tide is up a little higher and if it’s a little shallow I’ll switch to the smaller 100 size. If you can find mudminnows that seems to be the live ...

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