Captain Tommy Derringer fishing report 3/24/25

Captain Tommy Derringer

www.inshorefishingadventures.com

Saint Augustine insure report… Although it was very cold a couple mornings last week the fishing was pretty good in the south end of St. Augustine. I was up shallow chasing schools of redfish. The water cleared up in some areas and got murkier in others. Staying closer to the inlets seems to have the best visibility. We were having the best luck, tossing a new soft plastic lure from Gulp, called the nemesis prawn. It’s got a great curly tail and gives off a ton of action, but you can also just let it sit or barely move it and the scent gets them to eat it as well. I would highly recommend trying it out! This week, as it goes on, looks like we’re gonna have a warming trend. With the high tide early in the morning it’s definitely time to bust out the top water plugs. I’ve got mine all dusted off with new hooks ready to go. Trout and redfish should be willing to chase down some too-waters as the water warms over the next week or two. I would think by the end of this week, it should be game on. All that being said during a couple of very windy days last week, I was able to get some blue crab and we had a lot of success tossing that up around oyster bars where the water was murky and we couldn’t see the fish. Might also be something to think about as the water starts to not be quite as clear as we head into our Spring/Summer pattern.

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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.

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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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