Captain Tommy Derringer 4/1/25 fishing report

Captain Tommy Derringer

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Things are definitely starting to warm up this week… Trout bite has turned on for me over the weekend. We’ve caught quite a few trout (and redfish) on top-waters first thing in the morning. I also had one late afternoon trip where we caught a couple big trout using the Berkeley J-Walker 120. I’ve just been having my clients toss the top-waters around areas that are holding good numbers of mullet. Speaking of mullet there’s a bunch of them around for this time of year. Especially in the south end of St. Augustine. I’ve also had some reports of some bigger slot size snook being caught in Palm Coast area… Both on top-waters and on live bait at night around the bridges and the lights on the docks from Matanzas to just south of Palm Coast. Seems like a big live shrimp, mullet (or pinfish. If you can find them), have been the best bet for those bigger snook. If you’re quiet enough, you can just listen and hear them popping around the edges of those lights. Cobia is on everybody’s mind this week as those water temperatures start to creep up to the magic number of around 68°. I think we might be seeing some rays here real soon. I’ll probably venture out on the beach later this week.

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