Time to change things up! Last week was some really amazing fishing! I spent most of my time nearshore and offshore targeting triple-tail and cobia, but unfortunately that will all be coming to an end this week due to some really intense rain and hard cold fronts.
With this being said, this week my attention will be focused all on inshore fishing. With even cooler weather setting in, the black drum bite has been really fantastic. One thing I love about this time of the year is we generally get cleaner water and these fish are very fun to sight-fish. Most fish right now are around every bridge and dock structure you can find from cocoa beach, Merritt island, all the way down to Sebastian. Look for these fish to be hanging tight to the structure or areas that may have a slight drop off. My favorite baits are half a blue crab, or a dead stinky shrimp, drum love the funk — the smellier the better!
With the cleaner water the sight fishing has been fairly easy and the artificial enthusiast can have good opportunities using natural colored scented artificial baits such as the gulp shrimp in natural color, or pearl, paired with an 1/8 oz mission Fishn jig-head. Fly fishing isn’t a bad option either and is one really fun way to catch black drum. Small shrimp imitation flies in tan or purple dragged slowly across the bottom cannot be refused! Most fish are between 10 and 20 pounds right now with a few bigger here and there. As always try to practice catch and release for future generations.
Yummy, black drum is now one of my favorite fish to eat. I like it better than redfish.
Thanks for the tips on how to get ’em too.
great report thats whats so great about florida every day you could go fishing after a different species.instead of sitting inside hateing to think about shovel the driveway