We went fishing offshore yesterday, east of Sebastian Inlet, and caught a bunch of fish including several short cobia. We didn’t have a net, so we ended up losing two keepers while messing around at the rail trying to gaffe them. Trying to stick a 15 pound fish with a gaffe made for yellowfin tuna is not easy! On the bright side, we are now convinced that cobia really like the clams.

We also tested out the clam stringers to see how they would do and caught a ton of grunts, a couple of decent-sized kingfish, and some smaller snappers. For the kings, one was on the flat line and the other one I caught as I was retrieving a live sardine off the bottom.

I had a fun and fishy day as usual and this time it was with charter Captain Jesse Austin. My boat is in the shop getting the transom rebuilt, so we decided to hire Jesse because we know he’ll put us on the fish and it’s always a good time.

Altogether, we got at least seven species of fish on salt clam and clam stringers, and all of them were edible except for the remoras. Not all were keepers, but all were edible! We were also fortunate to see a beautiful leatherback turtle swim right by the boat. Water clarity at 80′ was pretty good, and there was not much current.

Get clammy, Get fishy. All the frozen bait we had went over the rail at the end of the day. But not our Salt Clam bait, which conveniently goes in the fridge, ready for the next trip. No waste, better value all around. Learn more about our Clam Baits on the Native Salt Clam website.