By Capt. David M Rieumont Posted 12.28.08

The trout bite up in St Joseph sound and in the Tarpon Springs area is very good. Most all flats are holding trout. Grass areas with lots of potholes will have trout, mackerel, bluefish and ladyfish. Yesterday I drifted a flat for trout and caught a few, but all were in the small range.

I moved out to another flat and picked up a few bigger ones. I did also catch a few nice sized mackerel on my drifts. Yet on the same day not to far from where I was fishing. Capt Mel along with Capt Tim Whitfield anchored up on an area and picked up some larger trout. We all used jigs dragged along the bottom.

I had brought some shrimp along and fished some docks and canals off the Anclote River and caught snook, redfish, sheepshead, black drum, ladyfish, jacks, mangrove snapper and flounder.

The current was running very strong so it was very important to use the right amount of weight to fish properly and more importantly to position and set up your boat properly in order to get the bait in front of the fish. The sheepshead were all good size.

Below is Tait with one of his sheepshead.



Have a good holiday and tightlines.