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Fishing Report: Near Shore Red Snapper fishing is excellent with limits of
double digit Snappers being caught in both state and federal waters. The King
Mackerel are in shallow 30-45 ft of water. Kings in the 10 - 30 lb range can
be caught on 7" diving baits trolled 4.5 -5.5 knots within 2 miles of
the Port Mansfield jetties. My favorite color is white with red head. Still
lots of 20-30 lb Jacks and 5-8 lb Bonito around the mouth of the jetties out
to three miles. Offshore The Wahoo bite is good in 40 to 60 fathoms on plugs
and surface baits. Best color black & purple or black and red with silver
tinsel. Dorado in the 5-10 lb range
are being caught off weed lines and floating debris. Sailfish are being caught on Islanders with
ballyhoo anywhere you can find bait balls. Well, between the damage
done by Katrina and Rita along with the Port Mansfield jetties silting in I
am finally back. For a long time my webmaster, Webs-2-Geaux, who is
located in the Red Snapper season in Federal
waters opened April 21 with plenty of nice Snapper waiting for you very close
in. The Kings are starting to move toward shallower water and the Jack
Crevalle are schooled in two -three large schools in 35-40 ft. of water
just off the mouth of the jetties. Look for huge dark spots in the
green water and drag a Rapala CD18 by them and hold on. Lots of fun. |