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February Fishing Forecast: NE FL Inshore
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February can have some of the coldest water temperatures in North Florida. With that, comes the clearest water. You hear me mention this quite often about the micro organisms dying off, less rain, runoff, boat traffic, and this all equals clean clear water! It is the clearest north Florida water gets at this time of year. I really enjoy getting a TBS black bucktail and polling a mid-morning to afternoon outgoing tide, when the sun is high. This is a time when you truly can site redfish on the flats. I highly recommend if you have a technical polling skiff, this is the time to use it to its fullest advantage. Often times when the weather gets stable and you have low winds overhead sun & high pressures are fantastic days to do what I’m talking about. You won’t hear me talking about too many other species. This is a fantastic time to fish backcountry redfish. And if you have been following my writings over the years, you will realize that I mostly talk about and target the fish when mother nature says it’s the best time to get them!
Some of the methods that have helped me over the years is the night before find out what the wind is doing and plan to pole flats along the Lee of two or three areas that you’ve chosen to fish. I try and pick flats that I know are holding fish or I’ll get in a Lee and pole around and hunt for them. If I’m not seeing tales or backing fish, stingrays, birds and life on the flat I may choose to go to another flat so I do not lose the tide? In other words, you have to also time how the water is coming out so you don’t get stuck on the flat. As soon as you see a fish study him see which way he is heading and throw your lure 3 to 4 feet ahead of the fishes path. As the fish approaches and meets the path of your Jig, with a low rod, make short hops as if you were imitating a crab coming across the mud. Many times red fish will often become competitive to eat. A rod with a good fast tip and some back bone is perfect for Jig fishing, and I would recommend setting the hook fairly hard because Redfish have a tough mouth and can handle it, unlike a Trout? If the day you choose to fish doesn’t have these conditions, it could also be a good time to soak baits around rips of oysters, or throw your jigs to run outs, pinch points, and holes in creeks, & blind fish these areas where fish might lurk?
There will be other species around like flounder, bluefish, trout, black drum & Sheephead. I often catch some of these species while fishing for the reds. Ok, don’t let the winter slow you down, this is a great time to get on those flats!
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