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Mayport MidSummer Report
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The summer is finally here and the fishing has continued to be good. Temps this month will soar so adjustments to fishing can be the difference between bringing a few fish home or nothing. Launch early and late to capitalize on cooler temps both for you and the fish for success.
Beach fishing will be in full swing this month with kings, jacks, little tunny, sharks, tarpon and cudas patrolling the beach for food. Pop out the inlet and grab a net of pogies for some trolling action. Look both north and south of the inlet for a good supply of bait to catch. Some days you might get it right out of the jam but be prepared to run as far north as the Nassau Sound Inlet to find it. Birds are the key to locate it so look hard. If pogies aren’t available you got to get creative and find some jigging bait like sardines, cigars or scad. Try the spots close in at first like the SE hole, Redtops, the rip color lines, and the chum hole first. If this proves futile, ease out to the near shore spots like 9 mile, Jax Wreck, and MR and troll. Kings, sails, cobia, sharks and cudas will be caught on the troll on these spots all summer. If the troll is slow drop a few on the bottom for snapper, sea bass, triggers and grouper.
The Inlet will be a great bet for sharks, tarpon and reds this month. Use pogies on jigs pitching them along the edges at the high outgoing clean water for good results. Anchor down on the outside edges of the rocks and pin a few live ones on the bottom on the low outgoing tides for sharks and tarpon. Make sure you have some stout tackle. I prefer a Shimano Saragosa 6000 with 30-40lb PowerPro braid for best results with a 7ft Shimano rod to match.
Early morning bites for speckled trout at high tides on the rocks can be good too. At first light on a clear high tide throw a small top water plug along the edges. It’s a great way to catch some really big trout this time of the year. Inshore at the ICW crossing in the St. Johns River you will begin to see larger than normal numbers of big bull reds as we near August. Mullet, ladyfish, pogies cut up and hooked on bottom rigs in big chunks can be successful. The bottom of the low tide seems to be the best time here. Remember you can’t catch them from the couch so get out early! Capt. Kirk can be heard each Saturday from 7-10am on the Outdoors Show on 1010am or 92.5fm for tides, weather, and local fishing conditions. Go to enterprisefishingcharters.com for info on a charter.
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