The Speckled Trout fishing has started to heat up with some quality keeper sized fish showing up this week! We are also hearing good reports from just south of us that the Cobia are showing up and they should be in range within a couple weeks as the water warms up. Prime time for Cobia is normally may 15th to June 20th as they make their yearly migration through our waters. Cobia are the biggest, hardest fighting fish we catch in our inshore waters averaging around 35 pounds apiece with the larger ones going 60-90 pounds. They are also excellent eating fish with delicious white flaky meat. We sight fish casting jigs to these beasts on light tackle and it is some of the funnest most exciting fishing of the year.
Trout fishing should also improve over the next few weeks as well as Flounder, Blues, Red Drum, Sea Mullet, Spanish Mackerel and more as the water warms. Speckled Trout are also an excellent eating fish but we also practice catch and release for smaller fish and for people who don’t want to take fish home with them. This early sign of Trout is the best we’ve seen in 3 years!
