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Fishing report Inshore- The weather this week has the area waters pretty stirred up, however, that has really helped make some species very active. For example, this time of year when the waters get murky due to rougher weather the local shark population gets very active and many anglers are having tons of fun catching plenty of bonnet head sharks, blacktip sharks, and even some spinner sharks using live shrimp, greenbacks or smaller cut bait. Keep in mind, these are primarily small juvenile sharks but they are still tons of fun on lighter tackle with 20-30lb leaders and 10-20lb braid and 3000-4000 series spinning reels. Also, the murky waters also help to get the whiting action to heat up and this past week we have seen lots of these good eating fish caught around the jetties and beaches of our Johns Pass area. Especially on live shrimp weighted to the bottom those whiting love them. The mangrove snapper have still been biting well, unlike the sharks and whiting the mangroves don

Fishing report Inshore- Snook are loaded around the pass lately nearly every morning from around 2-3am until the sunrise the lights of Johns pass can be found loaded down with schoolie sized snook. Also, around the jetties and bridge many anglers are nailing some good sized fish into the upper 30’s using the flairhawk style jigs. Our friend John Sasser and his friends prefer the rattlehawk jig which is like any flairhawk style jig but it added a little rattler to the lure too for added sound while working the lure slowly just above the bottom on the retrieve with the current. John swears this helps get their attention and entice a solid strike. The start and end of the incoming tide produced the best this past week at night for John and his buddies around the pass on the snook. They even jumped some big tarpon from the jetties as well while working their flairhawks in the current. During the day the snook are still being caught, but mostly from the beaches and mostly smaller size