06/19 – Weekly Fish Report Presented By Half Hitch Tackle
Salt Water
MEXICO BEACH/PORT ST JOE OFFSHORE
The king mackerel bite is hot. Trolling dusters along the buoy line, and over and around wrecks and structure will get you your bag limit. Live lining for kings will get you larger kings and afford you the opportunity to do some bottom fishing for grouper and red snapper too. Further, out, the Wahoo and dolphin bite is good. Some scattered weed line occurring at about fifteen miles and a good place to target dolphin, and further at about twenty miles you will find blue water and Wahoo.
ST JOSEPH BAY
St Joe bay continues to be active this week with redfish trout and triple tail Redfish are hitting topwater plugs in the early morning and the area between Black’s Island and Simmon’s Bayou is the hot spot this week. Trout are favoring live baits, like live shrimp and LYs. The tripletails are nailing live shrimp beneath buoys, markers, and submerged structure. Reports of Spanish mackerel, Bluefish and small sharks continue from St Joe bay also.
PANAMA CITY OFFSHORE AND BAYS
Red Snapper are very plentiful over the inshore wrecks and hard bottom areas. Wahoo are being caught from 20-40 miles out. Hi speed trollers, like the Yo Zuri Bonita, are a sure bet. King Mackerel are being caught in great numbers. They are being caught steadily around the Whistle and Weather buoys trolling and free-lining cigar minnows. Several reports of Mahi Mahi being caught from 6-8 miles out are coming in. Spanish Mackerel are biting sporadically out on the beaches. Grouper are biting well from 20-30 miles out. Use large live baits to get past the Snapper! Lots of AJ’s are still being caught around the 100 foot mark over bridge spans and large wrecks.
ST. ANDREWS BAY SYSTEM
Ladyfish, Bluefish, and Spanish Mackerel are biting good at the jetties on spoons and Gotcha Plugs. Mangrove Snappers are still being caught off the rocks with live shrimp. Redfish have been found on the flats in East Bay; while Bull Reds are still being caught with live shrimp and pin fish around the jetties. Trout are being caught on the flats with topwater lures early and live shrimp under a cork later.
DESTIN
Red snapper are very good on almost all reefs and wrecks. Amberjack and grouper are good offshore in deep water.
Kings are good at the seabouy the broken bottom and timberholes.
On the pier, a few kings, reds, ladyfish and hardtails, mostly the same at the jetties but no kings there.
Offshore is really hot with lots of dolphin, wahoo, tuna and marlin action. The pretty water has been from due south to southeast the last few days.
Fresh Water
No changes in the Bass, catfish, and bream report this week. All are actively feeding and providing great freshwater action.
Weekly fishing report brought to you by half hitch tackle on Panama City Beach.
