For a hot summer and warm water I have found the trout bite to remain strong on the bars south of Homosassa. It’s still the same routine: if it’s a breezy day the popping cork with jig combination is the best bait and if it’s a calmer day I prefer to use a 1/8 oz. jighead with a MirrOlure LiL John. Some of the best colors are watermelon red flake, pearl with chartreuse and molting. Outgoing tide is best because it pulls the bait across the bar into the trout’s strike zone.
Redfish have been good on the incoming tide. On the outside keys my bait of choice is live or cut pinfish and south of the river I like to use a cork with a shrimp under a 1/8 oz. jighead. The cork will keep the bait from hanging on the rocks and the jighead will keep the bait directly under the cork. I like to check the depth I’m fishing in and make the leader length accordingly. On the nearshore rocks I’m still catching some big grunts with a few good mangrove snapper mixed in. High incoming tide will be very early morning or late evening this weekend.
Captain William Toney
Homosassa Inshore Fishing
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