Trolling covers a lot of territory. When a fish hits toss out a small marker and return to that spot for additional casting. The fish are bunched up in tight schools and often a daily limit can be taken from an area no larger than the size of a bathtub. We'll also see some of the larger flounder moving in through both the St. Augustine and Matanzas Inlets. They'll follow the dwindling stocks of finger mullet up into the river where they'll lie at creek mouths in ambush.
Few fish make better table fare than flounder.
Surf fishermen will find whiting fatter than their summer counterparts. And the bluefish will storm onto our beaches strafing bait pods with angry abandon. On the St. Johns River at the county's western edge, largemouth bass will slow somewhat as colder water slows metabolism. Anglers will slow troll beetle spins, Missouri minnows or a combination of the two down the creeks off the St. Johns. Both Pacetti and Six-Mile Creeks are hot spots.