You can expect to spend morning to mid-afternoon trolling for marlin offshore. It would be a great place to take a friend or family member since Cab is ultra- modern, and offers great hotels, fine meals and a number of tourist activities. The fish will most likely be in their pre-spawn mode and carrying more weight than any other time of the year. Much of the Sunshine State is liquid and a lot of it is open to the public. Some of the very best fishing this time of year occurs on some private strip pits that were created where phosphate was mined from the soil.
Most phosphate pits are extra fertile because of the mineral, and deep because of the mining.
Most are filled with baitfish and produce growth rates in bass well above the state s already high average. A lot of the fish will be taken off submerged humps and other structures on big plastic worms or crankbaits. As the weather warms some of the fish may be found moving shallow. Most small town Chambers of Commerce in the northern and central parts of the state can quickly refer anglers to the phosphate pits in their region. Daily trespass fees are quite manageable.