That s all we ve had for most of the year so far. On the days that we could get out far enough offshore we ve been able to catch a few fish. Amberjack, barracuda, shark, bonito and others that are mostly fun to catch and release, but some people want fresh fish fillets and will take some home as well. The netters have finally collapsed the king mackerel fishery on this side of the state again, just as they did in 1978, so the kings that are being caught are mostly small even though you can catch a few that are over the 24 minimum size limit.
Small tarpon are in the river and producing a lot of action on light tackle.
Some nice flounder have been coming in form the Simmons Park area. Grouper have been caught in the channel this week by angler braving the wind and trolling the edges. Snook are still being caught around the floodgates. Most of the fish that are being caught up here are biting live shrimp. Some cobia are coming in from Anclote as are reds and trout on the inside.