07/29 Night Report

[redwrecker]

Went fishing from 4:30pm to midnight. Caught a dozen large pinfish in about 15 minutes for grouper. Caught a few small threadfin in the cast net for snapper. There was plenty of bait around although it was extremely windy. Tide was incoming until around 9pm. Caught a small lane and an undersized mango under the pier. Tons of small fish just pecking at whole and cut bait.

Tide switched and I attempted to fish the rock piles. Wind was from the west which prevented me from cast or freelining my pinfish to the rock piles. People were catching a ton of undersized macks and snapper on the outgoing.

I don't understand why the skyway isn't producing when I have gone out to the artificial reefs inside the bay the last couple weeks and destroyed the snapper and macks. Biggest snapper and macks I've ever seen inside the bay and way north of the piers. Water temp around 88 those days.

[Mackerelman]

The Macks usually remain in the Bay until the Water Cools down a Few degrees or so.
When a Person catches Macks at the Piers, the Macks are Usually coming into the Bay or Leaving the Bay.
Most of the Fish on the Artificial Reefs stay around there because that is usually where the Water is Cooler because of the Depth of the Water.
It is just like Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. People usually Fishes the Reefs for Fish.
Fish have their Ideal Temperature for Eating.

There is a Posting of these Temperatures up in: "STICKY - MASTER GOOD INFO THREAD" on Page 2 Titled, "FISH & WATER TEMPERATURES & WHEN TO FISH FOR THEM".

[redwrecker]

That's a great explanation. Hopefully the fishing will improve at the piers once summer is over.

[Mackerelman]

Jul 30, 2017 20:00:48 GMT -5 redwrecker said:

That's a great explanation. Hopefully the fishing will improve at the piers once summer is over.

It always does. And the Fish will be hungry just like Us.