| Tuesday, 24 June 2008 00:00 |
Water Temperature: 82
Water Clarity: 4 feet or greater
Shane Watson Guide Service Report (6-24-08). I just back from vacation in Panama City and the fishing down there was very good. The King Mackerel bite was the best I've seen in 7 or 8 years. We caught all of our Kings freelining live LY's on near shore wrecks. We jigged and live bait fished Amberjack over wrecks and structure over a 90 to 100 feet bottom and did very well. We caught those things till arms were about to fall off. The Red Snapper fishing was also very good. While I was gone, I had our boats out on trips everyday and they had many 30-40 striper, catch and release trips. They also had some slower days as well. Downline bluebacks are working best, fished 25-35 feet deep over the main channel up the lake and in the mouths of creeks and deeper coves just off the main lake down south. The bait at the store looks really good right now and is perfect for downlining. The leadcore bite is also picking up on Capt. Mack's 1 oz. white jigs, tipped with a live blueback, fished 7 to 8 colors out on 27 pound leadcore. Trolling works well as you can catch fish and scout at the same time. Once you come over a good school and hook up on leadcore, you can usually stop on those fish and really work on them well with bluebacks. I will start back fishing tommorrow and will report again when something changes. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing. |
