The cooler temps have arrived along with the awesome fall bite. Every thing seems to have fired up with dropping water temps. Finally the speckled trout have started to bite with better numbers of big fish. We have been landing fish from 2-5lb behind all the barrier islands and in the deep channels by the inlets. Most fish have been landed with live shrimp under a slip cork/float or a live pinfish/mullet on carolina rigs. We have also been triggering strikes from specks using scented soft plastics by Gulp or Trigger X on jigheads and 52M Mirrolures.
The Red Drum have continued to bite well in the marshes. We are still finding good numbers of fish in the marshes behind all the barrier islands and also in all the bays inside the River and creeks. Most of the fish have been running from middle slot to upper slot. Live mullets and shrimp beneath rattle corks seem to do the trick. You will also find success using the same baits used for the Specks.
The king mackeral bite was super hot close the beach and there are still a few there but it seems they have moved a bit further out now. Your best bet is to get out around the 12-18 mile range and you should bump into some thick well fed fish. Keep your eyes open out there because there have been tons of false albies. We have had some awesome days this early fall catching these little tunnies on light tackle. You do not need anything fancy to entice these fish any thing flashy that remotely resembles a glass minnow will work.
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