Thread: Fishing in July

Will be coming down the first week in July and staying at Lagoon Run. Can I still catch Sheepshead?

Maybe but not consistently like right now.

As for the pier, you'll see them swimming around the pilings when the water is clear.
But I had very little luck getting them to bit anything. I'd watch them swim up to my live shrimp, look at it, then swim away. Then a few hours later, I'd see someone catch one. So it is VERY hit and miss during mid-summer for sheepshead.

what about pompano in the surf?

Originally Posted by CHOCTAW

what about pompano in the surf?

I'm most successful fishing for pompano during the Spring. I don't usually target them in mid-summer. If you like fishing for sheepshead, you may do well in mid-summer fishing for spadefish. There are schools of dinner plate-sized spadefish and they pull like crazy on light tackle and taste great. You can usually locate them from the octi. They feed on shrimp and jellyfish. You can catch them using shrimp fishbytes and/or small pieces of fresh-dead shrimp.

What EYM said! gotta love them big spadefish!! managed to get 4 on a sabiki at once. they fight great , and taste like a bream.

Thanks guys, can I catch flounder and specks at night from the piers in the lagoon that time of year?

Originally Posted by CHOCTAW

Thanks guys, can I catch flounder and specks at night from the piers in the lagoon that time of year?

I do well in summer around lighted docks in the lagoon late at night (like midnight - 2 am). Yes - flounder and specs during mid-summer at night under the lights.

Originally Posted by CHOCTAW

Thanks guys, can I catch flounder and specks at night from the piers in the lagoon that time of year?

Yes...in fact, the pier at Lagoon Run is a great place for specks. We stayed there when we would come stay for a week during the summer. I have caught several big specks (5# or so) from the pier there.

did you use popping cork or bounce along the bottom around the edge of the light?