Elton Bottom Fishing Report

We headed out to Elton Bottom on Sunday 8/10/08. We jigged up plenty of bait about 6 miles east of mayport - cigar minnows were plentiful and some live squid. The seas were flat for the ride out.

We hit the east ledge at Elton Bottom. The vermillion snapper were hot and running big. We caught a limit pretty easily from 1-3 pounds. We also caught 5 nice red snapper at this spot. The amberjacks were painfully big and hungry. We had quite a few fish that were pushing over 40 pounds.

We moved to another spot and picked up another 2 red snapper before heading inshore to TW. TW was pretty dead for us but we didn't try very hard. It was getting late and I didn't even try to anchor.

We also had some cobia and mahi at the boat at Elton Bottom. Only 1 of the mahi were hungry.

Great snapper bite continues

The snapper bite continues to be good off of Jacksonville. We have been getting good catches of fish in 90ft of water but I have also heard good reports from all over the party grounds.

There have also been quite a few scamp grouper holding in 90-110ft on natural bottom.

Good snapper bite off of Jacksonville

The snapper bite seems to have picked back up. The fish are hungry and I am hearing a lot of good reports from the 100-110ft range right now. There have also been a few grouper caught as well.

Jacksonville Bottom Fishing Report - Grouper and Snapper

The grouper and snapper fishing on the party grounds has slowed almost to a halt as the cold water has moved in on the bottom. I have no heard a good report from anything inside of 30 miles in the last week.

Jacksonville Bottom Fishing Report

The snapper bite has slowed down a little on the party grounds. A thermocline has moved in on the south reef from 80-120ft. However, there has still been a great bite just not as hot as it was a couple weeks ago.

A few nice snapper over 20lbs have been caught at TW. If you have some good private areas that aren't getting hit too hard the grouper have been biting as well.

Snapper moving offshore

The snapper have been biting great on the party grounds but reports are coming in that the bite is moving off into a little deeper water. Look around in 100ft or so to start to find the best bite right now.

Fishing continues to be good out of Jacksonville and St Augustine

The dolphin are still here offshore. A charter had 35 yesterday around 150' of water. But it has been hit or miss for the past week now. One day they catch a bunch of mahi the next day they only get a couple.

Bottom fishing continues to be good on the party grounds. Wrecks, culverts and artificial structure seem to be producing better than ledges right now.