FISHING
Here is a pic of my 6 year old daughter Blaine with her first flounder from this Memorial day weekend. St. Joe bay is coming to life wth plenty of fish available. We fished Friday and caught several trout on the flats outside of Presnell's and on the flats by Pig Island. A lot of undersized mixed in with some nice keepers. We caught some nice flounders and a 34" cobia right on the drop off the channel near Black's Island that same afternoon. My buddy caught several nice trout....one 24.5 inches on a Berkley Gulp and popping cork combo just outside of the Aladin's Castle looking house on Memorial day. We caught some decent popmano and whiting on the inside of the point where the water was clear close to high tide on Saturday, the water on the outside was cloudy from the Westerly winds earlier in the week. We caught plenty of Spanish Mackerel halfway between Eagle Harbor and the point along with bluefish and ladyfish. I think you could troll anything shiny and do well. You could see the spanish jumping and we went through them it was always a multiple hook up. Under the bridge I hear there is still a decent flounder bite as well as some black drum and trout. The beach renourishment is going well and should provide some nice points for fishing as well as surfing. It looked real good just outside of the State Park where the kid's boogey boarded on Sunday and we picked up some 18 to 19" whiting along with catfish, Jack's and a small flounder. In the Gulf the King's are coming through near the buoy line and the snapper season is about to start in Federal water's. We caught a 14 lb Red Snapper a couple weeks ago just of Mexico Beach. I think there are still some cobia's hanging around on the 60ft deep wrecks so keep a rod ready. I think the Redfish are thicker in Appalachicola bay and I hear the Triple Tails are starting to show up as well. If you have an interesting report or some pics send it to me at donoliver5@embarqmail.com







OTHER AREA INFO
Nearest Medical Care
Link to gulf county EMS info and numbers gulfcountygovernment.com The nearest hospital is in Appalachicola. Maybe 35 minutes by ambulance 45 minutes normal driving.
Weems George E Memorial Hospital
135 Avenue G. Apalachicola, FL 32320
Telephone number (850) 653-8853