Chilly days can make it tough to locate fish, as the clear water brings the schools together and makes for spooky reds. To capitalize on each opportunity is very important, as these schooling reds will not often give you multiple casts at them. When you locate fish, it will be a spectacular sight, with some schools numbering in the hundreds of fish. Bait placement is key, with a solid lead on the front fish being a necessity. All that work pays off though, with average catches looking like this:
The key is finding the schools. How do we do that? Well, the key is to find larger flats that have deeper spots in them. By deeper, I mean about a foot of water at low tide. These "troughs" have all the water those upper slot size fish need, and they have no desire to move into deeper water if they are not harassed back in those flats. Almost every flat in St Augustine backwater have features like this, so do your low tide scouting diligently and you will find them sooner rather than later. Keep checking back for updated info right here...
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