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Red Tide Snook and Redfish Closure until May 10th, 2019

In case you haven’t already heard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has closed two of the biggest recreational fishes in the state, snook and redfish. This closure is impacting most of the west coast of Florida, and the closure was extended until May 10th.

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Big News for Fall, Winter, and Spring Fishing

I had a great day on the water yesterday. I caught some amazing fish. There’s absolutely shocking fishing news you need to know about. Check out my website this evening to read about it. It’s going to be a fishing report and story, too! The weather is starting to get nice, and the fishing is good!

Something Big and Gnarly Might Be Coming

The Navy GFS model seems to think something big and gnarly could be a week away from entering the gulf, that’s next Monday. The National Hurricane Center doesn’t have anything developing in the next 5 days. The Navy GFS is usually a pretty good forecast model for tropical systems. What do you think? Is that system in the carribean that’s being called a ridge by the National Weather Service going to morph into something that’s going to send us pumping head high surf? Check out the image of the ridge from today around 7pm below.
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