Spots Directory

Skinny grass flats that hold tailing reds on a low incoming tide.

Cold, clear flows below the dam — wade the riffles at first light.

Deep, clear impoundment with standing timber and big pre-spawn bass.

Lit pier with deep water at the end — stripers stage on the fall run.

Rocky shoreline pond that fishes well from a kayak or the bank.

Migratory tarpon stack in the pass on the moving tide — fly or live bait.

Spring-fed creek with undercut banks — small streamers and hoppers.

Grass edges and oyster bars hold stripers and reds chasing bait.

A hike-in lake with cruising trout in gin-clear water.

A maze of tidal sloughs and weed mats — frog bite goes off in fall.

Read the sandbars and troughs — best on a dropping tide at dusk.

Structure-rich reef that holds bait and big bass through summer.

Current seams and rock piles — jig walleye at dawn, pike in the weeds.

Endless mangrove shoreline — snook ambush bait on the points.