Outdoors

By Capt. Brylee

Special to the Pioneer

Our winter has been unusually warm with very little freezing temperatures and no lengthy periods of cold weather. 

This will create a bit of confusion for the fish and their normal patterns of habitat. When normally the fish have found deeper waters, ran up into the rivers and off the flats or just found muddy bottoms around docks or shorelines, they now are acting more like they would if it were already spring or even fall.

By Capt. Brylee
Special to the Pioneer
Hurricane Isaac has ripped through the Gulf this past week and made fishing nearly impossible. Both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have felt the impact of high winds and rains. Small boat advisories have plagued boaters’ news headlines as the seas have been rough.
With many of the beaches closed and charter fishing for the most part non-existent, or at best not advised, many have tried their angling skills at the piers.

By Capt. Brylee

Special to the Pioneer

With off shore fishing at a lull due to restricted seasons anglers have been focusing on in shore and fresh water fishing and from specks to speckled trout have shown much success.

By Capt. Brylee

Special to the Pioneer

Colder waters not only mean great fishing for inshore and offshore anglers, fresh water fans are not left in the cold with nothing to do. 

Cold this time of the year for many avid anglers only means one thing; speck fishing. Depending on where you are from or who your fishing mentor was, you may refer to speckled perch or just speck as black crappie. It’s tomato or tomato, it really doesn’t matter we’re talking about the same fish.