BlueWater Outriggers Fishing Report 6-26-2025
Well folks it’s been another great week of fishing in our little town of Port St. Joe. If you can stand the heat out there, NOAA is predicting very fishable seas for the next five days to come. Thursday and Friday we’re looking at 1 foot or less while Saturday to Monday we’re around 2 feet. Staying within 25 miles offshore, anglers have been coming in with limits of red snapper despite having to deal with Flipper and what seems like an abundance of various sharks that like to tax your catch. Despite these annoyances, if you skip to different reefs you should have no problem bringing home the bacon just as Tom Gannoway (seen above left) did this last week. Steve Sewell (pictured above center) ran across a nice AJ on one of his spots, and by “nice,” I mean it was nice when it was finally over! We were worried about you for a minute there, Steve. Running a top line in a chum slick can get you some good Mangroves while you're dropping over the reefs. There has also been a good bit of Red Grouper being caught although they have been hard to get of any size; the unfortunate truth is, we can’t all be Jake Harpe who seems to get the good ones. Speaking of Mr. Harpe, he was lucky enough to hook up with two Wahoo this last week. Notice I only said, “hook up.” Stop into Bluewater Outriggers and speak with Jake about the importance of leader length while fishing for big pelagics; I guarantee he’ll have some useful information for you.
If going offshore isn’t quite your thing, you can have a great time fishing St. Joseph Bay. Whether you’re in a boat or just wading out in the water, if you can find seagrass you can find fish. Not to mention just how beautiful it is out there now. I’ve recently been going to the state park on Cape San Blas. In the shallows around the grass, you’ll see numerous species of fish in huge schools with occasional rays scooting by and little bonnetheads on the prowl. Even at low tide you can find fishable water. On Tuesday evening, at a depth of about 2 inches below the t-shirt neckline of a three-year-old, I caught a nice redfish on a Z-man micro-jig. On Wednesday, Travis Wilkes was nice enough to take me out on his boat along with his friend Cody. On the same micro-jig, I put a nice redfish in the cooler right out of the gate. Not long after that Travis answered back with a 23.5” trout (seen above right). Cody was pounding the flounder and managed to put two keepers in the cooler. Within the time- frame of my boy’s daycare, we had a loaded fish box. I want to say thank you again to Travis and Cody for working around my single parent schedule and letting me in on their fishing trip; It was a ball.
One thing to keep in mind while fishing in these warm waters is that you need a bait that will hold up to a multitude of pinfish strikes. Don’t go out there with one pack of soft baits and think you got it covered; You will burn through them. Take multiple packs of jig heads as well; Skipjacks are loaded out there and they go through my 12lb test like a hot knife through butter. Whether you’re fishing the bay or heading out to the deep, stop in and see us at Bluewater Outriggers; We’ve got you covered for any situation. It’s going to be a great week for fishing folks, I hope to see you out there!
-Jeremiah Beasley