What to do...

[westmichhunter]

This will be my first time out on the big lake this weekend, wondering St. joe or S. haven? I'm only set up for spring fishing, no riggers, just boards, dipsys, dive bombs and 1- 3 color. Dont know where to start with all the reports of everything headed out deeper. I could use some advice about how people would fish this weekend.

Thanks for any help

Shawn

[EdB]

The wind and cold fronts should stir up the lake some and I'm hoping the fishing will improve in closer. It's a weird year so it will be interesting to see what the fish will do down south in April and May. Will they stay offshore, come inshore like typical for spring or will they stage off the northern ports early? My gut is we will be smashing some kings from 40 to 100 ft of water sometime before spring is over. I hope I'm right.

First, I'd look for info from anyone fishing Thursday and Friday on where the fish are. Broadlows and Tackle Haven in St Joe generally give out good info on what's happening out there. Recent info from the prior day is always helpful on where to set up.

If you have no recent info, I'd take a pass around the mudline and beach and see what's in there after the blow but I'd head west if nothing is happening in the first hour. I'd let them dipseys get deep so you have something down low and then adjust on what the fish are doing. We hit some kings last weekend on a rigger down 50 ft and longer cores.

[DIRTY DOG]

Yup, Ed hit this one on the head.

[SUPERTRAMP]

We can only hope that the colder water inshore will bring the Ho's in to the beach, I will be out of St Joe weather permitting, give the MC2 a call we will help u out if we can. Channel 68.

[westmichhunter]

This will be my first time out on the big lake this weekend, wondering St. joe or S. haven? I'm only set up for spring fishing, no riggers, just boards, dipsys, dive bombs and 1- 3 color. Dont know where to start with all the reports of everything headed out deeper. I could use some advice about how people would fish this weekend.

Thanks for any help

Shawn

Is this weather goingto change things up for the weekend??