Bolivar Fishing Report
- May 29, 2024
- GOOD. 78 degrees. Water levels are fluctuating with tides and wind this week changing back to four tide days on Friday. Still lots of freshwater on the bay side dumping from up north. The best bite conditions this week will be on edges of the deeper spots holding saltier water. People are catching plenty of redfish of varying sizes everywhere! Small croakers showed up along with sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with more stingrays and sharks. Pompano and Jack Crevalle are running. The surf is producing reds and black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula. The sargassum, or seaweed, is thick in spots. People were using all kinds of different things for bait this past week with good results. We did sell out of live shrimp this past week again with plenty in stock so call ahead to your favorite bait shop. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
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