Nearshore reef deployments

Brad King · 05-13-2010, 11:45 PM

Has anyone had a chance to stop and check the new nearshore reef spots??? I've got a trip Tuesday that wants to play around with some bottom fish and those spots came to mind. Thanks for any reports!

Fishermon · 05-23-2010, 03:52 AM

Iwent by there right before the oil spill and found a few with some fish at the bottom, but didnt catch anything. Found large schools of bait tough. Had plenty ofcm using sabiki rigs, fished the water colum, free lined a few and nothing. A boat was near by and same thing ,they weren't catching anything big. Did you get to go?, how did you do. There's gotta be some kings on top by now.

Pourman1 · 05-30-2010, 11:43 PM

Are these the Near-shore Reefs that were deployed last Summer off Ft. Pickens ?? ... was curious to see if they were holding any Fish too ... close enough for a Kayak :hungry

JoeZ · 05-31-2010, 12:52 AM

I caught one keeper snapper off of one of them last year, about a month after they went down. It took 35 minutes to find him but he was there.

Checked them real quick twice this year and while they have marked up, they have not produced.

Rotund One · 07-02-2010, 09:41 PM

I had a hard time finding them and just moved on to deeper waters.

Stressless · 08-26-2010, 05:58 PM

Found a number of them on the Yak and plan to hit hte Navarre Pier numbers this weekend on the yak if wx holds...

Kinda crazy I fished on top the Pier for years prior to Ivan, under it Yak'n for years until the new one came was built now I have years to fish over it.

Stressless

dangermon · 09-22-2010, 01:47 PM

Anyone fished them lately? I was hoping to hit them on my yak but looking for other kayakable structure not too far.

dangermon · 10-11-2010, 02:27 PM

I'll answer my own question since I was out there this weekend:

1. Couldn't get the artificial reefs to show up on the fish finder. If so... they are barely noticeable.
2. They aren't holding legal fish to the best of my attempts.
3. Too far for a kayak IMHO.

But this was just a couple I hit from the whole bunch that are out there... I decided to call it quits and move on to larger structure.

chaps · 10-11-2010, 10:30 PM

Sounds like it might not be worth trying them in my Yak. How far aff pickens are they?

flappininthebreeze · 10-11-2010, 10:47 PM

Hit one of the Navarre Pier Rubble sites on Saturday. Marks up real well, has some fish, lots of juveniles and some keepers, plenty of bait. Should produce better as the water cools, but if that's as far out as you can go, it's worth a try.

05-13-2010, 11:45 PM	#1
Brad King Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gulf Breeze Posts: 2,958	Nearshore reef deployments Has anyone had a chance to stop and check the new nearshore reef spots??? I've got a trip Tuesday that wants to play around with some bottom fish and those spots came to mind. Thanks for any reports! __________________ Capt. Brad King South Again Charters LLC www.southagain.com captbrad@southagain.com Inshore/Nearshore Charters

05-23-2010, 03:52 AM	#2
Fishermon Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Navarre Beach, Fl Posts: 993	RE: Nearshore reef deployments Iwent by there right before the oil spill and found a few with some fish at the bottom, but didnt catch anything. Found large schools of bait tough. Had plenty ofcm using sabiki rigs, fished the water colum, free lined a few and nothing. A boat was near by and same thing ,they weren't catching anything big. Did you get to go?, how did you do. There's gotta be some kings on top by now.

05-30-2010, 11:43 PM	#3
Pourman1 Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In the Green Room Posts: 2,400	RE: Nearshore reef deployments Are these the Near-shore Reefs that were deployed last Summer off Ft. Pickens ?? ... was curious to see if they were holding any Fish too ... close enough for a Kayak :hungry

05-31-2010, 12:52 AM	#4
JoeZ I eat Blue Marlin Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gulf Breezin' it Posts: 4,227	RE: Nearshore reef deployments I caught one keeper snapper off of one of them last year, about a month after they went down. It took 35 minutes to find him but he was there. Checked them real quick twice this year and while they have marked up, they have not produced.

08-26-2010, 05:58 PM	#6
Stressless Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,002	Found a number of them on the Yak and plan to hit hte Navarre Pier numbers this weekend on the yak if wx holds... Kinda crazy I fished on top the Pier for years prior to Ivan, under it Yak'n for years until the new one came was built now I have years to fish over it. Stressless Last edited by Stressless; 08-26-2010 at 06:01 PM.

07-02-2010, 09:41 PM	#5
Rotund One Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 11	I had a hard time finding them and just moved on to deeper waters.

09-22-2010, 01:47 PM	#7
dangermon Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 117	Anyone fished them lately? I was hoping to hit them on my yak but looking for other kayakable structure not too far.

10-11-2010, 02:27 PM	#8
dangermon Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 117	I'll answer my own question since I was out there this weekend: 1. Couldn't get the artificial reefs to show up on the fish finder. If so... they are barely noticeable. 2. They aren't holding legal fish to the best of my attempts. 3. Too far for a kayak IMHO. But this was just a couple I hit from the whole bunch that are out there... I decided to call it quits and move on to larger structure.

10-11-2010, 10:30 PM	#9
chaps Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Milton, FL Posts: 522	Sounds like it might not be worth trying them in my Yak. How far aff pickens are they?

10-11-2010, 10:47 PM	#10
flappininthebreeze Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 422	Hit one of the Navarre Pier Rubble sites on Saturday. Marks up real well, has some fish, lots of juveniles and some keepers, plenty of bait. Should produce better as the water cools, but if that's as far out as you can go, it's worth a try.

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