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• ANUMBER1 Posts: 12,641 AG

  April 2018 #2

  Closer to shore also, all around R2 and got thicker as I went south down towards Bayport.

  I am glad to only be a bird hunter with bird dogs...being a shooter or dog handler or whatever other niche exists to separate appears to generate far too much about which to worry.

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• ANUMBER1 Posts: 12,641 AG

  April 2018 #3

  This was late last week as I was bringing in traps

  I am glad to only be a bird hunter with bird dogs...being a shooter or dog handler or whatever other niche exists to separate appears to generate far too much about which to worry.

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• capt louie citrus countyPosts: 10,726 Moderator

  April 2018 #4

  Ick.. I hate that stuff.

  "You'll get your weather"

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• Almost Perfect Posts: 602 Officer

  April 2018 #5

  Watching closely. I need to burn some fuel so weather permitting I hope to get offshore this weekend.
  

  [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  Contender 27 Cuddy

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• Doc Stressor Homosassa, FLPosts: 2,765 Captain

  April 2018 edited April 2018 #6

  We ran into it in 15' northwest of #2; never went any deeper. It was the thickest I've ever seen. It was all through the water column and hadn't started breaking down yet. It was very fibrous to the point that we couldn't get our lines through the guides. We ran south off of Bayport and it was still thick in 10'. We ran in to 7'-8' just south of the Chass and the water was clear. Only got one small cobe, a shark, and a bunch of short gags. 
  
  How deep were you finding it last week, Art?

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• Rick1-2 HorseshoePosts: 968 Officer

  April 2018 #7

  i’m ready for time and nice weather and i’ll let u u knon

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• ANUMBER1 Posts: 12,641 AG

  April 2018 #8

  Doc Stressor said:

  We ran into it in 15' northwest of #2; never went any deeper. It was the thickest I've ever seen. It was all through the water column and hadn't started breaking down yet. It was very fibrous to the point that we couldn't get our lines through the guides. We ran south off of Bayport and it was still thick in 10'. We ran in to 7'-8' just south of the Chass and the water was clear. Only got one small cobe, a shark, and a bunch of short gags. 
  
  How deep were you finding it last week, Art?

  out to 35', deepest traps I have.

  I am glad to only be a bird hunter with bird dogs...being a shooter or dog handler or whatever other niche exists to separate appears to generate far too much about which to worry.

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• Salty Dawg44 Homosassa, FLPosts: 1,356 Officer

  April 2018 #9

  I'll be getting back home in a couple of weeks. Hopefully you will have reeled it all in by then. LOL 

  
  MY WORST FEAR......THAT WHEN I DIE MY WIFE WILL SELL ALL MY BOATS & FISHING GEAR FOR WHAT I TOLD HER I PAID FOR IT.......
  
  I may not always agree with what you say,
  but I will always respect your right to be wrong!

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• M4Real Posts: 131 Deckhand

  May 2018 #10

  Hooked up a big cobia off of a Clearwater reef on Saturday. It broke off after about 30 minutes of fighting it on a lightweight rig. Seas were very rough in the 4 foot+ range only 3 miles offshore. ****, I almost got seasick fighting that ****. The wind was very unforgiving. Not a fun trip honestly.
  

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• Saltygatorvet TallahasseePosts: 5,807 Admiral

  May 2018 #11

  Doc, do you happen to know the scientific name of the gumbo?

  You should have been here yesterday

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• Slacker Posts: 1,791 Captain

  May 2018 #12

  goop

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• Doc Stressor Homosassa, FLPosts: 2,765 Captain

  May 2018 #13

  I've never been able to identify that stuff. I don't know any algologists anymore who could help us out.  

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• josh...BAMF Posts: 119 Deckhand

  May 2018 #14

  Ran into it 15 miles out of Bayport and stopped at about 8 miles and it was gone. Some real nasty stuff.

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• zackfishcom Posts: 14 Deckhand

  May 2018 #15

  We were in 70feet off  homosassa Sunday and still lots of gumbo.  Also last week in 40-55 gumbo.  It's everywhere this year.

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• Doc Stressor Homosassa, FLPosts: 2,765 Captain

  May 2018 #16

  We ran to 60ft today and there was not much gumbo from 35 ft on out. It was still thick between 10ft to 20ft with big patches in some places W of Homosassa. Visibility was right to the bottom in the deeper water with just a little slime on the bottom.

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• Rick1-2 HorseshoePosts: 968 Officer

  May 2018 #17

  when u say gumbo u mean that moss looking thing

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• Doc Stressor Homosassa, FLPosts: 2,765 Captain

  May 2018 #18

  It looks like toilet paper coming out of a sewage outfall once it dies off and starts to float.

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• Rick1-2 HorseshoePosts: 968 Officer

  May 2018 #19

  oh wow, no haven’t seen that the last time i went out about 3 weeks ago

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• m9000 Posts: 2,168 Captain

  May 2018 #20

  I made it out to 40 feet on roughly a 270° heading from Cedar Key yesterday and saw a very small amount of  floating turtle grass and Sargasso weed, but no gumbo.

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• Doc Stressor Homosassa, FLPosts: 2,765 Captain

  May 2018 #21

  We fished the Crane wreck yesterday and only found a small amount of slime right on the bottom. Visibility was top to bottom in 52'.
  
  Moving in to 30' off of Aripeka, we found the gumbo pretty thick right on the bottom. It didn't affect the bite as long as we didn't let our baits touch the bottom. When the tide started ebbing from the north, a bunch of gumbo showed up in the water column. 
  
  So it's still around out there but spotty. If you run into it, just move either deeper or shallower and you should be out of it. 

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• Rick1-2 HorseshoePosts: 968 Officer

  May 2018 #22

  seen some thurs but not bad we were in 54 ftan u could see the bottom 

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• spearjunky Posts: 184 Deckhand

  May 2018 #23

  Went to 30' looking for Cobia with no Cobia but plenty of gags and kings

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