Bait: Sardines , cut bait , St. Augustine shrimp

Water temp: 59 degrees

Water depth: 80-100 ft

What's biting: Red snapper, Cobia, Black Sea bass, wahoo and tuna fish

Hello and Good evening from Drop Down Sport Fish Charters here in the oldest city St. Augustine Florida . This is the February offshore fishing report for Drop Down Charters. The wind has been steady blowing 20 knots for days at a time but every now and then the wind lets up enough for a day and we were able to break out the inlet and go offshore fishing . I remember we couldn’t go deepsea because it was still pretty choppy, but thankfully the 39 carolina custom sportfish ate it up pretty decent. First stop was nothing but red snapper. Like 40 in a row. I said “well we know what’s at this spot” we pull anchor and moved on. Went a lil deeper, till I found some vermillion snapper and hung in there and fished because of course the wind started to pick up and blow again. As we where trying the last spot of the charter a big Cobia swam up right behind the boat. This fish was very curious swimming circles around the Drop Down. My mate chase and I where throwing every bait we had at this Cobia and he would just look at it and roll away. I saw the fish loosing interest and started swimming away when Finally at a last resort I grabbed a dead bait fish and hooked it threw the eyes in a frantic hurry and tossed it infront of the Cobia. The fish turned on it, and I pulled it away twice and then he had enough. Gulp !! He crushed it and the fight began. We fought the Cobia for about 45 mins till we gotten in the boat. Epic day aboard Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St. Augustine Florida for this gentleman in the photo! Looking forward to the next trip with him. As the weather warms up here in St. Augustine Florida so does the fishing and the trolling season is right around the corner. If you are looking to target pelagics like sailfish, wahoo, mahi, tuna fish and even blue marlin then March threw May is the time to book a Gulfstream trip. Let’s go fishing on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters in St. Augustine Florida this summer 2020.

Big Cobia on Drop Down Sport Fish Charters St. Augustine Florida deepsea fishing