Bob Sikes Cut
If you are staying inside St. George Plantation, you can access the Cut by land, otherwise it's a boat ride. Either way, you're in for some fine fishing.
in the spring, the Cut is perhaps the hottest spot for pompano, Use a Nylure pompano jig tipped with a sand flea and fish on the beach side of the east jetty. The closer you throw to the rocks, the more fish you will catch.
Starting in mid-spring and lasting into fall, there will be Spanish mackerel at the Cut. The best time to catch them is on a strong out-going tide. Fish for them at the Gulf end of the jetties with free-lined live bait or sinking MirrOlures. Troll spoons and mackerel trees across the mouth of the cut. This will also pick up bluefish.
The Cut is famous for producing big redfish. The first run of bull reds over thirty-six inches is usually March and they may stay until May then are caught less frequently until another peak in October and November.
Use large pieces of cut-bait or large pinfish for the biggest reds. Remember to take a picture quickly and release these giants gently. They are the future of our outstanding fishery.
Trout are found at the Cut from May through October as a general rule. Use large live menhaden for the biggest trout. Trout are late on a tide change. They will also be active during slack tide.
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