[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ay and early June is usually the best fishing for Specs and Reds on Mobile Bay until the fall. This year is off to a late start. Water temps are in the low 70’s and the water is pretty dirty from the rains in April. April fishing has been a bust along the eastern shore and, all of the bay, for that matter. The monsoon like rain at the end of April shut down May fishing in the Bay.
So, let’s focus on June. Specs should be scattered out from Point Clear to Daphne and all along the ship channel into the Mobile River. The water will be in the 70’s and the muddy water from April and May rains should be cleared up in early June. Look for clear salty water. Shrimp should be showing up off Fairhope and Daphne late in the month.
So, try to find some clear water and work the docks along the bay. Specs and reds will be looking for a meal. For the live bait fishermen, try a shrimp under a popping cork. Artificial guys can work a soft plastic on a jig head, top water plug, or a mirrolure suspending bait like a catch Jr. or a catch 2000. Away from the docks look for birds working and you’ll find specs. The action is fast so approach them from up wind and drift down casting soft plastics on jig heads. My favorite colors are root beer/chartreuse, natural shrimp, white/ chartreuse, and chartreuse/ red on a 1/4 or 3/8 oz jig head.
Try North Pass, and the other cuts thru the causeway as we head into July. Flounder should start showing up along the western end of the causeway. Look around sandy points that face into the current. Another good place will be in the pilings of the docks along the bay. A bull minnow on a Carolina rig is the best bet. A soft plastic on a jig head is a good bet for the artificial fisherman. I like a curly tail or shrimp plastic.
Get out and get it while the water is in the 70 to 80 degree range. By the end of June the water will start to get warm and slow the fishing down for the summer.
Capt Dan Kolenich 251-422-3474
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