Inshore/Backcountry … The summer's been very hot so the water temperature's between in some area has been over 90 degrees. The unusually persistent southwest winds drive the cooling thunderstorms inland. I am ready for some lightning!! The high temperatures does not bother the red fishing. In fact this year, we are seeing mores reds, earlier. All of June and thus far in July the fishery has been great. You'll find them in the shallow waters, particularly at the tail end of the falling tide. They bite very consistently. Flies, small jigs and DOA shrimps seems to be best. Snook fishing, well what can I say. It's summer, it's awesome. The fish are big but they don't bite all day long. Fish early and fish late. Top waters in the morning until the sun gets high; then switch to jigs. They still are plenty of tarpon around. You find them the passes most every day. The juveniles are in the creeks. You can still find the full grown dinosaurs laid up in the shallows. Again, like everything else in the summer, they bite best early and leave. Garrick Huber wore out the juveniles in his kayak yesterday morning on fly … Offshore We are finding a few cobia, smaller fish. Most, however, are long since gone. But they will be back in October. Permit are still marauding the structure and live bottom and big snook are thick, as well. Jigs on the bottom are very productive. The hot shallow water have pushed the trout offshore. Once you find … "a fish every cast"