After a lack of tropical systems in the Gulf, a dry end to summer and a strong early cold front during November, the shallow waters west of Central Florida are as clean as I can remember in my lifetime during this time of year.
Last year, it took months for water to clean up after the pair of hurricanes and record rainfall associated with them.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, I was able to join Jay Travis along with son Cayson and friends Matt Brower and his son Blake, where the shallow clean waters were better than those deeper. Travis is normally one to fish as far west as he can, chasing deep fish in depths most anglers won’t ever see. But Wednesday, we wanted to focus on shallow waters and started around 90 feet in search of snapper and hogfish…