When the weather cooperates the local reefs and wrecks have been quite good with many limits of Blackfish being reported. Sounds like the bottom fishing in the bays has slowed but the fishing in the ocean is much improved. Any piece of bottom in 40 to 60 feet of water has been holding fish but considering the lack of action in the bays EVERYONE has been on the reefs and wrecks… making it a little hard to find a spot that hasn’t already been picked clean. Hempstead Reef, Atlantic Beach Reef and the Iberia wreck have probably been the most popular and most consistent areas lately. Green crabs have been the ticket for all the better action but we have had a few reports of Clams working well too.
For the Seabass, sounds like people fishing clams have been working the same areas as mentioned and putting a few nice ones in the box. The deeper wrecks and reefs seem to be holding the better fish though. Areas like Cholera, Middle Grounds and the wrecks in 80 to 100 feet of water have been better than the inshore pieces.