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Horseshoe Beach offers
immediate access to some of the best, unspoiled, year-round fishing and
scalloping in the
country. The common inshore species caught are redfish, seatrout,
flounder, cobia, sheepshead, seasonal tarpon and Spanish mackerel. The
primary offshore species caught are grouper, snapper, sea bass and kingfish.
Stone crabs, blue crabs and scallops are also very prevalent certain
times of year.
Uniquely located
halfway between Suwannee and Steinhatchee, Horseshoe has crystal clear water
with lush grass flats just to the north and numerous tannic, creeks with
oyster bars just to the south. The site-fishing over the clear grass
flats for big trout and reds is incredible as well as the fishing action at
the numerous creek mouths and oyster bars. The plethora of creeks
located both directions are just a short kayak paddle away and are full of
life. The ospreys and eagles will often be your only competition for a
productive oyster bar and exploring the area offers a step back into native
Florida.
Unlike elsewhere, you
do not need live bait to catch big fish and will often have the entire flat,
creek or offshore artificial reef all to yourself! Surrounded by
Wildlife Management Areas on both sides, the Horseshoe Beach area is not
over-developed and over-fished like many other areas.
Click below to read what
"Florida Fishing Weekly" wrote about the fishing in Horseshoe Beach:
Florida Fishing Weekly Articles
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Egret D-203 crew with some nice grouper. |
Good-sized Sea Trout. |
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Matt Sweesy with a monster Horseshoe
redfish! |
Seatrout. |
CJ, Kimber & AJ Jones (D-203) with some
nice flounder. |
MK, Kate & Rich with a nice catch. |
Wading a creek mouth right around corner
from Condos
(all protected wildlife management area in the background) |
A keeper cobia caught just off of
Horseshoe.
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Bud & Carol with a nice offshore
catch.... |
The Gailey's catch on offshore trip w/Gary
Patterson. |
Nice red caught off the marsh shoreline |
A nice sunset - a daily event at
Horseshoe. |
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The Brown's with some nice Summer '09
Trout.
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A quick photo before release |
Riley Pederson B-101 with a nice trout! |
Austin Jones D-203 with his first
grouper! |
Rick Gailey G-201 with a keeper gag
grouper. |
A large black drum caught wading an
oyster bar |
William Flanjack (E-203) with a
keeper trout. |
The Gailey's catch after a trip w/Gary
Patterson this Thanksgiving. |
Another large slot redfish |
Nice catch of Reds & Trout. |
Double Header caught out of a school of
about 30 reds |
Another keeper Redfish. |
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The Egret G-201 "Gailey Crew" w/eleven
grouper caught w/Capt. Gary Patterson of Horseshoe Beach Guide Service. |
Joe Lee "Egret Landing A-101" with a nice
trout.
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A solid stringer of keeper fish... |
Kimber & AJ Jones from D-203 with 2
keeper reds. |
Joe Lee from Egret Landing A-101 with a
nice trout! |
Another slot redfish released... |
The Twists from Egret Landing B-203. |
Several nice stringers at Egret Landing
on a very windy day. |
Nice Redfish... |
Nice Gag Grouper caught bottom fishing. |
Nice Trout! |
July 2007 limit of Scallops! |
One of six nice reds caught during a
quick afternoon trip. |
The last large redfish was released just
after sunset. |
A nice slot red caught site-fishing.
(notice the clear water in the background) |
Another nice slot red caught
site-fishing.
(notice the clear water in the background) |
A nice, large limit of trout. All
over 18 inches.
Well over 200 trout were released for the weekend! |
Kevin's limit of fish, which included a 5
pound trout. |
Another nice trout. |
Nine nice trout all 18" to 20" and caught
on top-water.
(we carefully released several large females caught) |
Grouper up to 15 pounds & some Red
Snapper. |
3 Keeper Gag Groupers |
Nice limit of trout with two over 20".
Again... well over 200 trout were released for the weekend! |
Another nice limit of trout.
(many, many more were released over the weekend) |
Capt. John Squires with a nice oversized
redfish release. |
A keeper top-water trout. |
Yes, there are plenty of blue crabs to
catch in Horseshoe.
(these can be caught from the condo deck & dock) |
and... many stone crabs too.
(these were caught offshore, shown here directly from trap in holding bin
before measured, one claw removed and crab released) |
The best way to end a good day fishing at
Horseshoe. |
One more cast... they are still
biting. |
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Jen & Ben with some nice trout and a
legal red. |
One of the many creeks near Horseshoe
Beach. |
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A bluefish gave some unexpected variety
to the trip.... |
A nice 6 pound Pompano on a live
shrimp... |
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Ready to head home just
after sunset. |
Redfish caught just off Horseshoe. |
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A "Three-Spot" Redfish photo taken before
release
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An early Horseshoe morning with no wind
(a good morning to site fish for tailing reds) |
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One of many nice grouper caught w/ Capt.
Patterson. |
3 Red Grouper, 5 Gag Grouper and a
Kingfish. |
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Kelly, Brianna & Kate from D-101 with
some Thanksgiving trout!
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