Last Wednesday and Thursday I went fishing down on the St. Johns between Lake Harney and the Econ River. I was focusing on the annual shad run but caught some specks, pan fish and hybrids along the way. The specks are starting to bed in the tall grass along the shore and the best action is with minnows. Some specks can also be found by trolling out in Lake Harney. Pan fish and hybrids can be caught as a byproduct of fishing for the shad. Best jig color for me was a bob-tailed red/white plastic body on a silver jig head. Shad always seem to like the red/white combo and to the pan fish and hybrids it may just look like a shad egg sack.

Being the fishing is so good, expect lots of traffic at the ramp and on the water. By 10 am I had 20 boats and kayaks around me near the mouth of the Econ on a Thursday. Can't even imagine what it will be like on the weekends.

Here is a link to the video I put together with more details: