Capt. Josh Fritz (352-345-9304): Capt. Josh says winter weather can be a challenge, but he’s finding very good action on trout, which he expects to hold up even with more cold on the way. He’s finding the fish in deep holes in canals and creeks, with occasional spikes in action on rocky points and bars in shallow water on days the sun warms the shallows. He’s been using 5.5-inch white DOA flukes to take some nice-sized fish. The holes in these backwaters also are holding sheepshead, black drum and some redfish. All three are cold-water hardy and will feed readily on shrimp. Offshore, the bite is good starting in 25 feet, with a mix of mangrove snapper, hogfish and sheepshead taking shrimp on rocky bottom and around breaks. The bigger, winter sheepshead are showing up there in greater numbers. It’s now and into March that the big females move offshore to spawn and the best time of the year for anglers to land the big ones.

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