Well, our Thanksgiving Food Feast is now behind us for another year. We find that our pants feel a little tighter around the waist as well.

I made it out for two short outings last week, once again one on the Lagoon and the other on Headwaters. I took my grandson to the lagoon of his choosing and started in the Mullet Creek area. He managed a small trout and jack crevalle inside the canals before moving south towards the Long Point area. We had an outgoing tide in the morning but noticed at our first spot fishing the water was very dirty, possibly caused by the moving water. The bait was not as abundant as well. We fished around a couple of islands and sighted some very nice snook, but none wanted anything to do with our offerings. It was nice to see him really starting to visualize the dark objects in the water before I even saw the fish first. Even though the bite was very slow for the day we did see some big fish and his highlight is always going fast in my boat.

The next day it was a solo trip to Headwaters. I found an area from last year’s outing that had clean and clear water. The bass were there and were willing to eat our artificial offerings. We managed to come across a few beds too. This week’s full moon will likely be the start of our spawning activity. Finding shallow water areas with deep waters close by will produce fish.