Kayak Fishing Report: In the Bleak Midwinter
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and Happy New Years! Our family had a wonderful Christmas, our two young boys had a great time, which was just magical for my wife and I to see.
Pompano and Drums
Went surf fishing near Pineda New years eve around noon and caught four juvenile black drum between 7-10in and a couple keeper 17in and 15in pompano's. Once the outgoing high tide hit, the water got a little dirty and the bite COMPLETELY stopped around 2pm. It was mostly cloudy, but [...]
Tampa Bay sheepshead
The sheep's are biting on shrimp from the shallows to the deep channel.
Cold Weather… Hot Fishing!
The colder weather has finally arrived in Florida. Recent cool downs and this past weekend’s arctic blast are doing their job in cleaning up the algae blooms which have plagued our inland waters for quite some time. Today’s trip was planned as a day on the water for my good [...]
Great Conditions for Sheepshead
Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! The Space Coast is definitely feeling a little out of the norm lately. This past week's cold front has been an incredible one, to say the least -- record low temps, freezing rain even -- these make for some less than desirable fishing conditions. However, as tough as it may be there is still several species that this type of weather is really good for.
Going Deep for A Hot Bite in the Cold
Cold temps bring a hot bite to the deep water basins and shipping channel of Port Canaveral this week. Spanish mackerel, bluefish, Crevalle jack, and ladyfish are striking spoons and Rapala X-Rap lipped diving plugs that are being trolled behind our boats.
A Cold Few Days…
It’s been a cold few days for us Floridians. Our water temperatures most likely dropped 10-15 degrees from last week at this time. There is a little bit of a warming trend for the latter part of our week and hopefully the fish will come out of their shock (including us humans) and want to eat.
Bite Slowed After Cold Front
Inshore fishing was still good before the current cold front hit. Plenty of trout, jacks, pompano and a few snook along the spoil islands and mangrove shorelines. Trout, snook and jacks keyed in on the DOA Cal paddle tails and curly tail baits. Pompano keyed in on small soft plastics and doc’s goofy jigs.
Offshore Truth Bomb
Looking for a great report on what's going on out there? Well I can give you a great report and it's the truth.
Kayak Fishing Report – Holiday Travel Special Part II: Four Creeks State Forest
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season - and Merry Christmas. My family went to Georgia to spend the week with family for our Thanksgiving break. I took the opportunity to fish two places I have never fished before.
Fairly Slow Bite This Week
Overall, it’s been a fairly slow bite this week, but as the fish become more accustomed to these cooler conditions the bite is bound to improve. Snook, bluefish, jack and pompano are striking live shrimp along the near-coastal waters on our recent excursions. I like to rig my shrimp on a 1/8 to 1/4 ounce jig head and work them slowly along the sandy bottom areas inside and outside of Port Canaveral. As long as the winds are out of the north or west these areas should continue to be fishable.
3 Forks Remains A Bit Murky
I was only out on the water one day last week. A short trip on 3 Forks before the rains moved in. They are still moving water into the St. John’s as some of the areas we went to were very dirty and a foul odor was present as well. I managed a trifecta catch of a couple of frisky bluegill, one crappie and two small bass all eating my beetle spin. We were watching a large rain system off to our east as we fished the area and managed to run from the first part but the second half of it just got larger with much more rain to it so we called it a day.
