Expensive December!
I finally made it out to fish this week. It's been an expensive December for me and it wasn't the gifts that were bought but a new motor for my 2019 truck. Modern technology isn't that great when the things they put into these expensive vehicles just don't work as well as it should.
Cold Front Kayak Fishing – Sam’s Creek
So the place I fished was Sam’s Creek in Northern Merritt Island. The location for the kayak/canoe launch at Pine Island is listed as 1655 Pine Island Rd, Merritt Island, FL 32953.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Like the song says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year"! Christmas is here and all those Christmas presents are about to be unwrapped by anglers eager to get out on the water to try out their new rods, reels and lures.
Low Waters in Mosquito Lagoon
The water has been very low. The fish have been eating smaller 3 inch paddle tales or a shrimp tipped jig working the edge to the flats. This last cold front has dropped the water to 63° but will probably warm a little bit over the holidays with highs in the 70s.
East Lake Toho 12-20
Got my boat back last week and went out to East Lake from Lakefront Park and the wind was blowing more than expected so I went across the lake and fished to the left of Boggy Creek ramp along the reeds where it was a little bit calmer. Caught 3 [...]
Surf Fishing Report – Canaveral Nat’l Seashore
Good morning East Side family, not much to report this week besides continued swell and onshore winds that will be switching directions to offshore for about a day then going right back out of the north.
Pressure Didn’t Faze Bite
There has been a little low pressure rising up from the Caribbean this past week bring us some wet and windy weather but it did seem to faze the bite. We are continuing to boat several species like trout, redfish, snook and black drum making for a great time on the water.
Headwaters area
Cool water temperature at 60 to 65. Fish staging to pull up on flats and the spawn will be good in January.
Finding Fish & Wind Protection on the Eau Gallie River
I hope everyone is having a great Holiday season so far. What an interesting weekend we just had, the weather warmed up, we had some humidity and cloud cover, but some very strong ENE winds rolled through. This made conditions in the IRL pretty choppy.
EFP Snapper Program
We got to fish for red snapper last week as part of the EFP Snapper program. Needless to say everywhere we went we caught a red snapper of large size.
Headwaters Bass Fishing
Top baits this week for me were the Bass Assassin RSB worms, Jackhammers, Lure Concept Spinnerbaits and the Mike Bucca 6" Trick Shad in Gizzard Shad color.
Good Action in the Lagoon
We've had good action in the lagoon. Plenty of trout and a decent snook bite even though they are smaller fish. There are some redfish and black drum being caught in the inlet, shrimp and croakers have been the best baits. The flounder bite has been decent, as well.
