Fishing Report 6-6-14, Snook & Trout
Friday June 6, 2014 Launched 7:00PM
Weather: Hot 87 deg.
Clear with scattered storms in the distance
wind: SSE winds, 10-12mph +/-
Humidity: 63%
Pressure: 29.9 (steady)
Major feed time: 5:10 PM
Tide: incoming High at 8:30PM
Target Fish: Redfish, Trout Fish
caught: (1) Trout- short, (2) Snook
I have been getting some good reports over at Flagler Beach, Big trout and lots of Redfish. I finally got work squared away enough that I could squeeze an afternoon trip in Friday. The plan was to fish the last hour before dark with some topwater plugs which is my favorite way to fish.
The wind was blowing pretty hard and coming right down the river from the South. We had to fish the tail end of the incoming which is not my preferred tide but we found a little action despite the conditions. There was plenty of finger mullet around also. Bait shrimp are being caught in the area aw well.
We fished a natural creek drain that had a bunch of small drains and forks, etc. tying into it. We picked up one trout, 2 Snook and had one other fish on, that tore off. Had one other fish knock the plug completely out of the water but he somehow managed to elude all three treble hooks.
We were using a 5m18 Mirrolure. Had the tide been right I feel like we would have had some real action. We were at least able to get out of some of the wind and work some of the bugs out of the equipment in preparation for some serious fishing.
Here’s a little video from the trip…….
Larry S.
Fishing Report – Bings Landing 6-29-13
Sat. June 29, 2013
Weather: Mostly cloudy with rain/thunder storms passing to North and South
Wind: moderate east winds, 8-10mph, light near dark
Pressure: 28.9
Major Feed: 5:25PM
Water: Water is still pretty dark though it was fishing an out going tide
Target Fish: Redfish, Trout
Fish caught: (1) Flounder, (1) Ladyfish, (3) Jacks, (3) Mangrove Snappers, (2) trout hooked/lost
I fished out of Bings Landing this afternoon. Though the weather was threatening I went ahead and took a chance and launched. There was actually a big storm on both sides of me but they skirted around and moved out over the ocean.
My plan was to fish some live mullet until late afternoon and then finish out the day with some top water action. I staked down along a deep bend in a creek drain and hooked my first fish within seconds of getting a bait in the water, a nice Snapper by just short of being legal. I did not have to many small finger mullet and the snapper were biting so fast I started cutting up larger mullet to save my livies. A fish would be on the bait within 30-45 seconds of it hitting the water! They just weren’t quite large enough to keep.
I had several hard strikes on live finger mullet that didn’t hook up. One completely scaled a 5″ mullet.
One thing that was different from the last time I fished here was that nothing would touch a fiddler crab? I caught some up on the way in but could interest a fish of any kind in one.
Finally, about 8:00pm with the tide still on the out going, the top water bit started! It was like you flipped a switch. My first clue was some surface striking. It was obviously a school of small predators by the multiple strikes happening all at once. I figured it was a school of jacks but quickly grabbed my top water rod and offered up a 5M18 MirrOlure. It immediately drew attention and a nice jack boiled up on the plug. I ended up getting three of them to the boat.
I did have two trout on but they managed to tear off which is not uncommon on top water. I probably had another 10-12 good strikes that did not hook up or were on only briefly.
I picked off another nice ladyfish that really put on a show. Once I got her up to the boat she almost jumped right up into my face. It would not be the first time I’ve been seriously hooked by one of the hyper fish. You really need to be careful with them when multiple hooks are involved.
Within about 35 minutes it was all over and the waters calmed. Not even a mullet disturbed the surface after that point. The only fish I brought home was a 15″ flounder.
Though the trip was not that productive……that 30 minutes of hot top water bite made the paddle worth the effort.
OH! Almost forgot……on the way over I scouted the beach……Pogy pods everywhere!! Every time I stopped I could see schooled up pods as far as I could see with my 10×32’s. I did not see any action in them though. If work allows, I’ll check this out one morning this week.
Larry S.
Fishing Report – High Bridge (Tomoka)
May 16,2013
Weather; Clear and light wind, falling tide
Fished 6:45-8.45 AM
Location: High Bridge, North Tomoka
Catch: (1) Snook & lost (1) unknown, (1) Trout, redfish and Jack ea.
I fished out of High Bridge this morning with friends Rick and TR. I planned to fish strictly with artificials…..a 5M51 MirrOlure and a 17MR MirrOdine. TR and Rick had brought some live shrimp along and the trout and Jack were caught on them. The red was taken on a gold spoon.
I started off the morning great with a nice snook on the first cast! I paddled up on a big school of finger mullet at the mouth of an intersecting creek. One cast to the school and a snook blasted out from under to intercept my top water plug. I did hook up with another fish on a 17MR that was hiding in a fallen cedar tree. I never got to see what that one was but it likely was another snook given the location.
While there was a decent amount of bait to be seen, mostly all finger mullet, I saw no striking fish or predator action of any kind. I tasted the water to check the salinity and it was way off. Though a few fish were caught, more than I expected, I think the area needs some time to recover from the recent flush of fresh stormwater
Larry S.
Ponce Inlet Fishing Report, 1-1-13
I have been wanting to get with my dad and give the sheepshead a try down at ponce inlet. I called him at the last minute last night and we put together a plan for this morning.
We met at the Port Orange bridge to catch some crabs and scrape up some barnacles for bait. As usual, dad was there early and pretty much had the gob done. I helped him load his boat and we headed south for the inlet.
The water in the river is as clear as you will ever see it right now. You can see the bottom in 5′ of water.
The good thing about having dad along was I caught a tow over to the docks we planned to fish that saved me a pile of paddling.
The tide was probably half in and we were expecting to really see some pretty good action. A guy that was launching at the same time we were related that he had been catching some 16-18″ sheepshead at the jetty on both the inside and the outside.
Well, I guess it just wasn’t in the cards for us on this day. We put in about three hours of fishing and only put three fish in the boat.
We fished about a half a dozen different docks with both barnacles and crabs. There were a pile of other boats that turned up to fish the same spot so I feel some fish are around.
At least the temp.’s were mild and it was a nice morning to be on the water.
Good Luck,
Larry S.
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