Mini fishing Report 5-8-14 – Freshwater

Weather: clear, mid 80’s, windy

Fished 5:00-7.00 PM

Location: Area Canal, Palm Coast, Florida

Catch: (9) Specks, (1) Bluegill Bream, (2) Warmouth

One of my fishing partners Rick Edwards and I put the kayaks in the water for a quick afternoon jig fishing trip in an area canal here in Palm Coast. We were fishing with a lead head jig with a tube body with skirt. The wind was a real challenge. Every time you got you kayak in position to drop a jig into a little hole in a floating dollar weed mat, the wind would push you off and you’d  have to drop your rod and grab your paddle. Man it was a pain in the neck.

Anyway, we did catch some fish but we didn’t really set the world on fire. We caught a mixed bag of about everything, mudfish, bass, bream, warmouth and specks, just not that many of any one species. I lost one really nice speck right at the boat that would have probably went 1 1/4 lb.

We caught a number of bass but the jigs we were using were small and the bass were sized accordingly.

We caught a number of bream but the jigs were a little large for them and most of the bream bites just couldn’t get the bait in their mouth enough to get hooked. Had we been fishing with some crickets I believe we would have worked on them.

All of the fish were in cover and we did not pick up any fish in open water trolling.

The jigs were fished tight line style in and around the cover and weed mats along the bank. The bit was just a little weak.

I did discover a number of items on my yak that I need to repair before the next trip. Plus the yak is getting a new fish finder . More on that to follow.

Larry S.