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.
Crappie Fishing Report – Lake George
February 19,2014
Weather, clear, light ESE winds
Fished 7:00-10.45 AM
Location: Lake George, Volusia County Florida
Catch: (9) Specks, (1) Bluegill Bream, (2) Warmouth
I know, I know….the first thing your going to say is, where’s the kayak but I was not leading the expedition into the dark stained water this morning. My good friend Rick Edwards called me late yesterday to see if I could miss a few hours of work this morning so we could pursue some of the monster Specks that Lake George is known for. It didn’t take a lot to talk me into agreeing to go. We met up at his place well before daylight and headed out.
There was a little fog and a few stray clouds but that all gave way pretty quickly to a super nice day with very light wind.
Our plan for today was to gig fish the small lilies that grow up from the bottom and float at the surface. Most all the other vegetation has been killed by the State and their aggressive spraying program. We typically use a fly rod for this with a small lead headed jig and today would be no different. I had put together a new fly rod last year for flats fishing that I had never gotten to test out and though it’s a pretty serious rod I figured it could due double duty and also serve to catch a speck.
The lake was full of life this morning. Coots were everywhere, splashing and calling, doing what coots do. Mullet were leaping, other fish would occasionally strike the surface and all manor of bird were about. We saw a good number of ducks flying over head also. We even heard some hen turkeys cutting from the hardwood swamp that bounds the large bay we were fishing. I just happened to have my calls with me but could not raise a gobble.
It was a little slow going but what we lacked in quantity, we made up for in quality. The specks probably averaged over 1.5 lbs. and the largest was 2.2 lbs! That’s pretty impressive. We ended up with 8 quality fish and one tiny one that we pitched back. All of the fish were females and their bellies were so swollen with eggs it looked like they were about to pop at any time. We also picked up one good bream and a couple warmouth.
We both fished the same color gig, a black and green tube body with a green head. Probably should have tried some other colors but it’s always seemed to produce pretty well.
We called off the hunt about 11:00 AM and headed for the launch, satisfied that we had caught some really great fish on one of the prettiestt days we’ve had in a while……..and got out of a half a day of work!
Here’s some photo’s from the trip:
Larry S.
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