A Crabby Week on the Indian River Fishing Report
Thanks for reading a crabby week on the Indian River fishing report. Visited the Indian River Lagoon every day I fished. I don’t often fish for crabs, but…
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Hey, all you dads. Happy Father’s Day! Take your kids fishing!
Before I get to this week, let’s go back to last week for a bit, just a photo or two. As you might recall, we were in North Carolina.
Yours truly at work, Nantahala River. Photo courtesy Jim Tedesco.
Tammy and John being silly. Photo courtesy Jim Tedesco.
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It just might be summertime in central Florida.
Susan said one evening this week, “There’s a snake in the yard.” I went out immediately, stopping long enough to grab a camera. A small eastern rat snake it was, a spectacular creature. Surprisingly it was on the ground- they spend a lot of time in trees.
Ooo-kay, fishing.
Monday
Hoped for snook and tarpon, got three trout and a red, all blind-casting, all on fly. I could not get the tarpon (little ones) to bite, in spite of several fly changes. I could only see them when they rolled. They were more spread out than I like, that’s my excuse!
Tuesday
Tried a different area. Couldn’t get the tarpon to bite there, either. Actually, I didn’t get anything to bite, a pretty thorough skunking. But there were good numbers of beefy blue crabs.
The mangroves are in blossom, fairly buzzing with bees and other pollinators. Mangrove honey, anyone?
Wednesday
Susan and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary. No fishing.
Thursday
Susan and I visited Playalinda Beach. No fishing. There were lots of turtle nests, and very few fishermen.
Friday
Left the fly pole, and the flies, home. Actually, I didn’t bring any hooks at all. I brought a canoe, a cooler, two spin rods, some chicken backs, some string, and a landing net (?!) (yes, me), and went back to the crab place. My goal was a dozen crabs by noon. I did it! As soon as the rocket went up, I left.
We boiled them up, with corn on the cob, and boiled new potatoes, and a big green salad, and feasted. Anniversary! Father’s Day! And we had a few crabs left over for lunch on Saturday!
That’s the crabby week on the Indian River fishing report. Thanks for reading!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Ride a bike! Stay active!
John Kumiski
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