Great Weather IRL Fishing Report
Thank you for reading this week’s Great Weather IRL Fishing Report. Got out four days this week, all solo trips by kayak. I need a fishing buddy who has a sense of discretion…
Last week I had a question, if anyone had seen mullet working down the beach. NO ONE responded. Either you folks need to get out more, or there are no mullet on the beach.
FISHING (and other) Report
The high water is killing me! The Haulover Canal gauge has hovered around 1.5 feet all week.
Monday
Spruce Creek, still beautiful.
Went paddling at Spruce Creek. Hadn’t been there in a year, did not know what to expect. It’s still beautiful! Did not see jacks raising hell, or ladyfish either. Did see a few tarpon rolling. Did see a few fish bust along the shoreline.
Got several snooklets and jumped one tarpon on fly. The hook must have hit the bony part of the tarpon’s mouth- it jumped right off, and bent the Gamakatsu hook besides.
As the tide got high, I just blind-cast the rubber shad, and got surprised by a redfish pushing 30 inches. I unhooked it without removing it from the water, a growing trend. Nice way to finish the trip!
Tuesday
Went paddling on the Indian River Lagoon. Weather was fantastic, but my optimism was fairly crushed early. Ate lunch without having seen anything other than mullet.
Showed two different flies to two different redfish in the afternoon. Both turned and fled. I just blind-cast the rubber shad, and got surprised by a seatrout pushing 26 inches, my nicest trout in a long while. I unhooked it without removing it from the water…
Wednesday
A consulting visit to the oral surgeon. Move along folks, nothing to see here…
Thursday
Went to the Indian River Lagoon, different place. Weather was extraordinary- even had light rain for a while, very pleasant. Saw exactly one redfish as I ran it over. Did not get a shot with the fly rod all day. Got a few marginal trout by blindly pitching the rubber shad. Did thrill to a pair of eagles flying together.
Trout on rubber shad.
It’s so easy to enjoy these days, watching the kingfishers and the ibis, watching the clouds grow and shrink as they travel through the sky, listening to and watching the dragonflies of all different sizes and colors. I watched a dragonfly catch a mosquito I had shooed off me one morning. That was awesome!
Friday
Went to the Indian River Lagoon, a different different place. Weather was again extraordinary- what a run we’ve had! Wind from the east for weeks, but whatever.
Snoook on the new fly.
Black drum, actually hooked in the chin.
Got a snoook on my third cast- guess that new fly works! The fish tore it, and its partner, apart. Guess I need to armor plate them! Ended up with five snook, two ladyfish, one each of redfish and black drum, and hooked a tarpon that I got three jumps out of. There were no IGFA world records here, folks. But all were on fly, and I’m not complaining!
Yeah, I need to beef these flies up. Never saw one fall apart in quite this way.
That’s what I got. Thank you again for reading this Great Weather IRL Fishing Report. Life is great and I love all my readers!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go hiking! Take a walk! Do SOMETHING!
John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide
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