A Berry Good Week Report

Thank you for reading this Berry Good Week Report. Fished three days, AND went paddling with Green Volusia. And went berry picking. Good week!

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Monday

– Went to the Mosquito Lagoon. The water does not look good, quite murky. An eight-inch snook chased the skunk. A 12-inch trout rounded out the catch. Saw three redfish all day. Maybe the berry good week didn’t extend to Monday. At least the weather was nice, and I owned the place…

Tuesday

– Went to the Indian River Lagoon. Didn’t get a very early start, launching the kayak at 0830. Was paddling along when I heard a crash. Went to investigate and a redfish was swimming around with its back out of the water. He spooked off the fly. The next fish, in a similar situation, did the same. The next fish did the same. So, even though I liked the way the fly looked, the fish clearly did not. I cut it off, and tied on a simple black bendback.

I got a couple fish on it. Although I had shots at ten or twelve, getting those two was wonderful. The fish were in very shallow water and were spooky. The bite stopped by 1000, and the boat was on the roof before noon.

The fish ran behind the boat.

Got it to the boat.

Wednesday

– Joined Tommy Nordman (Green Volusia) and Sea Grant Florida for a paddle trip out of River Breeze, searching for the elusive seagrass. All this time I thought we had manatee grass, and it’s actually mostly shoal grass. We only went as far as Bissett Bay, where there is seagrass growing, even though the water looks like crap. Nice bunch of folks on this trip!

Thursday

– went for a walk on the Florida Trail with the intention of picking blueberries. Boom! They were everywhere! Got a quart in a couple hours, then had a mundane rest of the day. No blueberry pictures. You know what they look like.

Friday

Removing the hook.

The next several shots show what I was looking at. Not much tailing, mostly cruising fish. Ran over quite a few, couldn’t see them.

– Went back to the Tuesday spot. I thought it was the old days! That black bendback wasn’t magic, but I got several fish with it. I even spent some time trying to photograph free-swimming fish in the water.

That’s my Berry Good Week Report. As always, thanks for reading!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Go walking! Stay active!

John Kumiski
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