KARS Park w/Bud & Bill

Dick let Bud borrow his kayak, thanks Dick.
We all caught trout, popping cork was the most effective.
It was nice pre-Turkeyday trip!

Indian River SE 528 w/Bill

I got one small trout and a 22" Red.
Bill caught 8 Trout.
Wind was NW, but was predicted to be East and made it tough.

M.I. Airport w/Bill

Launched about 9am, to let it warm up.
It was too chilly and windy for topwater, popping cork was ticket today.
Bill caught several Ttrout.
I caught one small Trout, one big Trout and one 26" Red.

McFadden Park w/Bill

Bill's Birthday trip.
We both got many big Sail cats and Trout.
Bill also caught a Jack and a Blue.

SE NMZ - w/Bill

Launched just outside the CCAFS gate, it was mucky and nasty!
I got a Red on the Spook and several Trout(mostly slot) on popping cork.
Bill got a few Trout.

Barge Canal w/Bill

Finally back on the water!
Sciatica is getting better and we spent about 5 hours kayaking.
Bill caught a few trout and I got a rat Red, Ladyfish and some Trout.
Great to be fishing again.

IFA Kayak Tour Inaugural Tournament Titusville

With 3 New Hobie kayaks for prizes: Biggest Trout, Biggest Redfish and Aggregate of Redfish, Trout and Flounder, and only 12 anglers, I had was sure I could win atleast one. Unfortunately, I caught Snook, Tarpon and Ladyfish all day! I finally landed a 19.1" Trout on popping cork, something to enter. I moved to the port to try for Flounder and Redfish. I did pick up a 16.5" Redfish(needed to be 18" to enter), but no Flounder. I drove to Titusville for the check in and turned in my picture of the Trout. It turned out it was a tough day for everyone and my 19.1" Trout took 3rd Place Trout for $100(got my entry fee back). 2nd place trout was 19.2". One guy took top prize for all 3 categories by catching a 23"Trout and 24.5" Redfish and won all 3 kayaks!!!! He drove to Jacksonville to fish his home waters and drove back for check-in(legal). NO-one caught a Flounder. It was a long day, but fun. I can't believe I worked that hard all day and only got a Trout to check-in. Next time!

Barge Canal w/ Bill

Got a slam before 9am!  Snook, Redfish, Trout.

I was trying to get a Tarpon to go with it, but couldn't land one.

Bill got a few trout also, sneaking in a last trip before heading to Branson.

I must have smelled bad, because I attracted a few vultures!

Sykes-Barge Canal w/Bill

The water was up at least a foot since last week and we were greeted by a 10' lizard floating in the middle of the canal.  The bait run was definitely moving through the canal, but there weren't a lot of predators.  Small trout were the only fish willing to take a topwater.  The culverts didn't hold any fish, so I moved east to a little creek mouth.  There I found a few larger trout, tiny Snook and small Tarpon, but wasn't having much luck hooking up.  I finally managed to catch dinner, a nice Flounder.  Weather was cooler and the rain held off, but not the stellar catching day I anticipated.

No Snookie today - Arthur Ave, Cape Canaveral

Not much bait early, but Dick saw me coming up empty and netted me 5 mullet (thanks, Dick).
After about an hour of nothing, the tide started coming in and I started seeing more bait.
Still not seeing anything crashing the bait, but felt a thump on my bait and figured I was bitten off by a Blue.
I let it sit for another minute and didn't feel anything so I reeled in to check my bait.  Surprise, there was 16" Flounder on the hook!  Put him in the bucket and grabbed another mullet and threw back in the same hole and felt the same thump, 14"er.  Did it one more time in the same hole for another 14"er.  Unfortunately it was time to go, after fasting for 12 hours it was time to get my bloodwork done.

Cocoa Beach Snookin w/John

Out at o'dark thirty to hit the beach for some snook action on Labor Day!
We found the bait running and the sun rising.
After netting some mullet, we both caught a few Ladyfish and John got a few Blues.
I hooked up first and landed a 34" snook, over slot so I released.
John hooked up next with what looked like a slot Snook, but he broke off after a couple minute fight.
Another day in Paradise!

Hangar AF w/Bill

IT WAS HOT!!!!! Little to no wind, we stayed too long.
I got a red and a few snook, Bill got chest pains.
I'm gonna need to see a note from his doctor before he goes back out.

Barge Canal w/ Bill

We stayed close to home and had a good day.
I got a snook, a red and a ladyfish.
I lost my spook jr to huge snook that took me into the mangroves.
Bill got a few trout and a nice red.

Indian River 528 w/Bill

I got a snook, a trout and a ladyfish.
Bill got several trout and a ladyfish.
I saw lots of Reds, but they all had lockjaw.

NMZ - NE side from CSWY w/Bill

Hell of a day!
Great weather, no airboat patrols, no other kayakers.
The spook jr still slaying them, and caught my biggest Black Drum on a GULP Jerkshad.


Unfortunately, the Drum gave it his all and after trying to revive him for 45 minutes he became dinner(or I should say several dinners).

Hangar AF w/Bill

Fantastic weather this morning, water was like glass early and a little breeze later to keep the heat down. Gave my new Spook Jr a work out!

Bill got a few trout on his Fractured Topwater, first pic is his.