The Banana River Lagoon Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 2.12.12
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I’d like to thank those of you who came by to talk to me at the Old Florida Fishing Show- TC Howard, TJ Bettis, Gary Kokaisel, Greg from Kel’s, Mark and Ginny Nichols, Shane, and a bunch more whose names have already slipped (sorry! Names have never been a strong suit). It was good to see you! The show went pretty well and I certainly got some flies tied up.
Fishing only took up two of my days this week.
On Monday I launched the kayak at the Banana River Lagoon no motor zone at almost 1 PM, hardly an early start. I did not follow my own advice- the wind was SSE. It was overcast. And I thought I might sightfish for redfish.
I hooked the first one I saw on an experimental fly. I lost it. I did not get another bite, although I did have two or three more shots.
On the way back I remembered why I never go there on a SE wind.
On Friday I returned with son Alex and outdoor writer Vic Attardo. We got a much earlier start. It was still overcast but the wind was out of the east, much easier to deal with.
We found some seatrout right away and got several on Gartside Gurglers. When the bite slowed we continued on our way, until we found some more trout. We got some more trout, same flies.
The spotted seatrout bite was going on.
The trend continued until we reached the redfish spot. Holy cow, there’s a tailer. I had done something I never do, which was to bring bait into the nmz. Hey, you got a writer, you need to produce. Vic had the wrong fly on and with the wind I couldn’t hold the canoe in position all that well so I flung a mullet head to it. He ate it. He weighed around 16 pounds.
Alex got another, bigger fish shortly after.
Alex was REAL happy with this big redfish.
I left the two of them and took off for a walk armed with a six-weight and a crab fly. I threw to six or eight fish and finally got an eater. It was a handsome fish although a third of his tail was missing and he had a large scar on his starboard side near the dorsal fin.
Alex agreed to model with my fish.
We got more trout on the way back, and loaded up the boats around 430 pm. It had been a solid day fly fishing, even without the two cut mullet fish.
And that, friends, is this week’s Banana River Lagoon fishing report! Thank you for reading!
Life is great and I love my work.
Life is short. Go Fishing!
John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com
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Coming from the north, is Kelly Park still the best place to launch a kayak in the Banana River Lagoon no motor zone or is there a better place farther north?
KARS Park is the place. $5 per boat, but you don’t have to lock your car
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