Happy Thanksgiving Space Coast Fishing Report
I hope all of you have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving, and I thank you for reading this Space Coast fishing report.
The observant among you probably noticed I skipped last week. Really, there was nothing to report.
Non Fishing-
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Monday
Tammy, Mike and I were supposed to go fishing. Something about the 20 knot winds in the forecast scared off some of the participants. I went alone to the north end of the Indian RIver Lagoon, and enjoyed the birds and wind.
Thursday
Mike Conneen and I went to Spruce Creek to do some paddling. My first fish was a fat flounder. Have you ever noticed you never hear the words “catch-and-release” and “flounder” in the same sentence?
Happy and surprised by this fish, I invited it home for dinner.
In addition I got five redfish and two snook, all on jigs. With the exception of a 22 inch red, everything was decidedly below the slot.
This was my second-best fish.
Mike got some fish too!
Mike lost the big one 🙁
Friday
Tom VanHorn took me into the Banana River Lagoon. You still can’t see the bottom. While I brought a fly rod I really didn’t expect to use it.
My first fish was a monster sail cat, the biggest I’ve ever gotten. I cleaned a large chunk of slimy goo off my leader afterwards.
That’s a fistful of slimy fish, now!
We began hitting seatrout, fairly nice ones.
We hit several limits of trout like this.
We came to a spot where the trout action on jigs was hot enough that I broke out the six-weight. I can’t say I did great but I missed a few strikes and got a couple trout to about three pounds.
Even got some with the fly pole!
All-in-all it was the best fishing I’ve had since Irma passed by, which is certainly encouraging.
And that, dear reader, is the Space Coast fishing report. Thanks for reading!
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John Kumiski
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