Late BRL Report
Thank you for reading this late BRL Report. I apologize for the lateness, but it’s late for reasons beyond my control- the computer was in the shop. I just got it back. Sadly, it’s not fixed.
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Bumper sticker of the week-
Friday found me at the Banana River Lagoon, on a decidedly cool but beautiful day. The sun was out, but the solstice was just a couple weeks ago. Even at its zenith, the winter sun is low in the sky, making sight fishing more difficult.
Lunch was eaten before a decent shot came along. Not that there were no fish- I just kept running them over. In my defense, they weren’t doing much to give their position away.
When that first decent shot came along, it was a fat redfish that was probably six pounds or so. A clear DOA Shrimp dropped about three feet in front of it, and the fish went right over and crushed it.
More than I expected.
The fly rod was tried. Two missed bites later, we went back to the DOA Shrimp, resulting in three more reds, all around six to eight pounds. Nice ones!
I had one good shot at a black drum. It checked out the fly and made a detour, not the desired response.
Saturday was the Celebration of Life for Rodney Smith. Rodney had a lot of friends- there might have been 200 people there. The highlight was the “paddle out”, when about 40 people with surfboards got into the water (with a 15-knot wind and air temps around 60 degrees), paddled out past the breakers, formed a big circle and delivered Rodney’s ashes to the sea he loved so much. Pretty awesome.
The forecast for the rest of this week is not such that I’m looking forward to any fishing. We’ll see.
That’s the late BRL Report. As always, thanks for reading!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Go for a walk! Stay active!
John Kumiski
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