The Report from Spotted Tail 3/5/11
I can die in peace, as I’ve hit the big time. See this link- Catching Redfish and History. Thank you, Susan Cocking.
Yes, we did some fishing this week.
On Sunday fly fisher Kevin Ferrell joined me on Spotted Tail. We launched at River Breeze. It was cool and a tad breezy but a lovely day. We saw quite a few fish. Kevin had plenty of shots. He scored a couple times, with a handsome seven pound red that ate a Mosquito Lagoon Special and a nice trout on a slider.
it ate a mosquito lagoon special.
fooled by a slider.
Kevin wrote, “It was real good fishing with you. Thanks for putting me on so many fish.” Thank you for fishing with me, Kevin!
The following day Lane Thurgood, another fly fisher, joined me. Lane also sent me an email the next day, to wit- “I cannot thank you enough for yesterday. I had one of the best days of my life and I enjoyed every minute.” I don’t know how many reds he got but it was a lot. He also got two trout and a flounder. Just one of those spectacular days. Thank you for fishing with me, Lane! And thanks to the Urban Angler for the referral!
he got at least a dozen like this.
You may have heard about the big fire just west of I-95 in the Scottsmoor/Mims area. Yeah. It’s a BIG fire.
It's a brush fire, not a nuclear explosion.
Thursday I had a kayak trip with Paul Hynes, a local guy from Lake Mary. It was breezy and overcast a good part of the morning. We finally found some fish and Paul had just hooked one when a Gordon skiff roared up. The guide dropped the power pole, and the “anglers” started casting shrimp right where we were fishing. The noise they made pushed the fish away and then they started poling after them. It was as unprofessional a display by a fishing guide as I’ve ever seen. If that’s how he has to find fish I certainly wouldn’t want to fish with him. What a jerk.
Anyway, Paul lost that redfish, but got three nice trout, all on a DOA CAL shad. Except for the Gordon moron it was quite a lovely outing.
Yesterday was the MINWR Show and Tell. Ten souls showed up and we spent the day together exploring the wildlife refuge and talking about fishing. It was fun and educational for all concerned.
Embrace simplicity.
Life is great and I love my work!
Life is short- go fishing!
John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com/
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Looking for patterns for M.L.Special & the “slider”.
Ron C.
will blog it later this week
jk
RE: Why Are We Slobs
John,
I am a member of the Internet Shrimpers & Anglers Assn.. As a group we have adopted the south side of Haulover Canal for clean up. This past Saturday we had about 40 members picking up paper, cans, bottles and discarded fishing line on the east side of the road from the bridge east to the lagoon. The west side was closed but we did 2 clean ups on that side last year. There were 37 bags of trash removed as a result of our efforts. We also participate in the Halifax/Indian River cleanup annually. We are a family oriented club that like to shrimp, fish and give back to our resources.
Our web site is ISAA.CC. Check us out and come join us.
I really enjoy your reports and blogs.
Thanks,
Eddie Colbert