Speck Fishing Video Palm Coast, Fl. 1-19-13

 

We took the kayaks out Saturday for some speck fishing in one of the Palm Coast waterways. We were slow trolling jigs suspended under floats. It was a decent trip but the fish were on the small side. We ended up keeping (16) specks but caught (21) plus another (1) bass.

 

Here is a condensed video of the trip:

 

See ya on the water!

Larry 

 

 



Speck Fishing Report - Palm Coast Area

Wednesday, Jan. 9, ,2013
Weather: high 80 deg, Mostly cloudy to overcast later, Barometer has been trending down
Winds: light
Water temp.: ?

Target Species: Crappie (Specks) Method: Drifting with jigs Location: local canal, Palm Coast, Fl.
Catch: (6) Specks (kept), (3) Bass, (1) Mud Fish, lost (2) Bass & (2) Specks

My wife and I headed to Palm Coast again this afternoon to try a new spot I have been
wanting to speck fish.

 

It started off slow with 3 small Bass and a Mud Fish before we ever caught our first speck. We hooked up with 8 in total and put 6 on the stringer. All of the specks today were pretty decent fish and a step above the size we were catching on Sunday, we just did not have nearly as many.

The barometer is trending down and I feel that might have slowed the bite. Besides that, there is a lot more bait in this waterway as well as cover at the bank compared to the canal we fished Sunday.

 

Good Luck,
Larry S.

Fishing Report-Speckled Perch 1-6-13

Sun. Jan. 6,2013
Weather: 80 deg.
Partly to mostly cloudy
wind: light
Target Fish: Specks (Crappie)

I fished a local waterway in Palm Coast this afternoon for Specks. The plan was to float some jigs below corks and do some drifting or slow trolling.

We fished with a variety of jig colors though a green tube body produced the most fish. I also did pretty well on a pink jig head with a white curly tail body.

The specks were not overly large but what they lacked in size, they made up for in numbers. We ended up catching about 50 in all and kept 38.

The water clarity is pretty good so getting your baits back a ways beyond the kayak really made a big difference.  My fishing partner for the day fished with spinning reels with a clip on cork to suspend the jig about 3' below the water surface. I fished fiberglass cane poles and they were far less effective in the clear water.

Here's a few pic's from the trip.

Good luck on the water!
Larry S.

Fishing Report - Crappie 12-8-12

Dec. 8, 2012
Weather: Overcast with Fog
Wind : 0-4 mph
Target Species: Crappie (Specks)
Method: Drifting with Live Minnows
Location: Area Lake, Deland, Fl.

Catch: (8) Specks (Dad/Mom boated 37 Specks along with one 3 lb channel cat and a few bream)

My Dad has really been working on the Crappie over the last couple of weeks. They are known by many names but we call them Specks. He has been doing some drifting and trolling for them on a local lake and has been catching 25-30 every trip.

I made a plan to meet Dad at the lake at daylight to see what we could do, except I would fish from my Tarpon 120 kayak. I figured I could handle at least (2) fiberglass cane poles and one spinning rod and still be able to paddle. I prefer to fish for Specks in tree tops that are blown over in the river but you've got to fish where the fish are biting!

We fished with live Missouri minnows and ended up having a pretty good haul but we had to fish most of the day for them. The bad part was that I landed a disproportional amount of them. I struggled to land (8) while my Dar hauled in (37) with another 10 or so that they through back. He also caught one channel cat that was about 3 lbs and a few bream.

I believe that my short stringer was a result of  fishing to deep. Once I shallowed up my cork a little it seemed to make a big difference. I ended up catching more in an hour than I had the whole morning.

It was a really foggy morning and stayed overcast even after the fog burned off. The wind was perfect all morning being 0-4 mph and blowing right down the lake so drifting was easy.

Though we ended up with a pretty impressive string of fish, it was actually a little slow going. we would catch 2 or three and then nothing for 10-15 minutes.

I think I ended up with about 8 nice bags of fillets ready for some hot oil.

Tight Lines,
Larry S.