Fishing Report 6/4/11 - Indian River Lagoon-Patillo Creek

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Indian River Lagoon Fishing Report Patillo Creek
Sat.  June 4, 2011
Moon - 3 days past new moon
M.F.=  1:30 pm
Temp.: mid 70's to low 80's in afternoon
wind: ENE @ <5  mph early, built to 10-20 in afternoon (slick flat early)
pressure: steady (high)

humidity:    

rain: 0

sunny

I headed for Patillo Creek on the Indian River Lagoon this morning. It is quite a stroll to get down there. I think I put over 175 miles on the Chevy today.

I have never fished out of Patillo Creek and I'm trying to scout some new water that might hold some larger fish. If I can find what I'm looking for I might enter the kayak tournament coming up on the 19th.

After 8 hours in the yak my butt is killing me! As near as I could count I caught 87 fish today. Unfortunately, 85 of them were Ladyfish. I put (1) 24" red and (1) 15" trout on the stringer but could not manage any more. I think I have ruled this spot out for now. I just did not see many redfish. Probably less than 10 all day. I did see (4) other trout including one 20"er. As I was drifting along pitching to the sand holes my string of fish floated over a nice flounder and spooked him off.

I caught the trout , red and most of the ladyfish on the 17mr mirrOdine. That thing was was on fire. Sometimes I would make 4 or five casts and hook up on every cast! I have caught so many fish on the thing that they ate the galvanizing off the rear hook.

The water was really low and bait was spotty. I did find some deep (3' or so) water to the north that was muddy from large mullet. I feel like there were probably some reds mixed up in that but I had already realized I was not sure where the truck was and I was paddling into a 20mph head wind trying to find my truck! An hour later I finally spotted the blue truck and I was one happer camper! I promiss you I'll be more carefull in the future.

Well, here's some pictures. I guess one ladyfish looks much like another but here's some of them.

Big gater tracks headed off into Mosquito Lagoon!

Look at that water....Just like glass!

I sure had this one hobbled!

Tight lines,

Larry

Fishing Report 6/3/11 - Pellicer-intracoastal waterway

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Pellicer Fishing Report
Sun.  June 3, 2011
Moon - 2 days after new moon
M.F.=  1:05 pm
Temp.:  low 80's
Wind: E @ 5-10
pressure: steady (high)

Humidity:   

Rain: 0

Sunny

 

I made another trip back to the sheepshead hole this afternoon. The tide was dead low by the time I caught bait (fiddler crabs) and got in the water and I fished the slack tide and beginning of the in coming. Less than the ideal time to be there but once it started coming in good I would have thought I would have been able to catch a few more than I did.

 

 

 

I put one nice one in the boat and had another one that felt bigger than this on that got around a pile and cut me off. I hate it when that happens! I missed a bunch of bites but I'm thinking many of them were pin fish. I stuck a couple others that were on for just a second.

 

That pretty much wrapped it up for that little afternoon trip. Not to exciting but I didn't get skunked!

 

 

 

Larry S.