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After cutting the grass on Friday I went to S Amelia for some more surf fishing. Non-stop action. Before I could get a rod baited and cast the other would be going off. Lots of small whiting, but did add 5 nice ones to the others I got the day before, along with one 19 inch fat speckled trout which was a double header with a short competing trout. Lots of small jacks to contend with. I noticed way down the beach that every now and then some one would show up at the rocks but didn't stay there long. When I decided to leave I figured I would stop at the rocks for a few minutes. I figured out pretty quick why the others weren't hanging around very long. It was, oddly enough, dead, not a bite, not a nibble. Not wasting any more time I headed to the house. I had some filleting to do.
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Fished the outgoing tide yesterday afternoon at Peters Point. Not too bad a day, at least this time I did some filleting when I got home. Caught several ladies, a few jacks and a small bonnet head. Took home 4 nice whiting, releasing small ones. I did have something on the line that didn't want to be caught. But just as I got it close enough to where I could see my shock leader my knot failed. Aaargh! I don't mind a fish breaking off, but I hate when it's my fault with a bad knot. Never did see it, but my best guess was a shark, or more likely based on it's fight was a big ray.
I'm going to surf fish south Amelia this afternoon after I cut the grass. Hopefully I can add some more whiting to those 4.
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Fishing in Mosquito Lagoon has been very good the past couple weeks with plenty of large redfish along with trout, big ladyfish, voracious bluefish, and tarpon.
Sunday the 14th, New Jersey anglers Eric and Tom had shots at full grown redfish before the sun even broke the horizon. Before long, the fish took off for deeper water and we moved up shallow to look for tailing reds. Throughout the first few hours of the day, we consistently encountered singles and small pods of reds cruising the flat. It was their first time fishing for spooky Florida redfish and their casts never quite hit the mark. I decided to move out to the edges of the flats for some jigging and top water action. Trout, ladyfish, sail catfish, and bluefish were willing to eat and provided plenty of entertainment.
Tuesday, I fished with John, a fly angler from Britain. One of the best fly casters I have fished with, John was connected to his first Mosquito Lagoon redfish as soon as we could see the tails.
After releasing the first fish, we tried several schools of 20-30 pound redfish. Despite some excellent casts, the fish were spooking before the fly line hit the water. We gave up on the big reds and moved up shallow. Unfortunately, the same thing happened throughout the morning. John had a few follows and bites but most fish spooked before seeing the fly. John threw a popper in deeper water and had several fish attack his fly landing one ladyfish.
Friday, I was joined by Carmello, his son Giancarlo, and his son's friend Brian. Within thirty minutes, both boys has landed their largest redfish which weighed in at 18 and 26 pounds.
We tried two more schools of large redfish and Giancarlo hooked into a 27 pound fish which turned out to be the largest of the day.
The rest of the morning was spent enjoying some great topwater action on the outer edges of the flats which resulted in trout, bluefish, ladyfish, jack crevalle, and sail catfish.
Sunday, the objective was to catch large seatrout. I had my client Jerry start off throwing a DOA CAL/Chughead combo around some shallow mullet schools. He landed a few smaller trout and had a few more bites. At our second stop, we spotted some of the target species in the sand holes but caught only redfish. As the day wore on, the weather deteriorated and we encountered a stiff north wind and clouds. With sight fishing nearly impossible, we Jerry was forced to blind cast the rest of the day. While we saw some large trout as they saw away from us, the big one never made it to the boat.
Great fishing will continue throughout the summer. With the variety of fish available, you can always find something to bend a rod.
Capt. Chris Myers
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com
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I have some set backs on the project this week  it wont be going offshore this weekend but will be waiting for some parts. if any one is going offshore saturday night or sunday Id love to go. Ill help with costs & bring mny own tackle. Im just looking for a fix so I can get back on track.
will
904-514-0333
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Sorry it took a few days to get posted but have been reel busy traveling back to the land of sand. Friday I took my daughters BF out for a little offshore excursion. Tried some near shore trolling for kings for a while since the rain had backed off a little but the water was still to fresh. Cleaning up nice though. We had a couple hours left before a date with the girls to take them to Fort George for some sun so we ran out to PG. The water was as sweet as it gets for an offshore run. We ran the 10 miles to PG at 30 knots the whole way in my little 17 footer. Set up the riggers for some deep drifting and the first run across the culverts resulted in hookups. At first I thought probably trash since it had been that kinda day. But I was wrong. Red snaps. The trip out there turned a nice day on the water into a great day of fishing. I will post the pic as soon as I get a chance. I only got a pic of the first one off the bottom, since after that it was busy reeling and clock watching to make it home on time. I was surprised that after 16 months the boat ran like a champ. Never failed me once. My tach died and my fuel gage only works below half a tank but I will get those fixed on my next trip home in a couple months. Too bad the snapper fishing will be closed by then. Talk to you all soon..
Desert Fisher
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