East Central Florida Fishing and more Report
Thank you for reading this east central Florida Fishing and more Report. Only fished two days this week. š
The More (most of it)
September is nine days away. The year is flying by!
There are two tropical storms churning out there. Both are supposed to hit the same spot on the Gulf coast. Someoneās gonna need some prayers and financial assistanceā¦.
Government Newspeak- announce a new initiative with no funding or personnel. Brilliant! https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2020/08/20/musings-on-florida-and-the-politics-of-pythons/
Cheryl Kumiski, the official sister of the Spotted Tail, is an artist working in glass. You can see her work, and maybe purchase some of it (unique and thoughtful gifts) at this link- https://www.etsy.com/shop/cherylkumiskiglass
Lion Cub in glass, by Cheryl Kumiski
The FISHING!
Monday Walt Sheppard joined me again for some action out of Port Canaveral. My goal was to get him some tunny on fly. We found the bluefish and Spanish mackerel first, then went looking for tunny.
At first they were no-shows. I kept looking, and they started showing. Walt got his first on a sting silver. The tip-top fell off his spin rod though, and rather than use mine he picked up his fly pole. Perfect!
It took us a few opportunities but we finally got close to a group of fish that kept breaking. Walt laid the fly into them and BAM!
Walt got this tunny with a glass minnow fly.
The process repeated itself a few minutes later.
Then Walt said to me, āYou should get one.ā So I did. By now the fish were going off pretty good, but it was noon, and it was hot. Walt said, āIāve had enough,ā so we loaded the boat and headed home.
Thanks for a great morning, Walt!
Tuesdayās visit with the pulmonologist was less fun than Monday was.
Wednesday Susan and I went to the beach up at New Smyrna. The surf fishermen were catching a few whiting. The surfers were loving life.
Thursday I went kayak fly fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. The water was as high as Iāve seen it this year, 1.4 feet on the Haulover Canal gauge https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?02248380. Itās real dirty, too. It took a couple hours but I found a shallow area where I could kind of see the bottom. There were a few redfish there and I used a slider to catch a couple. It was more fun than the pulmonologist visit.
I (and the rest of humanity) will be happy and relieved when the pandemic is over.
Life is great and I love my apparent retirement!
Every day is a blessing. Donāt waste it- Go Fishing!
John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Anglerās Guide
Purchase Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Anglerās Guide at http://www.spottedtail.com/fishing-florida-by-paddle/
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