Name: Paul Crist
Boat Name: Jersey Kayaker
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Report Details
Date of Trip: 01/22/11
Location of Trip: Braden River Bradenton Fl
Species Sought: SNOOK
Time of Day Fished: Early Afternoon
Tide Fished: Low Tide (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Sunny
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. E
Sea Conditions: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Artificials Only
Secondary Bait: No Second Bait Used
Lure Used: Plastic/Softbait
Fishing Report:
Fished the tidal part of the river 1/2 mile north of SR70. Worked a 1/4 oz jig with a gold Cotee Shad tail down the middle of the river. 73 degrees and sunny, beer is cold, water is warm (71 degrees). Caught 5 redfish and over 20 snook. Most were 16-20", but one hit in the mangroves and unexpectedly headed to the middle of the river and screamed 40 yards of line from my reel. After a 15 minute fight, a 32" snook was kayak-side. Perfect! It's like this everyday. Gotta quit my job. However, I do miss the Spring run of stripers at Graveling Point. Does anyone kayak there during the run? I've been in Florida for 15 years.
~Paul Crist

Name: Arthur Speck
Boat Name: Little Sweethart
Phone: 609 22622631
Website: Marathon fl
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Report Details
Date of Trip: 1/21/11
Location of Trip: Atlantic Ocean
Species Sought: Yellow Tail Snapper
Time of Day Fished: Early Afternoon
Tide Fished: High (Outgoing water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: 10-20 kts. SW
Sea Conditions: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Spearing
Secondary Bait: Ballyhoo
Lure Used: No Lures Used (Rig or Hook Only)
Fishing Report:
Don wilkenson & A Speck. 19 yellow tail snapper's, 1 mangrove snapper, 1 king mackeral {10 lb. line}, 2 grouper put back in water. Had 2 other king's on. Un hooked or broke line. Capt Art Speck retired
~Arthur Speck

Name: Ken Broseman
Email: kenbrosema@comcast.net
Boat Name: Lady Stuart I , Lady Stuart II
Phone: 772 807 1400
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Report Details
Date of Trip: 1-2 TIMES A
Location of Trip: STUART AND FORT PIERCE FLORIDA
Species Sought: TRIGGER FISHLANE SNAPPER, BLACK SEA BASS,etc.
Time of Day Fished: Morning After Sunrise
Tide Fished: High (Incoming water)
Weather Conditions: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind Conditions: less than 10 kts. NE
Sea Conditions: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Secondary Bait: Sardines
Lure Used: No Lures Used (Rig or Hook Only)
Fishing Report:
Living in the Savanna Club, Port Saint Lucie, Florida. I organize groups of 3-12 fisherpeople and go on the above headboats 2 times a week. $35,$10 tip, $3 pool. A lot cheaper than when I ran my own boat in LEH. We always, catch a lot and my favorite bait is small pieces of grunt. What I did not expect tho was that the seas here get rough as Jerseys and there are many trip no goes. I need to send Scott an order for his packages of frozen cut squid as nothing similar have I found.
~Ken Broseman

Scott's Bait & Tackle
945 Radio Road
LEHT (Mystic Island) NJ 08087
Phone (609)296-1300
Fax (609) 294-1300
http://www.scottsbt.com
http://www.pennparts.com


Inshore north of the St. Johns River: The weather has kept a lot of anglers inside. The inlet has been too rough to fish at the mouth of the St. Marys River. The redfish bite was excellent when you could catch them sunning in shallower flats. Other than that, the sheepshead bite was still strong.

Inshore south of the St. Johns River: The whiting bite in the St. Augustine Inlet will be phenomenal if you can get out there and get anchored up. Watch those strong west winds and incoming tides. Sheepshead are being caught under the bridges and older dock pilings where there's some running water

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Sheepshead anglers continue to have great results at the north and south jetties of the St. Marys Inlet. Fiddler crabs have been hard to find, but live mussels and clams are working just as well.

Anglers are reporting above-average catches of slot redfish, puppy drum and speckled trout.

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In fresh water, the anticipated spawn of speckled perch around last week's full moon did not materialize. There are fish out there, but very few on the beds. Your best bet is to fish submerged treetops or on sharper drops off the lily pads or other shoreline vegetation in eight to 10 feet of water.

There was a strange run of baby bluegills this week in the St. Johns River; more correctly in the creeks off the river. It was an odd phenomenon. Anglers were catching fish about as fast as they could boat them. But it took 10 fish to get a keeper.

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