Florida first report

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by iethinker

...a couple things I noticed about fishing Florida VS So Cal:

1. It is sometimes windy in the AM and it calms down more in the PM...the opposite of so cal pattern.

2. Use 30-lb leader even with light gear. The toothy factor is much higher in Florida and there or other sharp parts on the fish there too.

1. - That depends on what area one lives in Florida. Florida having Keys, East and West coasts and a Panhandle has much diversity in weather patterns. In SoCal the mornings are typically calm and as the land heats up, it sucks the air off the ocean creating a sea breeze. Although that is not the regular pattern off Ft. Lauderdale, I would say we have more calm mornings than afternoons.

2. Yep - The goto leader for offshore is frequently 40lb and the toothy factor keeps some form of wire on atleast one of my outfits every trip.

[BenCantrell]

I feel like the wind pattern here (the Space Coast) is similar to Socal with less of a difference between morning and afternoon. So far a lot of the days have been steady 10 mph with the afternoon slightly windier than the morning. Here's the day I kayaked (9:30am-1:00pm):



Thanks for the tip on Fellsmere! I've fished the spillway on the St Sebastian River near there, without much success though.

I did get a nice largemouth from a small pond near the Indian River. To be honest though I don't have much interest in kayaking for them. I'm a bit obsessed with going after new species, and with a few exceptions (clown knifefish), there's not much freshwater that kayaking would help me go after.



I'm super stoked to get out in the ocean more. Man that's a blast! I'll scale up my leaders.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by BenCantrell

I I've fished the spillway on the St Sebastian River near there, without much success though.

I did get a nice largemouth from a small pond near the Indian River. To be honest though I don't have much interest in kayaking for them. I'm a bit obsessed with going after new species, and with a few exceptions (clown knifefish), there's not much freshwater that kayaking would help me go after.



I'm super stoked to get out in the ocean more. Man that's a blast! I'll scale up my leaders.

Nice Large Mouth! The spillways in Florida are a great place for targeting a huge snook. Big Lazy snook hang out at spillways waiting for weakened easy prey fish to fall over the wall. Spring is a good time for offshore:the Blackfin Tuna are most abundant, an East wind brings in Mahi, the King Mackerel are migrating North and the competition between species makes them bite better, Pm me when your ready.

[SoCalEDC]

Jeeze that bass is a giant. Excited to see more of your new fishery