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CaptainIDS (Captainids)
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Capt Doug Blanton (Captdoug)
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April 23rd, 2006 fishing report by Capt Doug Blanton
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post a new report. It has been hard for me to find time to post these reports as often as I use to. Now that my son is pushing 2 I try to spend every second with him I can.
Well on to the fishing.
Spring has sprung in Cocoa Beach. We have had a few days with temperatures already pushing 90. The only thing we need now is some more rain. The water levels are very low and the salinity is a little high. This can be a good thing but it can also mix things up a bit. When the salinity gets to high the crabs don't move onto the flats in as good of numbers. This means we can expect to see better schools of larger reds working deeper water areas near or on drop-offs. As the spring and summer rains start to come and more crabs start moving up on the flats these larger fish will follow.
Everything is running a few weeks to a month behind this year compared to last year. This means we have a lot to look forward to. Such as the bull reds grouping up for their false spawn and the gator trout spawning. To date our biggest red has been 38 lbs and or biggest trout weighed in at just under 10 lbs.
Redfish
The red fishing has been hit and miss so far this spring. We have had some great days putting as many as 7 reds up to 30 lbs in the boat in a morning. We have also had a few days we haven't been able to find a red. The good news is we have been able to find a few to play more often than not.
On our good days we have had our best luck with High Roller's 3 inch Fingerling in Pinfish. I think that on of the reasons we have been having better luck with this color over the Trout or Black and gold is because of the number of pinfish we have on the flats this year. As many of you know I am a big "match the hatch" person.
When it comes to top water we have put more reds in the boat this year with the 3.25 and 4.25 High Roller in Florida Special and Gulf Coast Special. We have had better luck with the Gulf Coast Special in the pre dawn hours and the Florida Special after sun rise. When it comes to the size of the lure I have had to change them out depending on the distance of the fish and how they have reacted to top water plugs. The 3.25 is a great plug for a fast "walk the dog". I like the 4.25 for a slower walk or a sub surface twitch. The 3.25 is also a little softer on windy days.
High Roller's Pinfish 3 inch Fingerling
Top Water
4.25 High Roller in Florida Special 3.25 High Roller in Gulf Coast Special
Trout
The trout fishing has picked up a lot since my last report. We are not putting the numbers of big trout in the boat so far like we did last year but we are hooking a few gators. My favorite things about fishing the big trout is that we always catch our best fish on top water. This year is no different. The only notable difference between this year and last is that the trout are a little spooky when it comes to nosey plugs. All of the gators we have boated this spring have been caught on the 4.25 High Rollers. They have all come using a slow but firm walk the dog. By firm I mean a sharp tap followed by a pause.
All of our big trout have come fishing shallow, grassy areas where there have been a good number of larger mullet. We have had most of our best catches within the first hour after sunrise. However, we have still put a few up to 9 lbs in the boat after noon.
until next time.....
Get out there and catch a memory.
Capt. Doug Blanton
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neal goodrich (Captainneal)
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Registered: 2-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:51 pm: | |
First Week in Feburary
Here it is already Feburary. Not much has changed weather-wise.There are more windy days than calm ones.
Feburary 1 was a beautiful day and the the Trout were biting great. They were biting live shrimp, DOA and Berkey Gulp was doing a good job too. You just had to catch about 10 small trout to reel in a keeper. There are some nice Gator trout to be caught as well. They are a little bit slower bite but it is worth the wait when you hook into a 5-8 pounder.
The reds were biting fair but not as fast as they could be, but better than no bite at all. On gold spoons, live shrimp and finger mullet. If the weather will cooperate for a few days the bite will be good. So pack yourself a lunch and take the family fishing.
And remember, a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work
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Capt Doug Blanton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 5:43 pm: | |
Subject: Cocoa Beach Report
4/17/2003 Flats fishing report for the Titusville & Cocoa Beach area. By Capt Doug Blanton
Fishing has been good this past week despite the full moon and cooler water temperatures. The name of the game has been find the mullet. If you can find the bait the fish are close by. Everything we caught this past week has been in or just outside of schools of larger mullet. Also, with the full moon our best catches have come around first light till around 10 am. As this moon passes you will start to see more fish willing to play in the afternoon. Also, keep your eye on the mouth of the cannels around Cocoa Beach. There have been a few snook and tarpon busting the surface at first light.
Redfish
Every time we have a full moon the reds have a tendency to feed best at night. This full moon has been a little bit of an exception. I believe this is due to the water temp. dropping last week and just beginning to rise within the past few days. The main thing I have been seeing is that the reds are a little spookier than normal for this time of year. I have watched these fish over the past few days get spooked of by someone starting their motor within a hundred yards of them. Spook off from someone running a trolling motor. And by us casting to many times at them. Keep in mind that when the reds are like this you may only get 2 or 3 casts at them. If you see them start to move off let them go and try to follow a few hundred feet behind until they settle down. Many times they will push a few feet away and start tailing again. Wait till you see this before you move in for a cast. If you don't it is like chasing them and throwing rocks at them.
Most of our reds this past week were caught on 3 1/4 inch Florida Special Rip Roller rigged with a #4 Daiichi's 3x Bleeding treble hook. in 2 feet or less. Once we had made a few casts at school and they started to become a little spooky we pulled a few more out using a 1/4 oz gold silver minnow. Most of the fish we found this past week were in the 6 to 16 pound range. However, I did see one school starting to move in with a few fish in the 30 pound range. Just remember to be a quite as possible when trying to move within casting range. I highly recommend cutting the motor a hundred yards or more off the flat you plain to fish or away from other boats. If you are not able to pole, bail out and wade to them. You will find you spot a lot more fish and put a few more in the boat.
There continues to be a good number of slot sized reds willing to bite in a foot or less in the early am. Our best catches have come using soft plastics such as Cotee's Reel Magic rigged with a 5/0 Daiichi Bleeding Copperhead Hook in black/gold/flk.
Reds on Fly
Our best fish caught over the past few weeks on fly have been on black/white or black/gold #1 bend-backs with a red and gold body.
Trout
The trout fishing slowed down with our last cold front but is starting to pick up now that the water temperature in back up in the low 70's. Now all we need is for this full moon to pass by and we are going to be looking at some great trout fishing. We put a few fish in the boat this past week up to 5 lbs but as the water continues to warm up you will begin to see more fish under 15 inches being caught. This is not to say that the larger fish will stop biting. You will just have to sort through the smaller fish. Usually start switching over to a larger plug this time of year a using something that will weed out most of the smaller trout.
All of our trout for the past few weeks have been caught on 3 1/4 inch Florida Special Rip Roller rigged with a #4 Daiichi's 3x Bleeding treble hook. As I start using larger baits I will start throwing 4.25 Rip Roller and the 4.25 Original High Roller in the Florida Special rigged with a #2 Daiichi's 3x Bleeding treble hook. If you haven't tried the bleeding hooks before you really need to give them a shot. Where ever you put the bleeding hook is where the fish will strike 9 out of 10 times.
Everything else
We have continued to see a few tarpon in the early morning showing up in the mouths of the canals near Cocoa Beach. Schools of larger jacks have been chasing mullet along the outer edge of the flats. Snook have been starting to bust bait near the mangroves. larger ladyfish have been starting to move around the outer edge of the flats where glass minnows are present. The main thing to keep in mind is, look for the bait. If there isn't any, move on to somewhere ealse.
Get out there and catch a memory. Capt. Doug
Here are a few pictures from last week.
Here are a few videos made by Zuni Bob on a fishing trip a few weeks ago. Thanks Zuni.
Redfish video
Trout video
My tips for sight catching fish with Top Water!!! click here .
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Captain Tom Van Horn
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Subject: Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, December 20, 2002
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It always seems like the days go by quicker as we approach the end of the year. This is especially true when the weather’s nice and your tossing baits. Tomorrow marks the first day of winter, and here in central Florida that means, we may have to break out our long-sleeved T-shirts, and our winter shorts. Fishing this week has been hot in some areas of the Lagoon and hopefully this report will provide useful in determining your fishing destination over the Holidays. Listed below are some of this week’s hotspots:
Sebastian: Captain Rodney Smith reports an unbelievable numbers of bluefish and Spanish mackerel both inside the inlet and along the beaches. Yesterday, they managed over eleven species of fish utilizing Cottee jigs with root beer colored plastic grub tails.
Every in-shore game fish swimming in lagoon waters will take this bait. For flounder, grouper, and snapper, I prefer to drift through productive areas bouncing the jig slowly across the bottom. For bluefish and Spanish mackerel, retrieve the jig quickly just below the surface of the water. This technique will help you avoid cut offs by toothy critters. For trout, redfish, ladyfish, pompano, and jacks, retriever this bait with an even steady speed, giving it a twitch every three to four seconds. It is also important to utilize the proper weight based on the depth of the water and the strike zone of the desired species. The weights I utilize most are 1/8 ounce in skinny water; ¼ is the most common, and ½ ounce in deeper situations. There have been excellent catches of pompano along the beaches south of Sebastian, and inside the Sebastian Inlet cut in the vicinity of the monument. The inshore pompano were taken on jigs, and the beach pompano have been hitting both clams and mole crabs.
Port Canaveral: Near-shore fishing in the Port is producing good numbers of tripletail, flounder, and redfish. The flounder bite has slowed, but fish are still being taken along the sand bars and drop-offs inside the Port. Good numbers of tripletail have begun to show up on the buoy line around structure. Catching this brim on steroids around the buoys requires a little luck and considerable skill in first getting them to bite, and then working them away from the structure.
Near-shore: The kingfish are hammering anglers on the near-shore reef and wrecks along the east Florida coast. Around Canaveral, slow troll Spanish sardines over 8A, Pelican Flats, or Chris Benson reefs. The kingfish have been running small, but there are a lot of them. Most anglers have been returning to Port with there limits of kings.
Inshore: Redfish and trout are still up in the flats located generally along the deeper edges, and shallow in the afternoon when the sun warms the water. Sight fishing has been difficult on cloudy days, but many anglers have experienced good luck using cut bait. Also larger redfish are still hanging around the discharge end of the Hualover Canal. These larger reds are best taken using live pinfish on the bottom.
In closing, I would like to thank all of those who have fished with me this year, my loyal readers, and my family and friends, for providing me with the opportunities I’ve experienced in 2003. God bless you, and have a happy and safe holiday. As always, if you have questions or need information, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
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Capt Tim Fletcher
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 01, 2001 - 5:20 pm: | |
Subject: Port Canaveral, Florida Offshore Fishing Report
This is my favorite time of the year. Weather is warm, seas are flat and the big bottom fish are chewin'. Over the last several days, we have taken some really nice Gag, Red and Scamp Grouper, scads of Amberjack, more Almaco Jacks than I've seen in a while and some really big Snapper. Joe Utera and his party joined me last Sunday and, while we didn't catch a lot of fish, they did manage to score a nice Red Snapper of 19 lbs, a 15 lb Dolphin and a nice King. On one spot, it seemed that no matter what we did, we just couldn't get the fat ones off the bottom. We managed to land a few undersized fish and broke off a couple of brutes. On Monday, Scott Schoenly and his party had good action all day. We spent the morning fishing along the beach south of the Cocoa Beach Pier and had Kings skyrocketing all around and plenty of Tarpon rolling. Only problem was getting them to bite. We managed a nice Blacktip Shark and a huge Barracuda, both of which were promptly released, before heading offshore. On south pelican flats, we could hardly get a bait set without hooking up on a king. We bagged 5 nice kings in about an hour before heading off to deeper water to hunt for some grouper and snapper. Scott and his pals bagged 2 Red Snapper to 21 lbs and lost a nice fish or two as well.
Look for bottom fishing to be red hot from the 21 fathom ridge out to the cones. The bigger snapper seem to be holding along the 21 fathom ridge while the grouper can be taken in just about any depth. Live baiting for kings has been very consistent on 8A reef, Hetzel Shoal and Pelican Flats. Some good numbers of Cobia and a few Dolphin are being taken in these areas as well. Don't miss out on the action along the beach. With the weather patterns we've been having, this action could explode any day now. Expect some nice sized kings, jumbo tarpon, huge Jack Crevalle and lots of different species of sharks.
Best of luck to you,
Capt Tim Fletcher
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Capt Tim Fletcher
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 3:19 pm: | |
Subject: Port Canaveral, Florida Offshore Fishing Report
If you haven't taken a day to chase Cobia yet, you are missing one of the best runs we've had in a LONG TIME. Cobes are still strong out of Canaveral but, you can bet they won't be here much longer. Above average temperatures in February signaled the arrival of these brown bombers in numbers greater than anyone can recall in recent years. Cooler temps over the past few weeks appear to have done a good job holding the Cobia a little longer than normal. Most boats are targeting the Cobes in 40-60 ft of water Southeast of the Port entrance but, I can tell you with certainty that many of the fish have moved further North. Last Sunday, during the Captain Jack's Cobia Tournament, I fished Northeast of the Port and found more Manta Rays (at least 75) than I've ever seen in a single day. We spotted the majority of the rays in 90 ft of water about a mile outside of the North end of 8A reef. Most of the rays were skyrocketing and sadly, few of them stayed on the surface long enough to allow us to fish them effectively. The very first ray we spotted did stay up, however, and we were able to put two jigs near him and land two legal fish. After a few hours of racing around like madmen chasing the rays with little success, we decided to work our way North and looked for free-swimmers. We located only one free-swimmer about 3 miles South of Hetzel Buoy and he was a brute of at least 60 lbs. What occurred next was frustration in its greatest form. After watching him refuse jigs multiple times, we flipped a live Pogy near him and he quickly inhaled it. After a tense 20 seconds of waiting, we set the hook and were into quite a battle. As Cobes will often do early into a fight, this particular fish turned towards the boat, opened his mouth and spit the Pogy right out but, stayed on the surface near the boat. A whole squid was the next offering. Again, he inhaled the bait, made a strong run for the bottom, returned to the boat and spit the bait again. Still, he stayed near the boat but, refused any further offerings. Our last offering was a tiny tripletail jig tipped with a small piece of squid. Again, the fish inhaled the jig, made a strong run, spit the jig and disappeared for good. Having three shots at a tournament-winning Cobia only to lose him three times was, to say the least, very disappointing. Nontheless, we learned a valuable lesson from that fish...Patience, patience and more patience. Cobia are a crush and eat fish. Often times, they will hold a bait for a long time in their mouth before swallowing. Even a fish that feels hooked might just be holding a bait firmly in his mouth. Give them some time before setting the hook!
Dolphin showed in good numbers a couple weeks ago. Most of the fish were taken in 150-200 ft of water due east of the port. The main body of fish haven't arrived yet but, this was a good signal that we are probably in for an early run. Rigged ballyhoo are super baits for dolphin. Optimum trolling speed is 4-6 knots and they can be trolled with or without lures. Sea witches are a solid choice. Use light color combinations on bright days and dark color combinations on dark/overcast days. Weight of the sea witch head should match the conditions - heavier on rough/choppy days and lighter on smooth days. One of my favorite dolphin lures for the last couple seasons has been the C&H Alien in Blue & White nylon or Green Mylar. These lures have a great action on them that dolphin just can't seem to resist. While targeting dolphin, it is always a good idea to run a bigger Ballyhoo rigged with a Red & Black or Blue & White Illander on your downrigger. You'll be surprised at how many Wahoo you'll take with this offering as well as, some big Dolphin.
The weather for the upcoming weekend doesn't look very promising but, you can bet that stable patterns are right around the corner so, get your gear in shape and get ready for some of the best fishing of the year.
Best of luck to you,
Capt Tim Fletcher
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Capt Tim Fletcher
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Subject: Port Canaveral, Florida Offshore Fishing Report
February 28th, 2001
Port Canaveral, Florida Offshore Fishing Report
by Captain Tim Fletcher
(321)-459-9766
What a wonderful end to winter we're experiencing along Florida's Space Coast. Warm, sunny days have persisted for a few weeks now and, aside from a few windy days here and there, the weather has given us plenty of opportunities on the offshore scene. Cobia are THE ITEM. If you haven't been out chasing these brown bombers yet, RIGHT NOW is the time to do it. The Cobes have shown in numbers that Canaveral anglers haven't seen for several years. On successive days last week, we found good numbers of the Cobes in 40-60 ft of water from the buoy line South to Patrick AFB. Most were free swimmers but, we did manage a few around turtles and a couple of manta rays. Bait pods are the key to finding the free-swimmers. Find the bait and you'll have no problem finding the cobes. And, you won't have much problem finding the bait - there is more bait than I've seen in many, many years. Along with the Cobes, we've had a surprise appearance of some early Tarpon and quite a few Jack Crevalle although, we were too occupied by the Cobia to devote much time to the others. One of the highlights of my trips last week was watching 10 yr old Derick Powell land his first Cobia - a 34 incher that he insisted on releasing. Derick took his fish on a 20 lb outfit rigged with dual 10/0 circle hooks attached in chicken rig fashion to 6 ft of 40 lb leader and fished over a local wreck. Derick's father and great uncle were there to watch Derick in his moment of Glory.
On another trip last week, Scott Krantz, Jerry and Ken Bloemer had their hands full pulling Grouper and Snapper in deep water. The trio combined for 5 Scamp Grouper to 12 lbs, 5 Red Grouper to 21 lbs, 4 Red Snapper to 10 lbs and a few Triggerfish and undersized Gag and Red Grouper that were tagged and released. While still a long way from the current state record, at 21.5 lbs, the largest Red Grouper set a mark as the heaviest landed on my boat in 11+ years out of Canaveral. Nice Job Jerry! All of their fish were taken on live and cut baits in 160 ft of water.
As long as the weather holds, set your sights on the Cobes and get out there and bail em while you can. Normally, these fish only hang around for a couple weeks and you don't want to miss the action!
Best of luck to you,
Capt Tim Fletcher
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