Tradewinds Park 1/20/13

[inshore dave]

Took the yak out to Tradewinds Park today for a bass fishing tune-up for next weekend’s Florida Bass Paddlers 2nd Anniversary fling. What a nice day for it. Winds were up 10-15 out of the East. Paddled to the 1st area I wanted to fish. After figuring out the drift I caught a nice 2 pounder on the 3rd cast using a spinner bait. Had a couple more bites but lost them in the fight.

I left that area for another close by. Had a bunch of strikes in the lily pads on a plastic worm but those too got off the hook. Damn. Then I drifted to another area that had a lot of fallen trees and cover, picked up the good old jig and pig and boated a nice 3.5 pound fish. Caught 2 more nice ones on the same set up. After that it was a dink fest until I decided to head on back to the launch and pack it in for the day. I had the whole place to myself and it was great.

All in all a very nice day with some nice fish caught. Four respectable fish and about 10 dinks. I can’t wait until next weekend. I plan on coming in 1st and winning it all. (That’s the plan anyways)

I have pics but can't figure out how to post them here. Any suggestions??

[Cookinman]

Nice Day ! Post your pics up on Photobucket and paste the url in your post

[palmbeachpete]

Let us know how you do and nice post.

[timmcollins]

I know some folks at the PB Kayak Fishing Club fish there for Snake Heads. They say they taste better than Hogfish and fight harder than Peacock Bass. I'm curious now.

[ZimmerNole]

Not kayak related, but I walked the C-14 on sunday TRYING to catch a snakehead. Only managed a bunch of bass on my frogs (still not a bad day). There was an old timer sitting at the bridge of southgate and university and pulled in a 10+ pounder. I was jealous as all hell, caught on a dead shiner under the bridge no less!

[inshore dave]

Thanks guys. I have caught snakeheads but, believe it or not, on plastic worms!! I have only caught one on a frog. I have not eaten one though. I only eat saltwater fish. Maybe I'm missing something!!

[bugdoc]

You're coming in 2nd