New to this area

dsteus1

In a couple weeks im moving to orlando from bradenton to start my schooling i fish a lot out of my boat in tampa bay and do very well im gonna be leaving the boat at my parents while at school and was wondering where a good place to start wade fishing is on the east coast as far as titusville or mosquito lagoon any good general wading areas any information is greatly appreciated as i have never fished on the east coast but i cant just stop fishing so one way or the other ill learn how to fish these parts thanks a bunch guys!

SpaceCoast Slayer

There's tons of good wading oppurtunities out here.. too many to name... check out google earth.. you can find some great spots and can even see the grass.. well the grass don't look near as good now as it did in the satellite image .. look into a cheap canoe if you can haul one... it will greatly expand your range

Jethro

There are a lot od wade fishing along the causeway areas. The only place they seem to frown upon is the nasa causeway area.

SpaceCoast Slayer

Yep.... they will gladly escort you outta there quick fast and in a hurry if you park and wade that area

dsteus1

well thanks for the quick response it looks really fishy on google maps thats forsure ill look into a kayak or somethin small so im not stuck on foot

duckmanJR

OK...here's the pin in the balloon....

If you are going to school on Orlando....Try and live over on the west side as near to I-4 as you can....Since O town is about as close to Tampa as it is to Titusville... this way you can get home and fish your home waters. Sorry to say....this area is crowded...and the habitat is in a death spiral.

Do what you will.....but remember who gave you this sage advise.

dsteus1

duckmanJR wrote: »

OK...here's the pin in the balloon....

If you are going to school on Orlando....Try and live over on the west side as near to I-4 as you can....Since O town is about as close to Tampa as it is to Titusville... this way you can get home and fish your home waters. Sorry to say....this area is crowded...and the habitat is in a death spiral.

Do what you will.....but remember who gave you this sage advise.

if you think orlando is about as close to tampa as it is to titusville you dont know florida Id say thanks for the insight but you didnt help me one bit ill find out if its on a death spiral or if your just bein another ***** trying to hide some good fishing haha

duckmanJR

dsteus1 wrote: »

thanks for the insight but you didnt help me one bit

I did...you just don't know it yet.....

rehartline

Hey Duck, remember he's going to school. Maybe that haven't had that class yet.

Seriously, he's not telling you wrong. That's not saying that there is not some fishing inshore around Titusville, but it's not nearly what it used to be. Now there's talk that the brown algae bloom is back. If that's the case you're going to have to travel some distance to get into some decent fishing. If you're on the west side of Orlando, travel time, not necessarily distance, is going to be pretty close whether you go to Titusville or hit the east side of Tampa Bay. It all depends on where you decide to call home.

dsteus1

yeah well i had always seen and heard so much about the great fishing in your area growing up was always wanting to go I guess i just had the wrong timing im super bummed was hoping to get into some good fishing im just addicted been fishing all 19 years and i live in Bradenton not Tampa so i mean Orlando to Bradenton too fish is an expensive trip ill be living in east Orlando i saw that its about a 40 to 45 minute drive to the water from where my apartment will be at i guess i was just being too hopeful for grood fishin

JohnAB

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orlandolite

All due respect, but you posted in search of tips and guidance. Duckman gave you what you asked for, and you lashed back a little. Before you react like that you may want to read through the east central region forum and observe that you just shot a wise crack at a dude that posts helpful info on a daily basis, fishes the region on a daily basis, and puts more fish in his skiff than most dream of. Not a good way to introduce yourself if you ask me...

duckmanJR

orlandolite wrote: »

All due respect, but you posted in search of tips and guidance. Duckman gave you what you asked for, and you lashed back a little. Before you react like that you may want to read through the east central region forum and observe that you just shot a wise crack at a dude that posts helpful info on a daily basis, fishes the region on a daily basis, and puts more fish in his skiff than most dream of. Not a good way to introduce yourself if you ask me...

Thank you...for having my back as it were...

I think he may just be suffering from what many do....they hear of some "promised land" and he may have thought I was trying to horde the action....Honestly, I wish it were that...but the facts...as he will learn...is that the whole IRL system is in a very serious condition.

I hope that ML and the NMZ are the last hold outs and the fishery can sustain itself in that small piece of the much larger system..... The brown algae issue is one that may be with us a very long time.

dsteus1

didnt mean to get testy man im just pissed about the stuff your telling me with the whole water system being all nasty and full of brown algae sounds like the worst place to fish ill listen to ya and just fish whenever i can go back home thanks for saving the wasted time and effort jack

limpetminer

So what is new on the brown algae situation. I read a couple of fish reports a couple months ago about good snook fishing but haven't kept track lately.

SpaceCoast Slayer

knock on wood but, the banana still seems to be fine :grin

orlandolite

Duckman: No worries, I truly appreciate your contributions to this forum.
dsteus1: It's cool, just an observation. I currently live in orlando on the west side of town. Takes me right at an hour to get into the t-ville area, from the east side of town you can in fact be there pretty close to 45-50 min via 528. PM me when you get into town and I'll give you a few tips; I'll even take you out on my skiff if schedules cooperate. I'm moving to south fl in 3 weeks so try to hit me up before then. Take care.

dsteus1

orlandolite wrote: »

Duckman: No worries, I truly appreciate your contributions to this forum.
dsteus1: It's cool, just an observation. I currently live in orlando on the west side of town. Takes me right at an hour to get into the t-ville area, from the east side of town you can in fact be there pretty close to 45-50 min via 528. PM me when you get into town and I'll give you a few tips; I'll even take you out on my skiff if schedules cooperate. I'm moving to south fl in 3 weeks so try to hit me up before then. Take care.

Thanks a bunch man ill definitely hit you up for some info greatly appreciated ill be moving there on june 8th i also see that sebastion inlet might be worth the far drive if i could pull up some of those mammoth fish despite your bad water conditions im still excited for a change of fishin some new area to learn thanks everyone for all the info deffinetly helped me out

duckmanJR

dsteus1 wrote: »

Thanks a bunch man ill definitely hit you up for some info greatly appreciated ill be moving there on june 8th i also see that sebastion inlet might be worth the far drive if i could pull up some of those mammoth fish despite your bad water conditions im still excited for a change of fishin some new area to learn thanks everyone for all the info deffinetly helped me out

The inlet is still a good fishery...It is time and tide dependent.

Again, It may or may not be better than your home waters for you and will be a pretty big trip from Orlando but many guys do make that trip..especially when they are targeting Snook..

If you learn the inlet fishery...it is VERY good (just not my cup of tea)