Beacon 42

Montana1

I had today off before finishing up ACLS tomorrow so, what better to do then go fish? I have been fishing further south lately, and decided to hit up 42 for the day. The wind was manageable and I was able to find a few fish. I have been finding lots of trout lately, and today was no different. I found a few smaller schools of reds, but I couldn't get into a good position to target them. The only shot I had was with a GULP crab on the bottom, that happened to get eaten as a school swam by, but since I had no idea they were there, all I saw was the rod bend, and the leader break as they swam off. Oh well, thats what I get for basically fishing with bait. I saw lots of singles, but once again, not until I spooked them off as I drifted a little too close. It would be really nice if there was any movement, or some tailing going on so I could get back on the fish, and start using the flyrod.

Two of todays fish. I did not measure any, just a quick pic, then back in the water.

Pescatoral Pursuit

You still here? Try blind casting with another rod til you spot a fish.

Nice trout.

SpaceCoast Slayer

sometimes with those schools if you stop and wait, keeping your eye on them, they will do an about face and wind up coming right back by you.. the problem with the schools out there in the beacon area is that 90% of people out there don't know what a push pole is and find the schools by way of outboard.. makes for some seriously skittish fish .. if you can manage to get a school between you and a shoreline or island, you can ping pong them off the land for hours sometimes.. whack one, they go away, get close to the land then turn around, and come right back by you.. cast, set hook, repeat :grin

Montana1

Pescatoral Pursuit wrote: »

You still here? Try blind casting with another rod til you spot a fish.

Nice trout.

Thats what I was doing with the GULP crab. I had tossed it out to where I thought the school would eventually come by, and was casting a twitch bait in a circle pattern waiting for a sign of life.

cbmdk86 wrote: »

sometimes with those schools if you stop and wait, keeping your eye on them, they will do an about face and wind up coming right back by you.. the problem with the schools out there in the beacon area is that 90% of people out there don't know what a push pole is and find the schools by way of outboard.. makes for some seriously skittish fish .. if you can manage to get a school between you and a shoreline or island, you can ping pong them off the land for hours sometimes.. whack one, they go away, get close to the land then turn around, and come right back by you.. cast, set hook, repeat :grin

I will have to try that trick. I know what you mean about people not being sneaky at all. I know I have a TON to learn about flats fishing, but so far I know to go slow, stay low if possible, and look for ANYTHING out of place, and if you see anything out of place, cast there.