Banana River 11/19/12

Alleni

Decided to get some shrimp and fiddlers and switch over to our winter time style of fishing. After a late start we were on the water about 11am. stayed on the east bank and decided to hit up the canals.Water wasnt as clear as days before, but good enough to see black and white bars. we anchored up and hit the first dock. we both get worked a couple times before we managed to get 8 sheepshead to the boat. we kept 5 and broke off many others. we decided to mix up some shrimp in our game plan and only took 30 seconds before we had our first red. as we net the red my pole goes down and after a quick fight a black drum decided to join the party. I decide to throw on another crab in hopes of another sheep. i get a nibble and set the hook, it felt a little heavier than the other so i knew it was a big fish. after about 30 seconds of pulling him out of the dock he made a long run away from the boat. at this point i realized i had a red and not a sheepshead. after about 2 minutes we boat the fish and snap a photo. Ended up catching 2 more reds before we called it a day at 1:15pm. All in all not a bad day.

fishboy

Nice catch! Thanks for the report!

19offshoreyachts

nice trip!

Alleni

12-7 update. With the water warming up the canals definitely did not produce. After the winds laid down decided to throw topwater and managed to get two reds to pop it but they did not commit. Saw a half dozen snook cruising the bank so I decided to throw a finger mullet, which was hit on impact. I was unable to turn him and broke off. Played out the same senario with a red before I called it a day. There has been a ton of mullet in the river and all sizes too.

Art Vandelay

amazing how similar a drum can look to a sheephead... Nice fish!

Docked Wages

Nice half day fishing for sure.