Melbourne Beaches surf 10/29 & 10/30
Sea Hunt
Posts: 178 Deckhand
On Thursday I was checking the various southern beaches for any visible signs of bait schools or sand fleas coming up. I didn't see much of anything till I got to Ponce Deleon Park. I saw some birds here and there - diving on some kind of very small bait fish - and some some sand fleas here and there.. I got a couple small Spanish Mackeral on a chrome casting jig - not hot action. I raked some fleas to freeze - mostly small - when I noticed something nearby moving on the beach !.. It turned out to be a Sea Turtle nest Hatching ! I took a short video - attached below.... Friday morning - again checking from Satellite Beach southward - I stopped at Spessard Holland Park north.. There was a LOT of feeding action going on ! - Various birds diving - predators slashing at whatever tiny bait fish . Began throwing the chrome casting jig lure - got a couple Blues - couple Jacks - couple Spanish Macks and a lady fish within 30 or so minutes. Nothing near bragging size nor photo worthy - but some fun catching anyway . That feeding action was moving south - so moved on down to Ponce Deleon Park again. It didn't take too long for the same action to get down there - but for some reason there were more Jacks down there - I'd get four or more Jacks before a Blue or Mack bite. I didn't see anybody getting any Pompanos on either day - either spots. Fleas were more readily available today over yesterday - but mostly small sized. video of turtles hatching:https://youtu.be/ItiVHvbzZTA
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