People are out fishing and catching! Lots of whiting to be had both throw-backs and keepers, from St. Augustine to Fernandina. The blues are still out but not as plentiful; yet larger ones are being caught in the southern areas. Only a few Black Drum so far, a few Sheepshead and the Reds are still undersize. A few keeper Pomps have been caught as well. I wonder if more people were using crab for bait would the Drum catches go up, the water is certainly cold enough.
My plan is to hit Ft. Matanzas on Friday instead of heading down to the Cape with a spread of six rods. Going to use iced lived shrimp, blue crab halves, fleas and clam for bait. I believe some Pompano will remain in the area until the water temps take another dive. Not yet hearing of Pomps being caught at Canaveral yet.
Going to spend the next couple days gearing up. Time to make a few more size 1 bottom rigs. Need to clean out and reorganize the tackle bag. Also have to go to Strikezone and get a top guide replaced and do a little reel maintenance. A couple reels still have mono on them. Two will remain the same because I recently changed them out with Big Game Electric blue. The other has Steel Blue Big game on it that is frayed. I'll replace that with Sufix Tri Hi-Vis.
I recently heard about Cyber-Monday which is the on-line version of Black Friday. If you're looking for new fishing gear you may want to check out the on-line fishing retailers early Monday.
Have a very Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Tight-lines and enjoy the good fishing!
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