Port Canaveral Reports?

[mikev]

Heading offshore on Wednesday. Probably do some slow trolling out at pelican or 8A. Anybody got any recent reports? Any locations on where the bait has been?

[mikev]

Nobody huh? Shaping up to be a hot, no bait day I guess. At least I won't be working.

[the sea hunt]

If its of any help - I went out of PC friday - to 8 A - never saw a bait pod all day. I've heard the CB pier often has some bait - - or further south to that church steeple. We trolled ballyhoo and every kind of lure - never a hit. Around noon - I heard someone ask on the radio ; " Is ANYBODY catching ANYTHING out here by 8 A ? " ( about a dozen boats in the general area ) - - Nobody replied. So we dropped cut ballyhoo down - small sea bass was all we got - moved a couple hundred yards to get away from them. Then got one nice Red Snapper - put him back, then we were deluged by small sharks - so we quit. Seemed most gave up trolling around 11 am - and were bottom fishing.

[mikev]

Thanks for the info. Decided to postpone today and head out Friday. Maybe the wind will turn around a bit and blow some of the bait in.

Seems pretty dead out there huh? That's OK, there's a remora out there somewhere with my name all over it.

[the sea hunt]

I may give friday a try as well - not 100% sure yet - If I do go - after getting skunked going to 8 A for three times in a row - I think I will try looking for bait schools along the beach - starting at the pier - working towards the church steeple - maybe even further towards Melbourne. I don't have a cast net for pogeys - but will try fishing with lures - or dead bait - around any bait pods - if I find any ! If I do go as tentatively planned - I''ll have my radio on " scan " - I'll answer to " Sea Hunt " ( a 232 Triton ) - - If you give me your radio call sign - if I find any bait pods - I'll let you know - if you'll do the same. I would likely leave Bluepoints Marina about 8:30 ish - start looking by CB pier first -. Bob G.

[mikev]

That would be great Bob, thanks! We *may* go out of SI, it's a 50/50 chance. Not my boat, but you can hail my buddy 'Altumbo'. Long story about the name. He's got a bluewater 2350 with twin 150 zukes on it.

If we go out of PC we may actually be done catching bait and out by 8:30, but I'll hail you if we find some bait. If it's slow, we'll see each other.

[mikev]

Bob: Did you go on Friday? How did you do? We went out of SI and did pretty well once we got bait.

[the sea hunt]

Mikey - I saw your reort and that you did OK. I only got out late - and was not a serious fishing attempt - no bait or ice. Found my VHF antenna mount was loose - stripped bolt - off to Ace Hardware - - then this new HDS sonar I just got - go s haywire in readings as soon as I leave the dock - - But - - around 10 am - - saw no baitfish by CB pier - - rode towards 8a - - saw something jump in the distance - - tried trolling various lures for an hour or so - then headed back in. I've only had this boat a couple weeks - and am working out the kinks. Dockside experts consensus was - to lower the existing transom ducer - or - its defective as the previous head was. So - I lowered it an inch or more - won't know if that was the fix till I take it out again - with the sloppy conditions - looks like maybe next week ! As I was leaveing Bluepoints - I saw a number of boats comeing in - and someone told me there was a " Mack Attack " tournament that next day -- but haven't seen any reports or results - - or anything at all on it anywhere. BG