Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
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Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
Not sure if this is in the right place . We are booking a trip away in may/June . We are planning to go to clear water for a week. As you know I'm a fishing nut and the idea of going there is to see the place and get in some fishing. . There is a pier there called pier 60. I'm hoping someone here has gone there and give me some info on the fishing and the ins and outs over there. Eg licence / gear bait . And charter we hope to get out boat fishing at least once. Any help at all is welcome. Thanks.
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Re: Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
Thanks fast net.fastnet wrote:Pm Sent
20107xthornback ray. {PB 14.5LB TB RAY} 1xpouting. 1xcodling.11xdogfish. 25xflounder.1xshore rock ling. 177xmac 4xturbot.1 bull huss.1sea trout. 1 MAYO BASS.2011. WHITING X9. COALIE X3. FLOUNDER X7. DOGGIE X8. THORNIEX3. CODLINGX1. SEA SCORPIONX1. 5 BEARDED ROCKLINGX4. SEATROUT X1. TURBOT X1. POLLACK X7. 3 BEARD ROCKLING .2012 SEATROUT X3. TURBOT X5. FLOUNDER X7. 3B,ROCKLINGX1.DOG .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
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Re: Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
The lads at lurefish ireland fished there recently, maybe send them an email .
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Re: Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
Hi. You do need a license. http://myfwc.com/license/
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Re: Info on fishing in clear water florida .??????
It's 15 years since I was there. The fishing was good from the pier. My two boys were young at the time. Usually we caught pin fish for bait and also put down a shrimp pot down along on of the pier supports.
The pier itself is very well set up with live bait wells and drop needs available.
First cast my youngest caught a speckled sea-trout of about 3-4lb. As it was outside the season it was returned quickly. Snook were very plentiful under the pier but not easy to catch. Stingray up to about 8lb were caught. We also hooked 2 sharks but could not stop them on the gear that we were using. I cannot remember all of the varieties that we caught but do remember that we were kept constantly busy. With the shrimps we caught a fish that they call whiting. They are totally different to our whiting but are good to catch and eat.
As far as I remember we got a licence locally . You will also need a permit to fish on the pier.
Fishing is not allowed on the beach during the daylight in case it draws sharks in.
We did a half days boat fishing on a charter called "Fanta Sea". It was a total waste of time as many of these charter boats in holiday locations are.
After an initial troll out to a reef we anchored up with heavy rods and reels. Lots of fish up to about 2 lb obliged in taking the bait but there was no fun pulling them in on tuna gear.
If you intend to do some boat fishing it would be worth doing a good bit of research to find a good skipper .
Tight lines.
The pier itself is very well set up with live bait wells and drop needs available.
First cast my youngest caught a speckled sea-trout of about 3-4lb. As it was outside the season it was returned quickly. Snook were very plentiful under the pier but not easy to catch. Stingray up to about 8lb were caught. We also hooked 2 sharks but could not stop them on the gear that we were using. I cannot remember all of the varieties that we caught but do remember that we were kept constantly busy. With the shrimps we caught a fish that they call whiting. They are totally different to our whiting but are good to catch and eat.
As far as I remember we got a licence locally . You will also need a permit to fish on the pier.
Fishing is not allowed on the beach during the daylight in case it draws sharks in.
We did a half days boat fishing on a charter called "Fanta Sea". It was a total waste of time as many of these charter boats in holiday locations are.
After an initial troll out to a reef we anchored up with heavy rods and reels. Lots of fish up to about 2 lb obliged in taking the bait but there was no fun pulling them in on tuna gear.
If you intend to do some boat fishing it would be worth doing a good bit of research to find a good skipper .
Tight lines.