10.10.23 OTHER

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Name of Captain; Willy Le
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 10-10-2023
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below  

My son Corey and I traveled to Cape Canaveral to fish the Banana River with guide Willy Le.  This was entirely fly fishing.  We started out on a little lagoon which was holding some small tarpon that were not real hungry.  I got 4-5 hits but could not put the hook into one.  Corey finally got one to eat the whole fly and landed his.  Then we went looking for redfish.  We saw numerous fish but they also had lockjaw.  They would follow the fly but turn off at the last minute.  Same with the snook we saw. We changed flies 7 or 8 times, various sizes, colors a and patterns. We finally found a couple schools of trout and caught numerous small trout but I did land one 20” fish.  I will say the conditions were not real conducive to sight fishing as it was mostly overcast and fairly windy but we made the best of it.

 If anyone is interested in fly fishing the space coast, (Banana River, Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River area) I highly recommend Willy Le.  He is great at spotting fish in skinny water and telling you where to cast for best result.

9.30.23 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Bob Sauban
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-30-2023
Your Name; Bob Sauban
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below My wife and I ran to the anclote sand bar , to get some pilchards , we found them , then headed in to the mangroves to get out of the wind , got a 19 in Red , then we ran back to Gulf Harbors rt out front hit a bunch of small trout , wife hooked up a descent silky shark , then I was able to catch this 18 1/4 trout !!
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Bob Sauban      Trout   18 1/4
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10.06.23 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; John Grieder
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 10-06-2023
Your Name; John Grieder
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Back on the water again after the breezy weather blew itself out.  Went to the usual inshore hotspots and was able to hook up with this nice 25 inch Spanish mackerel!
Type a question Yes

GAG FISHING UPDATE

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Name of Captain; Jack Hexter
Where were you fishing? OTHER
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
Your Name; Jack Hexter
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Bad news on 2023 gag season folks. NMFS is going to close it early. Early being October 19. Harvest levels are apparently too high and they want to avoid overrunning the annual catch limit.

9.15.23 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Mark Cummiskey
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-15-2023
Your Name; Mark Cummiskey
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Gag Grouper 28 1/2 “
Type a question No

9.23.23 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; John Grieder
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-23-2023
Your Name; John Grieder
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Another beautiful day on the water!  Bright skies, low humidity, a nice breeze, moderate temps (below 90) and the fish were biting!Frank Bellizio and I went to various short depth spots and did some long drifts.  We both caught a bunch of trout (enough to lose a total count) and we both had one that measured 15 inches.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Trout 15 inches
Type a question Yes

9.11.23 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Bob Bernstein
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 09-11-2023
Your Name; Bob
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below After getting ready on Friday we left Monday morning at 7am.the seas were calm so headed west to 60-70 ft depth. Using cigar minnows & herring Dave hooked up with a 28″ Red Snapper. Must have been near the bottom. Dave released it after a quick photo. But he floated away filled with air. We decided to leave our hot spot to go net the fish. Dave used my venting tool to puncture the fish to let the air out of his bladder. The air hissed out of his body. He swam happily down.  Although we lost our hot spot the fish gods were good to us.We caught many species of fish. Robbie & I caught 20″ & 18″ Gags. I caught a 13″ Hog fish,  while Mike was cleaning up on Yellow tail and porgies. We also picked up a few grunts and the was unknown fish in the batch. See the big fish on the table and let us know what it is. I forgot to mention other fish we caught.   Mike 13″ Hog fishBob 23″ Red grouper shown in the photo i Dave had a Mangrove snapper.Robbie, Mike, Bob & Dave shared 9 Lane snappers see the photo.
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8.21.23 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; captain Scott
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 08-21-2023
Your Name; team uffa
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Jean & I went on vacation up to Gloustra Mass for 3 weeks.We meet this Captain Scott and he took us out about 15 times  for strippers and blue fish.. The nice part was we only had to go 4 miles from where he kept his boat. We were fishing about 70 yards  from the  rocky shore line and we were in 35′ of water. Amazing how deep the waters were. We caught our mackerel about 1/2 mile from shore and we were in 125′ of water.Jean & I never caught soo many big fish. On the average we caught 10-13 a day. between 25″- 45″.The slot was 28-31. It was tough catching a slotted stripper as you can see by the pics.The bait of choice was 11-14″ mackerel and when they hit it, you had to give them around 10 seconds before you could set the hook and in the mean time line is screaming off your reel, you just want  to set the hook as it’s screaming off, but you couldn’t, if you did you would miss the fish.We can’t wait to get back up there next year to catch them again.TEAM UFFA
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9.15.23 INSHORE

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Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-15-2023
Your Name; Bob Bernstein
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Tom S & I went looking for trout. We started at Low tide looking in deep spots in front of GH. We headed south trying the flats caught a couple small ones lurking in the grass. we headed to deeper water. My light rod was not enough for the hit I got. This fish took my bait and headed for Key West. I thumbed my spool wiggled my rod but couldn’t turn the fish. My burgundy braded line whistled off my spool. We also had a good time with 2 big angry jumping ladyfish 19″. Tom had some fun with a Gafftopsail catfish. A little hot but a good day.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Bob Trout 14.25 in.
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9.13.23 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Mike Kaplan
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 09-13-2023
Your Name; Mike Kaplan
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Left Nick’s Park Wed. With Mike B, Rick U and friend Joe, looking for Gag Grouper. We were using live pins and Threadfin Herring. Shortly after arriving at our first spot, everyone started getting hits and Mike B landed a nice 25in Gag. We moved to 5 or 6 other spots but didnt catch anymore keeper Gags. By 1 we headed back to the dock.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Mike Brumley Gag Grouper 25 “
Type a question No