Fishing the Florida Coast

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, Don ßåiley wrote:

 > Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in Dec.
 >
 > Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?

If it was me, I'd be thinking of wading into the Indian River. I haven't
fished that particular stretch, but farther south, snook, trout, and
redfish are all possible. You'll find more information here:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.floridasportsman.com/" target="_blank">http://www.floridasportsman.com/</a>

Also, be advised, Florida used to require a salt water fishing license for
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"thunder" <thunderTAKEOUT RemoveThis @gti.net> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, Don ßåiley wrote:
 >
  > > Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in Dec.
  > >
  > > Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
 >
 > If it was me, I'd be thinking of wading into the Indian River. I haven't
 > fished that particular stretch, but farther south, snook, trout, and
 > redfish are all possible. You'll find more information here:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font" target="_blank">http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font</a>>
 >
 > Also, be advised, Florida used to require a salt water fishing license for
 > non-residents.

Best I could tell, the license was not required for salt water fishing off
the surf
or any structure connected to land.

Thanks!

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"thunder" <thunderTAKEOUT DeleteThis @gti.net> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, Don ßåiley wrote:
 >
  >> Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in Dec.
  >>
  >> Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
 >
 > If it was me, I'd be thinking of wading into the Indian River. I haven't
 > fished that particular stretch, but farther south, snook, trout, and
 > redfish are all possible. You'll find more information here:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font" target="_blank">http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font</a>>
 >
 > Also, be advised, Florida used to require a salt water fishing license for
 > non-residents.

Florida Sportsman online has a "forum" section. Here's the link to the
"East Central" region: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6" target="_blank">http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6</a>

You'll have to register a username and password, but the guys on there can
give you specifics down to the best beach/jetty you should go to depending
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"NOYB" <noyb.RemoveThis@noyb.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > "thunder" <thunderTAKEOUT.RemoveThis@gti.net> wrote in message
 > news:2vcgf6F2kn4hsU1@uni-berlin.de...
  > > On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, Don ßåiley wrote:
  > >
   > >> Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in Dec.
   > >>
   > >> Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
  > >
  > > If it was me, I'd be thinking of wading into the Indian River. I
haven't
  > > fished that particular stretch, but farther south, snook, trout, and
  > > redfish are all possible. You'll find more information here:
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font" target="_blank">http://www.floridasportsman.com/</font</a>>
  > >
  > > Also, be advised, Florida used to require a salt water fishing license
for
  > > non-residents.
 >
 > Florida Sportsman online has a "forum" section. Here's the link to the
<font color=purple> > "East Central" region: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6</font" target="_blank">http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6</font</a>>
 >
 > You'll have to register a username and password, but the guys on there
can
 > give you specifics down to the best beach/jetty you should go to depending
 > upon tide, water temp, bait available, etc.
 >
 >


Thanks.


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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
<donBEE421.TakeThisOut@netzero.net> wrote:

 >Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
 >Dec.
 >
 >Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
 >
 >Thanks.
 >
 >Don
 >
There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
just to the west!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
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JohnH wrote:
 > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
 > <donBEE421.TakeThisOut@netzero.net> wrote:
 >
  >>Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
  >>Dec.
  >>
  >>Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
  >>
  >>Thanks.
  >>
  >>Don
  >>
 > There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
 > just to the west!
 >
 > John H
 >
 > On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
 > on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!


I believe the St. Johns River ends in Central Florida quite a bit north
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"JohnH" <PocoLoco415 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
 > <donBEE421 DeleteThis @netzero.net> wrote:
 >
  > >Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
  > >Dec.
  > >
  > >Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
  > >
  > >Thanks.
  > >
  > >Don
  > >
 > There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
 > just to the west!
 >
 > John H
 >
 > On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
 > on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

That's all good but,

Salt runs in my veins. Gotta have it!



Thanks for the tip.

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Don ßåiley wrote:
 > "JohnH" <PocoLoco415 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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  >> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
  >> <donBEE421 RemoveThis @netzero.net> wrote:
  >>
   >> >Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
   >> >Dec.
   >> >
   >> >Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
   >> >
   >> >Thanks.
   >> >
   >> >Don
   >> >
  >> There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
  >> just to the west!
  >>
  >> John H
  >>
  >> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
  >> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 >
 > That's all good but,
 >
 > Salt runs in my veins. Gotta have it!
 >
 >
 >
 > Thanks for the tip.
 >
 > db
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
<piedtypecase DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

 >JohnH wrote:
  >> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
  >> <donBEE421 DeleteThis @netzero.net> wrote:
  >>
   >>>Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
   >>>Dec.
   >>>
   >>>Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
   >>>
   >>>Thanks.
   >>>
   >>>Don
   >>>
  >> There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
  >> just to the west!
  >>
  >> John H
  >>
  >> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
  >> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 >
 >
 >I believe the St. Johns River ends in Central Florida quite a bit north
 >of Cocoa Beach, which is on the Atlantic Coast.

I think it keeps going, at least from Lake Poinsett to Lake Winder and
south.

Don't know if this will work, but will try anyway:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252bbHJxgluyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87Go1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeOpC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0YxBx1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNLOFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%252btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYKqg3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252bpAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97jQ68%252buDQg%253d%253d&mqmap.x=58&mqmap.y=146" target="_blank">http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252...Jxgluyv</a>

Click on the lake to the southwest of Cocoa and follow the river down.
Between these two lakes, the river is only about twenty yards wide,
but its banks are full of bass. Cane pole poppin' is a favorite way to
catch them.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:26:46 -0500, thunder <thunderTAKEOUT.TakeThisOut@gti.net>
wrote:

 >Florida used to require a salt water fishing license for
 >non-residents.

---------------------------------

Residents and non-residents both, non-residents pay a bit more.

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:53:27 -0500, JohnH <PocoLoco415 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

 >On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
 ><piedtypecase DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 >
  >>JohnH wrote:
   >>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
   >>> <donBEE421 DeleteThis @netzero.net> wrote:
   >>>
   >>>>Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
   >>>>Dec.
   >>>>
   >>>>Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
   >>>>
   >>>>Thanks.
   >>>>
   >>>>Don
   >>>>
   >>> There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
   >>> just to the west!
   >>>
   >>> John H
   >>>
   >>> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
   >>> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
  >>
  >>
  >>I believe the St. Johns River ends in Central Florida quite a bit north
  >>of Cocoa Beach, which is on the Atlantic Coast.
 >
 >I think it keeps going, at least from Lake Poinsett to Lake Winder and
 >south.
 >
 >Don't know if this will work, but will try anyway:
 >http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252bbHJxgluyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87Go1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeOpC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0YxBx1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNLOFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%252btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYKqg3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252bpAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97jQ68%252buDQg%253d%253d&mqmap.x=58&mqmap.y=146
 >
 >Click on the lake to the southwest of Cocoa and follow the river down.
 >Between these two lakes, the river is only about twenty yards wide,
 >but its banks are full of bass. Cane pole poppin' is a favorite way to
 >catch them.
 >
 >John H
 >
 >On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
 >on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

The link worked fine and made me jealous.

Wish our boating season was longer up here. Oh well, at least I get to fish
from shore for Rainbow Trout (Steelheads) that run into the rivers in the
fall. They put on some good acrobatics when you tie into them. All catch and
release for me, they taste awful.



Regards
John S

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"JohnH" <PocoLoco415 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
 > <piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 >
  > >JohnH wrote:
   > >> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
   > >> <donBEE421 RemoveThis @netzero.net> wrote:
   > >>
   > >>>Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
   > >>>Dec.
   > >>>
   > >>>Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
   > >>>
   > >>>Thanks.
   > >>>
   > >>>Don
   > >>>
   > >> There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
   > >> just to the west!
   > >>
   > >> John H
   > >>
   > >> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
   > >> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
  > >
  > >
  > >I believe the St. Johns River ends in Central Florida quite a bit north
  > >of Cocoa Beach, which is on the Atlantic Coast.
 >
 > I think it keeps going, at least from Lake Poinsett to Lake Winder and
 > south.
 >
 > Don't know if this will work, but will try anyway:
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252bbHJxg" target="_blank">http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252bbHJxg</a>
luyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87Go1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeO
pC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0YxBx1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNL
OFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%252btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz
%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYKqg3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7
Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252bpAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97
jQ68%252buDQg%253d%253d&mqmap.x=58&mqmap.y=146
 >
 > Click on the lake to the southwest of Cocoa and follow the river down.
 > Between these two lakes, the river is only about twenty yards wide,
 > but its banks are full of bass. Cane pole poppin' is a favorite way to
 > catch them.
 >
 > John H
 >
 > On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
 > on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Dude that has *got* to be the longest link in Usenet history.

Worked fine though!

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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:05:30 -0500, John S <JohnS.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote:

 >On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:53:27 -0500, JohnH <PocoLoco415.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
 >
  >>On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
  >><piedtypecase.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
  >>
   >>>JohnH wrote:
   >>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:48:53 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
   >>>> <donBEE421.DeleteThis@netzero.net> wrote:
   >>>>
   >>>>>Im going to be in the Cocoa Beach area the first week in
   >>>>>Dec.
   >>>>>
   >>>>>Is the surf/pier fishing any good this time of year?
   >>>>>
   >>>>>Thanks.
   >>>>>
   >>>>>Don
   >>>>>
   >>>> There's lot's of bass, crappie, and blue gill in the St. John's river
   >>>> just to the west!
   >>>>
   >>>> John H
   >>>>
   >>>> On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
   >>>> on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>I believe the St. Johns River ends in Central Florida quite a bit north
   >>>of Cocoa Beach, which is on the Atlantic Coast.
  >>
  >>I think it keeps going, at least from Lake Poinsett to Lake Winder and
  >>south.
  >>
  >>Don't know if this will work, but will try anyway:
  >>http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mapdata=UAm0U3b9NY0W2fP%252bbHJxgluyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87Go1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeOpC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0YxBx1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNLOFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%252btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYKqg3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252bpAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97jQ68%252buDQg%253d%253d&mqmap.x=58&mqmap.y=146
  >>
  >>Click on the lake to the southwest of Cocoa and follow the river down.
  >>Between these two lakes, the river is only about twenty yards wide,
  >>but its banks are full of bass. Cane pole poppin' is a favorite way to
  >>catch them.
  >>
  >>John H
  >>
  >>On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
  >>on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!
 >
 >The link worked fine and made me jealous.
 >
 >Wish our boating season was longer up here. Oh well, at least I get to fish
 >from shore for Rainbow Trout (Steelheads) that run into the rivers in the
 >fall. They put on some good acrobatics when you tie into them. All catch and
 >release for me, they taste awful.
 >
 >
 >
 >Regards
 >John S
 >
 >I would rather be boating!

Makes me jealous too. The Chesapeake is getting cold! And windy! This
Friday I had plans to go fishing, but the temperature's going down and
the rain's coming in. Cold is OK, wet is OK, but cold and wet sucks.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
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