By Jimmy Tomazinis
mail@floridanewsline.com
Get out there. Those three words should be all you need this month. October is arguably one of the best months to fish here and one of the last months before we start losing the fair weather angling crowd. The pleasure boaters have already started to dwindle, which means we have even more peaceful moments on the water to enjoy.
Shrimp are peaking in size and quantity if they didn’t at the end of last month. Lots of limits in less than two hours were reported. Any small ones that might be left can be used to catch literally anything. We still have all the saltwater species in the river, but they will be leaving as soon as temperatures drop and the shrimp leave. At the same time many freshwater species will be gorging before the bountiful warm season is over. I can’t name a bad spot to fish except dry land. Bridges, docks, ledges, shell beds — they all are worth trying.
In the surf the mullet are still moving south with hungry predators after them. Find the bait and find the fish. At the same time pompano and whiting are moving south as the waters cool and they won’t stay long. Fresh bait and clean water is what you want and something you can control — as in getting live shrimp, clams, and sand fleas, nothing dead or salted. Then spend the time to find the conditions you want and then start fishing. The only time to fish dirty water is when that’s all there is like during storms.
I’m going to keep it short this month so you can spend less time reading and more time fishing. I’m going to get back to it myself. Let’s recap how great October was on a cold November day next month. Get out there. Tight lines.
