On 11/16/10 9:24 AM, MMC wrote:


"L G" wrote in message
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HarryK wrote:
On 11/15/10 1:25 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:30:37 -0500,
wrote:

Caught no fish, possibly because we just rode around and brought no
bait.

That will do it every time!

My nephew was visiting from Michigan over the weekend and wanted to go
fishing so we went down to the local bait and tackle store and bought
him a light weight spinning outfit and some live shrimp. He was
catching small (throw back) Snappers off of our dock within minutes of
starting. Talk about beginners luck.


Live shrimp certainly was a bait of choice for inshore and ICW fishing
when we lived in Florida. Used to be able to buy a dozen really
nice-sized shrimp for a $1.25 at many local bait shops if you didn't
feel like cast-netting for bait.

I've caught reds, flounder, catfish, sharks, snappers, whiting (one of
my favorite fish to eat) and, in fact, just about anything fishy that
swims in Florida waters on live shrimp.

Used to have some pretty interesting "shrimp runs" on the St. Johns
River near a place called Doctors Lake. Might be 100 small boats out
there during the runs, bringing in nets full of shrimp to take home
and eat.



I've caught a lot of fish in FL but never a whiting. I've never heard
of anyone catching them either. Do they live in brackish water? I
remember them in the store years ago smoked and ready to eat.

You missed Grouper. That is one of the best reef fish.

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We get whiting off the beaches here on the Space Coast. Don't know where
else they're found.


Anywhere from St. Augustine Inlet up to Georgia, just offshore and in
the inlets. You can catch 'em by casting light tackle from the beaches.
My favorite place to catch whiting was in Nassau Sound, north of
Jacksonville. Beautiful scenery on shore, sandbars, deep channels
between the bars, and lots of whiting. I used very light spinning tackle
to catch them.