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On 12/30/13, 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:19:22 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...

It must have something to do with the wall to wall concrete jungle
that the east cost is. The east coast of Florida is New York with a
beach.

The Atlantic ocean has better fishing. There are plenty of surf fishing
spots with nobody around, and good fishing action.
And that ocean breeze cools it off. All depends on where you go.

A lot depends on what you want to catch and how you like to fish.
I prefer poking around in the mangroves tossing a buck tail or shrimp
tout at a red fish or snook that I can see rippling the water. You
don't fill the box as fast but you actually caught the fish you were
looking for. You were not just trolling along and snagged the first
thing that got hungry.
Occasionally I will throw a plug at a fish without any hooks on it,
just to see I have not lost the touch. That is really as much fun as
reeling them in and killing with them.
If he hits that plug, I know I had his ass if I wanted him.

I am OK with the East Coast from about Cocoa Beach to Jupiter. The
rest is a concrete wasteland..

The fishing, waters and scenery are pretty fine from the Georgia line
down past St. Augustine, and the fishing is fine right offshore from
Daytona through the Keys. All that heat down where you are must have
melted your brain some.

The last time I was in Florida I went surf fishing just north of St.
Augustine Inlet. No boat. Caught a bunch of table fish, which is what I
wanted, and one shark. The only other guy I saw surf fishing caught a
kingfish mackeral. They're right off the beach in NE Florida. Up towards
the St. Mary's River, I used to catch the limit of redfish and flounder,
too, along with whiting.

Compared to Florida, fishing in Chesapeake Bay is a bummer. It's slow up
here, but it's very good at the mouth of the Bay, near Virginia Beach.

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