Fishing the Florida Coast
 

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

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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

Also, be advised, Florida used to require a salt water fishing license for
non-residents.

"thunder" 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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

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: http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6

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.

"thunder" 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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

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!

db

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"thunder" 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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

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: http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=6

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.


db

On Tue, 9 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?

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!

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 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?

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

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 9 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?

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...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!

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:26:46 -0500, thunder
wrote:

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

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

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

http://floridaconservation.org/license/

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:53:27 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 9 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?

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...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!

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 9 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?

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...W2fP%252bbHJxg
luyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87G o1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeO
pC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0YxB x1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNL
OFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%25 2btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz
%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYKq g3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7
Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252b pAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97
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!

db

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:05:30 -0500, John S wrote:

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:53:27 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 9 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?

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...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,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:42:45 -0500, "Don ßåiley"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:02:46 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 9 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?

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...W2fP%252bbHJxg
luyvdG4AelPrC3G5nhaeLY9EZ64IAahqneCa%252bWB9b0G87 Go1AGYiKf1leRsM2ymB2CGEfqeO
pC6bdrMsJMphFsY1YTzcPOzbs%252bjZHPGtptnVZFcyFx0Yx Bx1M6MkPWZVs7bORQaQSTvxKUNL
OFcclZ%252bCOGEsdsxQ0%252bEDED37MC5mnbqkwRF0s2b%2 52btdUFQkX8kQpPVD0%252fNdQz
%252feD9eUtIYGYMsQ9vl2JTu%252b0DChVjU1lGGSXPEMEYK qg3Sdq7jJjUHPBxDeDkeXONs8q7
Hhk7n8agw9qUbXC0UKRpzN5jAuGkULusKiGRuJsxsYmu7%252 bpAeS5jdzbgHq4jOo5b3XHzIa97
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!

db


The link surprised me when I posted it. Must be about three feet long
all stretched out!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"db" wrote in message
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"thunder" 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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

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.

Only if you're a Florida resident. If you're not a Florida resident, you
need a license...even to fish from land (beach, jetty, pier). The only
exception is if you're fishing from a pier that has a blanket license that
covers *all* people fishing from the pier.


If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of leftover
voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election is over.
;-)

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:25:41 +0000, NOYB wrote:


If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of
leftover voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election
is over. ;-)

And the 58,000 absentee ballots that went missing? You wouldn't have any
information on that? ;-)

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:14:35 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:25:41 +0000, NOYB wrote:


If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of
leftover voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election
is over. ;-)

And the 58,000 absentee ballots that went missing? You wouldn't have any
information on that? ;-)

You just don't give up, do you. Suppose we all just agreed that the
election was a total fraud, that Kerry won fair and square. Would that
make you feel better?

Cry a river, build a bridge, and get the f*** over it!

Have you been fishing in the last month?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:25:41 +0000, NOYB wrote:


If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of
leftover voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election
is over. ;-)

And the 58,000 absentee ballots that went missing? You wouldn't have any
information on that? ;-)

Nope. I *do* have the unpublished GPS coordinates to a new artificial reef
made up mostly of steel filing cabinets...but a fisherman protects his honey
holes.

"NOYB" wrote in message
link.net...

"db" wrote in message
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"thunder" 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 he

http://www.floridasportsman.com/

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.

Only if you're a Florida resident. If you're not a Florida resident, you
need a license...even to fish from land (beach, jetty, pier). The only
exception is if you're fishing from a pier that has a blanket license that
covers *all* people fishing from the pier.



Yea,
I see that now. Looks like I can get a 3 day for $6.50.



If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of
leftover
voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election is over.
;-)


Hey!

Maybie I can trade ya some cards from NC. Only used once!

db

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:03:24 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:25:41 +0000, NOYB wrote:


If you need something to prove you're a resident, I have a bunch of
leftover voter registration cards that I don't need now that the election
is over. ;-)

And the 58,000 absentee ballots that went missing? You wouldn't have any
information on that? ;-)

Nope. I *do* have the unpublished GPS coordinates to a new artificial reef
made up mostly of steel filing cabinets...but a fisherman protects his honey
holes.

ROTFL!!!!

Later,

Tom

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:19:07 -0500, JohnH
wrote:

The link surprised me when I posted it. Must be about three feet long
all stretched out!

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