Florida Spring Break Kayak Fishing

Post Reply
User avatar
shoffer
TKF 1000 Club
TKF 1000 Club
Posts: 1468
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:41 am
Location: Bellaire, Texas

Florida Spring Break Kayak Fishing

Post by shoffer »

While on Spring Break in the Florida Panhandle, I brought my Hobie Outback and gear with me and kayak fished for two days. I
launched into Choctowatchee Bay at a place called Cessna Landing, a nice ramp, park, and launch location where all the local guides met their clients each morning. Both days I fished some shallow grass flats trolling a Down South inch on a jighead, threw some Super Spook Jr. in bone, and a Lele. I caught a 31-inch red who bit my topwater as I slowly trolled it behind me while moving to another area, and two keeper trout on the Down South.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
The second day, I saw many schools of bruiser reds patrolling the shallow shorelines - all upper slot to bull size with 5-12 fish in each school, but too much sun glare and a little chop on the water made it difficult to see them until I was right on them, so I kept spooking them. But even still, I always enjoy exploring a new fishery.

If you have never been to the beaches of the Destin-Panama City area, you should go. Beautiful. 10-hour drive from here.

Image
Last edited by shoffer on Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Ron Mc
TKF 5000 Club
TKF 5000 Club
Posts: 5675
Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:12 pm
Location: downtown Bulverde, Texas
Contact:

Re: Florida Spring Break Kayak Fishing

Post by Ron Mc »

Great photos and pretty good haul for self-guiding far away from home water.
Thanks for the report.
User avatar
Dandydon
TKF 1000 Club
TKF 1000 Club
Posts: 1543
Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:26 pm
Location: The Heights, on my bayou

Re: Florida Spring Break Kayak Fishing

Post by Dandydon »

Thanks for sharing the Florida fishing experience with us, Shoffer. I hear the fishing there is so good that some anglers regard Speckled Trout as a "trash fish," lol.

Now that you're back home, let's GO GET SOME .

Sent from my SM-G973U1 using Tapatalk

User avatar
saltykat
TKF 2000 club
TKF 2000 club
Posts: 2561
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:20 am
Location: On the road again

Re: Florida Spring Break Kayak Fishing

Post by saltykat »

That water looks great. Lets do some Florida fishing next winter. Thanks :cat:
Post Reply