With the strong steady East winds we have had for the past week i figured i would have to fish on the leeward side of the river to find some clean water.
So using Google maps i look for small paths off A1A to the river to find places to do some wade fishing.

Found one place that look promising and on Google i could see a small marker next to the road that may mark a path!

Here is the entrance.... from the road


a little further along...it opens up a little!





Wide open now!!!



Big enough to drive a truck or motor home on now!



Finally...up ahead...... civilization.....



A motor home...knocked on the door to sea if anyone was home...but no one answered!



at last ...the river and a old dock.....





some trees seem to grow right in the air.



this one must have been hit by lightning but it was still very much alive,

base..


top


Anyway... it was quite a trek through some 'old Florida' scrub land to do a little fishing.....

water view



and the reward was ...a peaceful morning in the water, and hooking up to 12 Sea trout all one foot long and a really BIG aerial Lady Fish!!!!

Since trout season is closed i bend the barbs down so the fish get released unharmed!!...i hope.....

except the ones the pesky dolphins hang around for!






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You know, i think i was born hungry!

Nice story, nice trek, good pictures.

Did you stay overnight in the motorhome????

How come we don't get to see any pictures of the Lady????







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that is a good spot. that abandon dock and the old van in the woods add a spooky factor. That dock/point is an ambush spot for trout and snook as its somewhat deeper to the south and to the north, a sizable flat to the west into the river, the baitfish will funnel into and under that old dock. Wish the water would clear up.

Sunrise....
The night light in the motor home burned out (in 1975) and since i don't like to sleep in the dark... went home..........


matt_t

do you fish it in a boat?

is it shallow out by the white poles to the South of the dock?

and way to the south it felt like the bottom was covered with tires..kinda felt soft and sponge like...not like muck!?

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

Nice, Burry!

As long as you don't start living in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

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Learn something.  Anything.  Please.

I have lived in the places to the north of there sice 1995
I have spent. Lot of time wading that area. I usually wade from the place north of there to that dock and back.. Rarely go around the corner south when wading.. Usually no need to. If in a boat. A southeast or east wind will drift you perfectly along the shoreline to that area.

Those old poles are from the days of the clambers.. Marked their areas. Which also may explain the weird bottom. And may explain the old abandon van from the 80s. There are small hard bottom patches I am aware of to the north. I bit deeper sound those poles as you get it quickly becomes ore open water. Just to the north , 50 yds, the flat extends pretty far out.. A more exaggerated contour of the shore

Come back in when mullet are thick, creep to that dock area at dawn or sunset, you can get a nice snook,red or linker gator trout.

Burry, Pm me if you want to come back and park at my place

Thanks for the fishing info and the parking invite matt_t!

Walking in was an adventure in itself,felt like a (sp) Conkeesttadoor without the armour, also the skeeters were REALLY hungry and this is the dry season!!!

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

I just looked at the fishing regs and it says trout is ok up there yonders till Feb. Am i ready this correctly???

I fish that spot all the time... It's a good'ne.

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RCI Optics

My point is that i think trout is legal now

Regulations

Slot limit of not less than 15" and not more than 20" in the Northeast and South regions and not less than 15" and not more than 24" in the Northwest Region; closed season is November and December in the South region, February in the Northwest region, and December through February in the Northeast region; 5 per person per day limit in the South and Northeast regions; 7 per person per day limit in the Northwest Region; may possess one fish over the maximum size limit. South region is from Volusia-Flagler county line southward along the Atlantic and from the Pinellas-Pasco County line southward along the Gulf coast. Northeast region is waters north of the Volusia-Flagler county line. Northwest region is waters north and west of the Pinellas-Pasco County line.

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

we be south of this line............

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

I see the line much further south

i see all of st lucie and to the south..is theline???

 

map wont let me cut and paste

 

aint arguing just want

Nov. & Dec. S. RegionFeb. N.E. and N.W. Regions (see regional definitions page 9)

to get it right

 

indian river north ok and st lucie south closed????

Nope your still too far South...
Volusia county is where Daytona is...and its about 75 miles North of my house!!

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

the line runs diagonal from the S west to N east...,,,

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You know, i think i was born hungry!

Go the fwc website click on saltwater regs then spotted seatrout they have a special map that will answer your questions

Thats where i am getting my info. they have the state broken up in an expoded view and you Northern fellas are in the North east region which does not close trout until Feb ?????

Fwc has a few maps available. there's a general map a specific seatrout map, that is red and blue which has north and south regions. The other map has northwest, southeast, ect. The regulations dont apply to that map. Hope this helps I wondered the something myself.

http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltw...d-seatrout/ Found it