By Jimmy Tomazinis
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To be completely honest I haven\u2019t fished the river much lately, so I don\u2019t have too much firsthand information for you this month. I\u2019ve been fishing \u2014 it\u2019s just been a little farther from home than usual and you know, that\u2019s not a bad thing. Not that fishing in the river is bad right now, but it\u2019s nice to have some new water to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fishing familiar water is great, but you can easily fall into routines and fish the same spots over and over because you\u2019ve caught fish there before, and you keep catching fish there now, but what happens when that stops? I think it can really hamper your development as an angler. I\u2019d rather find a spot and then go find a similar spot and see if you can work out a pattern. Gain some understanding into what makes that dock or that shoreline the spot that it is. Once you do that you have something you can take with you, wherever you fish next. All I\u2019m saying is don\u2019t be afraid to leave fish to find fish. You\u2019re never going to find them if you don\u2019t go looking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what I\u2019d be looking for in the river this month: the shrimp will be bigger and I\u2019d expect some eating-size shrimp to start being mixed in so you can cull a few for yourself. Those smaller shrimp will be great for the stripers and drum on the bridges and the reds, flounder, and sheepshead on the docks. I\u2019d also see if I could locate some croakers or yellowmouth trout on the ledges and shell beds that I mentioned a while back. A trip into the fresher water with a few bigger live shrimp could be a great way to catch some nice bass and see why they\u2019re my favorite fish to catch with shrimp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve also got to mention the surf right now because tarpon will be very active in the bait pods this month and a few mullet might even be showing up already \u2014 so grab a cast net and some heavy gear. Fish near the bait and you could find out why you really need that much line on your reel. It\u2019s not a numbers game. Jumping one makes your day and landing one makes your month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe I\u2019ll have some better intel for you next month but until then: Tight lines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Jimmy Tomazinismail@floridanewsline.com To be completely honest I haven\u2019t fished the river much lately, so I don\u2019t have too much firsthand information for you this month. I\u2019ve been fishing \u2014 it\u2019s just been a little farther from home than usual and you know, that\u2019s not a bad thing. Not that fishing in the river is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[13],"class_list":{"0":"post-10057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"category-mandarin","9":"tag-fishing"},"yoast_head":"\n