Red
06-25-2006, 01:41 AM
Yesterday morning I headed out to the Merrit Island Wildlife Reserve for the first time, a friend suggested it. I got there around 7:00 am, and although I found several nice places to wade, my friend who came with me didn't want to wade (I don't know why), so we continued to look for somewhere to fish from land. The only place suitable seemed to be Hauliver (spelling?) Canal, but it was very crowded. After about two hours, we left, although we did see what we think was a black panther on dirt road to the WSEG Boat Ramp.
After that we went to the Space View Park and tried fishing off the dock, but with no luck.That was around 9:30. After a while we went down to the old 520 bridge where I tried fishing off the pilons under the new bridge, but all I did was loose bait. At both locations I was using live finger mullet, on 1/0 hooks, with a half ounce of split shot, about two feet of 25 pound monofilament leader on 15 pound test.
It occured to me that I might be using the wrong bait/rigging/something, so if anyone has any corrections, please do share.
Also, when I was in the MIWR, I was directed by a man at a bait shop to go down to the Biolab boat ramp, and take a right on the dirt road just before the ramp. I did, and followed that down for a ways. When I got out to look around, I noticed a small stream flowing into the ICW, and I saw a small snake in the water, what I believed to be a banded water snake. I was under the impression that snakes wouldn't be in that water, am I wrong?
Even though I caught no fish, I had fun.
Space View Park: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=28.613685,-80.80307&spn=0.003956,0.007317&t=h&om=1
Old 520 Bridge
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=28.356293,-80.717159&spn=0.003965,0.007317
After that we went to the Space View Park and tried fishing off the dock, but with no luck.That was around 9:30. After a while we went down to the old 520 bridge where I tried fishing off the pilons under the new bridge, but all I did was loose bait. At both locations I was using live finger mullet, on 1/0 hooks, with a half ounce of split shot, about two feet of 25 pound monofilament leader on 15 pound test.
It occured to me that I might be using the wrong bait/rigging/something, so if anyone has any corrections, please do share.
Also, when I was in the MIWR, I was directed by a man at a bait shop to go down to the Biolab boat ramp, and take a right on the dirt road just before the ramp. I did, and followed that down for a ways. When I got out to look around, I noticed a small stream flowing into the ICW, and I saw a small snake in the water, what I believed to be a banded water snake. I was under the impression that snakes wouldn't be in that water, am I wrong?
Even though I caught no fish, I had fun.
Space View Park: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=28.613685,-80.80307&spn=0.003956,0.007317&t=h&om=1
Old 520 Bridge
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=28.356293,-80.717159&spn=0.003965,0.007317