Indian River Lagoon & Banana River
Capt. John Kumiski
August 20, 2005
Titusville - Saltwater Fishing Report
John Kumiski's Spotted Tail Space Coast Report
This week’s fishing report from Spotted Tail, updated 8/19/05
Upcoming Events-
-September- The annual Kids Fishing Day will be on 9/24. Please mark your calendar!
-October- one of the popular "Show and Tell" seminars is scheduled for Oct. 15 at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Details will be posted in September.
-I am scheduled to teach a Flats Fishing class at Brevard Community College, Cocoa, from 10/25 to 11/22. Call the school at 321.433.7530 to register.
-November- I am scheduled to teach a Saltwater Fly Fishing class on November 5th and 12th class at Brevard Community College, Cocoa. Call the school at 321.433.7530 to register. I will be tying flies at the International Fly Tying Symposium in Somerset, NJ on November 19 and 20.
What a week!
On Monday I fished Mac and Cherie Dye, from West Palm Beach. They wanted to fish for redfish. I suggested we fish for tarpon instead, to which they agreed. If you can imagine what tarpon fishing would be like in Heaven, that's how good it was. We had three separate triple hookups, and jumped at least 30 fish, never going longer than five minutes without having one on. Completely worn out, we left them biting, and were back at the dock at 1130 AM.
Tuesday Rodney Smith joined me, again hoping for some tarpon. It wasn't as good. It was just normal phenomenal. After locating the fish we had to wait about three minutes for the first hookup. We jumped at least 15 fish, with two doubles. We were back at the dock by 11 AM. To see pictures of Tuesday's fishing, please click on the following link:
http://www.spottedtail.com
The images are GREAT! Check them out!
Wednesday I had the pleasure of conducting a tour of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore. My passenger was Carol Clark, the new Administrator at CNS. While we weren't fishing, I did see a lot of fish (and fishermen) and even caught a crevalle from a big school of breaking fish. A few things will be changing at CNS with Ms. Clark at its helm. She struck me as being intelligent, knowledgeable, and very capable.
Friday I again went looking for tarpon, this time with Dr. George Yarko. I knew it had to happen, but it was still heartbreaking. The fish were gone. No bait, no fish. We ran up into Spruce Creek where George got a seven pound snook on a Chug Bug, and I got another, smaller snook on the same kind of plug. It wasn't tarpon, but it did save the day. We were back at the dock at 1130 AM.
Remember- life is short. GO FISHING!
Life is great and I love my work!!
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email at [email protected], or call at 407 977 5207.
John Kumiski
www.spottedtail.com
member IRGA, FOWA
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