Christmas Day on the Indian River Lagoon turned out to be a great day on the water, and many locals apparently agreed. There were more people on the river Christmas Day than I expected to see with the windy conditions.
The fist stop was in a very shallow shallow area just into Catfish Creek. I was using a Bagly Hammered Gold spoon with a red tag that I found works great in very shallow water.
On the fourth cast, I hooked into a nice sized snook that jerked off the hook, right at the bank as I was unhooking it.
The next stop was at a culvert on Gator Creek that no one usually fishes. I hooked, landed and released a nice 22" seatrout on the same lure. I took pics of this one before sending him back home.
Running the marsh road, I stopped several times, "jump fishing" and picked up several small redfish, a catfish, and missed a nice redfish of at least 36".
The pics are here for your enjoyment along with the only gator I saw sunning itself on the bank
Needless to say, I didn't get too close to this one. It was definitely a Hooser, as my wife would say!
When the weather started getting too balmy, I got tired of pitching metal and went home to explain to my wife why my 15 minute ride took 3 hours to accomplish.
Tight Lines to you all, and Merry Christmas.
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