Disappointing Afternoon On The Indian River

It turned out to be a disappointing afternoon on the Indian River for fishing today but we still had a good time.

Karen wanted to take the dogs fishing and get them out of the house so we decided to head out around 3:00 pm.  As usual we were a little late but close.

We stopped at the bait shop and picked up a dozen large shrimp and headed to the fast food place to pick up a hamburger for Karen.

We drove past the entrance of Peacocks Pocket road to see if it was open but the sign that said it would reopen February 15th was taken down and another sign was put up that said the road would be closed for repairs.  No date was indicated, so who knows when it will reopen.

We drove past the barrier and spotted something busting baitfish in the river.  The bait were trying to evade something but as I pulled over to try and cast a couple of lures, another vehicle tried to get through so I decided to pass up the opportunity and look for a spot where Karen could also fish.

The air temperature was 73 degrees and there was little to no wind over the water.  The Indian River was almost flat and the "swamp" area was like a mirror.  Ducks and Coots were everywhere..

Karen wanted to fish the spot where we caught several black drum a couple of weeks ago but it was already taken, so we picked another likely spot and set out three rods tipped with live shrimp.

I'd like to say we nailed the hell out of the drum but we waited for a couple of hours without a bite.

As usual, I got bored and started casting a topwater Chug Bug, a Johnson Sprite gold spoon and a D.O.A. CAL bait trying to gin up some hits.
   

 The only thing I caught was a finger mullet that got snagged on the gold spoon.

While I was casting artificial baits, Karen landed a small stingray which we released.  

We decided to fish until dusk, which is normally when the bite improves and sure enough as dusk neared, a sea trout nailed the finger mullet.

I quickly landed and released the fish after taking a quick pick and continued fishing with live shrimp.

As it turned out, that was the last fish of the day. 

Absolutely nothing was hitting..

When the insects started to make life miserable, we decided to call it a day and head for home.

At least we had the benefit of an awesome sunset!

We didn't get skunked, but it certainly was a disappointing afternoon on the Indian River.

We'll see if Peacocks Pocket opens up next week.

Till then, Tight Lines.