East Central Florida Mixed Bag

This East Central Florida mixed bag of fish was sent to me by a friend of mine who spends a lot of time on the water, and since I'm working in Mobile, Al. and am unable to provide up to date fishing forecasts, I thought I'd post them for those of you who think "they're not biting".

All the fish below were all caught in our area on live and cut baits by Jason Cooper and his brother during the past week or so.

The Gator Sea Trout to the left was caught off of  Peacocks Pocket Road and measured in at 30 3/4".

It was caught on live bait

The Redfish to the right measured in at 32" and was caught on a cut ladyfish bait  out of Gator Creek in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.














The Goliath Grouper below was caught on the flats in the south end of the Mosquito Lagoon on a cut lady fish bait.

Below is Jake with a 24" Mosquito Lagoon redfish that he caught on a ladyfish bait.

Jason picked up this tripletail on a marker buoy outside of Port Canaveral on a pinfish he was using for bait.  These guys are super great eating...

 He also nailed this nice Snook Snook out of Port Canaveral on a mud minnow while fishing for Mangrove Snapper.  Nice bycatch!

These Sheepshead were all caught under the South Cocoa Beach docks on fiddler crabs.

This nice Redfish was caught near Blackpoint Wildlife Preserve on a live mullet.

Jason's brother (with beard, below) with a nice Redfish caught on a mullet near Blackpoint.

Austin (below)with another nice redfish that was also caught near Blackpoint on a mullet.

Jason with a 54 " Cobia that he caught on the shoals out of Port Canaveral on a live mullet.

And finally, a mixed bag of Flounder, Mangrove Snapper and Tripletail that they caught out of Port Canaveral on live mud minnows.

Jason is obviously a great fisherman that definitely knows how to catch fish. 

After checking out all his pics, I'm ready to drive back home, launch my Maverick and head out of the Port to do some serious fishing.   

I may even start using live baits a little bit more than I already do.

Till next time, Tight Lines.